In the gathering darkness, six boys kicked a football around a cleared patch of land.
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As they advance under the gathering darkness, they come across the body of a fallen comrade.
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A friend of hers led us in his vehicle over an icy mountain road for three miles in the gathering darkness.
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At vigils spread across the sprawling city of 450,000, mourners sang "Amazing Grace" and held candles against the night's gathering darkness.
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The black limousine with darkened windows hurtling through the gathering darkness hits 240kph (2945mph) as it rushes him to his next campaign stop.
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It was an eerie place, especially in the gathering darkness of evening while a thunderstorm approached from the far side of the lake.
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Jonathan Tepperman's smart and agile answer to this "gathering darkness," as he calls it, is to take a giant step back from the larger, paralyzed debate.
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From the days of gathering darkness in 1936 until the end of World War II, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was the very definition of une femme engagée.
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Mr. de Blasio spent part of his Monday news conference dodging questions about an investigation by federal prosecutors, involving fund-raisers and campaign donors, that is a gathering darkness at the edges of his administration.
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A three-term senator first elected to the chamber in 2000, Nelson, 76, telephoned Scott, 65, to concede the race, then issued a statement voicing worry about "a gathering darkness" in American politics in recent years.
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Angelenos and New Yorkers line the sidewalks in the gathering darkness, presenting their bona fides or tall tales to the nearest bouncer, straining their necks to find old friends — or new connections who might see in them what they see in themselves.
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In the gathering darkness, Shankaran lies on the grass, pondering on his strange reaction to a casual joke. What does he want from Shivkami? Meanwhile, Jacob has been trying to arrange a job for Shivkami on the farm. Muniyandi is not happy about it at all.
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Burnside also sent a militia regiment from Marietta, Ohio, to hold the ford until the Federal forces could arrive. Morgan arrived on the evening of July 18, but decided not to attack the militia in the gathering darkness. It proved to be a mistake. By morning, the cavalry and gunboats had arrived, blocking Morgan's escape route.
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Reluctantly, and with casualties mounting, he ordered the remnant of his brigade to retire in the gathering darkness just as Federal reinforcements arrived to secure the heights. His brigade brought back several battle flags captured during the attack.Vertical files, Library of the Gettysburg National Military Park. Hays was briefly captured in November 1863, at Rappahannock Station, but escaped.
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Braves then raided the livestock: horses were run off and pigs and cattle were shot down and the choicest cut of meat taken. In the gathering darkness, Black Hawk quietly withdrew his war party and retreated back to the gap in Terrapin Ridge and gained the Galena Road."Apple River Fort ," Historic Sites, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
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About 20:00 the column was at last ready to proceed. Colonel Harris ordered Colonel Lynch, at the latter's discretion, to drive on in the gathering darkness with vehicular lights on. This time Baker's platoon of tanks, rather than the I&R; Platoon, was to lead the column. The other platoon of three tanks was to bring up the rear.
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She and other dancers were photographed by artist Edmund Kesting. In 1937 Hoyer was portrayed by the Dresden expressionist painter Hans Grundig on a desolate country road at twilight, utterly alone in the gathering darkness. In 1940-1941 Hoyer joined Hans Niedecken Gebhard's short-lived Deutsche Tanzbühne in Berlin. During World War II, she performed in various locations including Graz in 1943.
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Both Stevens and Whittier used a French "ordnance glass" as a range finder to improve the performance of their guns.Pfanz (1993), p. 253. When two brigades from the division of MG Jubal Early attacked East Cemetery Hill late on July 2, the battery fired into the advancing Confederate formation. Uneven terrain and gathering darkness probably limited the effectiveness of the battery’s fire.
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He was engaged by Hellcat fighters near the task force's reported position, and all but one of the Nakajima B6N2 "Jill" torpedo bombers in his flight were shot down. Sakai managed to shoot down one Hellcat, then escaped the umbrella of enemy aircraft by flying into a cloud. Rather than follow meaningless orders, in worsening weather and gathering darkness, Sakai led his small formation back to Iwo Jima.Sakaida 1998.
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On the second day of the patrol, Hardegen fired a torpedo which failed to detonate against a large merchant ship, before being forced to submerge after mistaking a destroyer for a merchant ship. During the dive, the tower hatch was damaged, forcing U-147 to resurface after a short while to make feverish repairs only a few hundred meters from the destroyer. The gathering darkness, however, saved the boat from being detected.Gannon, p.
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Falling Kingdoms is a fantasy book series for young adults by Morgan Rhodes. It follows the lives of four teenagers: Cleo of Auranos, Jonas of Paelsia, and Magnus and Lucia of Limeros. The series begins after a shocking murder plunges Limeros and Paelsia into a war against Auranos. Falling Kingdoms is the first novel of the series and is followed by Rebel Spring, Gathering Darkness, Frozen Tides, Crystal Storm, and Immortal Reign.
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A rain squall obscured the ship, and by the time Leipzig reached Good Hopes position, the latter had sunk. Unaware of the sinking of Good Hope, no rescue operations were mounted by Leipzigs crew. By 20:00, Leipzig encountered Dresden in the gathering darkness, and the two initially mistook each other for hostile warships, though they quickly established their identity. Leipzig emerged from the battle essentially unscathed, and with no wounded crewmen.
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During the two-day battle, Vice Admiral Mitscher's fliers had done well, turning back the enemy raids before they reached the American fleet. As TF 58 steamed westward to destroy the fleeing enemy on 20 June, Mitscher ordered further air strikes--attacks that sank the Japanese carrier . Mitscher had taken a calculated risk, however, launching the last strikes so late in the day. As the planes droned home in the gathering darkness, the admiral faced an agonizing decision.
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In gathering darkness they went back down the cliffs but while doing so Pasang Lama lost both pairs of crampons he was carrying. Wiessner wrote Disappointed that no supplies had arrived at Camp IX they rested next day in very warm weather and on July 21 set off again for the summit, this time choosing the couloir route. This time the snow was in a bad condition and, unable to make adequate progress without their crampons, they returned to Camp IX.
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Its purpose was to extend the Washington Treaty System. The Japanese government had desired to raise their ratio to 10:10:7, but this proposal was swiftly countered by the United States. Thanks to back-room dealing and other intrigues, though, Japan walked away with a 5:4 advantage in heavy cruisers,Tohmatsu, Haruo and H.P. Willmott, A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific, 1921–1942, (Lanham, MD: SR Books, 2004) 26–27.
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Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi (New York: Berghahn Books, 2008), p. 331. and Herbert Bix has described him as "the most notorious" of the "partial deniers" of the Nanking Massacre. However, historians Haruo Tohmatsu and H. P. Willmott have stated that Hata's estimate for the death toll is regarded in Japan as being "the most academically reliable estimate".Haruo Tohmatsu and HP Willmott, A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific (Lanham, Maryland: SR Books, 2004), p. 72.
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The two pairs of climbers met up high on the mountain, and made their descent in the gathering darkness. From midnight until 4:00 am, they bivouacked high on the mountain, without sleeping bags, tents or bottled oxygen. All survived, though Unsoeld and Bishop suffered from frostbite, resulting in the amputation of toes. On July 8, 1963, President John F. Kennedy presented the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal to Dyhrenfurth at a ceremony in the flower garden of the White House.
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By this time, Takagi could see the lighthouse at Surabaya and he decided to break contact in the gathering darkness lest any of his ships enter a minefield defending the port.O'Hara, The U.S. Navy Against the Axis: Surface Combat 1941–1945, pp. 42–43 At 18:12 Perth claimed a hit on Haguro,Whiting, Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew, p. 78 but postwar research showed that the cruiser was not damaged during the battle.
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The small company of militia at the fort, about 28-30 men and boys led by Captain Clack Stone, fought off Black Hawk's 150-man war party in an action that lasted about an hour. The withering pace of the gunfire eventually convinced Black Hawk that the fort was too heavily defended to lead a direct attack. He considered burning the fort, then switched to raiding cabins of foodstuffs, clothing and cooking utensils. In the gathering darkness, Black Hawk and his war party retreated.
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Around 21:20, Westfalen and her sister ships began to be engaged by the battlecruisers of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron; several large shells straddled (fell to either side of) the ship and rained splinters on her deck. Shortly thereafter, two torpedo tracks were spotted that turned out to be imaginary. The ships were then forced to slow down in order to allow the battlecruisers of I Scouting Group to pass ahead. Around 22:00, Westfalen and Rheinland observed unidentified light forces in the gathering darkness.
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The alternative was loss of honor and power.Haruo Tohmatsu and H. P. Willmott, A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific (2004) While the admirals were also dubious about their long-term ability to confront the American and British navies, they hoped that a knockout blow destroying the American fleet at Pearl Harbor would bring the enemy to the negotiating table for a favorable outcome. Dorothy Borg and Shumpei Okamoto, eds. Pearl Harbor as History: Japanese-American Relations, 1931-1941 (1973).
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Today most Japanese historians of the so-called "great massacre" school have reduced their death toll estimates somewhat and now advocate the figure of "100,000 plus" in contrast with the old consensus of 200,000. Historians Haruo Tohmatsu and HP Willmott think that Japanese scholars generally consider the estimate of roughly 40,000 massacre victims to be "the most academically reliable estimate".Haruo Tohmatsu and HP Willmott, A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific (Lanham, Maryland: SR Books, 2004), p. 72.
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Under Lucas's and Blakiston's assaults in the confusion and the gathering darkness, six of the Covenanter infantry regiments and all of Fairfax's infantry fled the field. The Scottish sergeant major general, Lumsden, on the right of the allied second line, stated that: One isolated Covenanter brigade of foot that stood its ground was at the right of their front line and consisted of the regiments of the Earl of Crawford-Lindsay and Viscount Maitland. Lucas launched three cavalry charges against them. In the third charge, Lucas's horse was killed, and he was taken prisoner.
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Longacre, Edward G. The Cavalry at Appomattox: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Climactic Campaign, March 27 – April 9, 1865. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003. . pp. 173-175. After making several futile charges in gathering darkness, the Union cavalry broke the Confederate defenses as the Confederates began to withdraw, taking as many guns and wagons with them as they could. After their breakthrough, Custer's men followed the fleeing Confederates in a running battle to the Lynchburg stage road, on which the Union troopers seized an important foothold.
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At 21:22, crewmen aboard Rheinland and Westfalen, the two leading ships in the German line, spotted two torpedo tracks that turned out to be imaginary. The ships were then forced to slow down in order to allow the battlecruisers of I Scouting Group to pass ahead. Around 22:00, Rheinland and Westfalen observed unidentified light forces in the gathering darkness. After flashing a challenge via searchlight that was ignored, the two ships turned away to starboard in order to evade any torpedoes that might have been fired.
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Three artillery batteries were placed in support, though in the gathering darkness they had potential to inflict as much damage on their friends as on the enemy. This enemy consisted of the 5th Kentucky, 1st Ohio and 32nd Indiana Infantry Regiments (belonging to Baldwin's and Willich's brigades of the Federal Army), who awaited them just behind a split rail fence near the treeline.Woodworth, Steven E., Editor: The Chickamauga Campaign, p. 106. The 33rd and its sisters advanced cautiously toward the Federals, who quickly opened up on them from the far side of the field.
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With his army disintegrating before his eyes, Bragg ordered Cleburne to hold the Federals off long enough to let the rest of his men escape. The 33rd Alabama attacked approaching skirmishers in the gathering darkness, allowing the remainder of Bragg's army to cross Chickamauga Creek to the east and retreat into Georgia. Since his division had held more-or-less together during the rout, Cleburne now found his regiments--including the 33rd Alabama--serving as the rearguard of the Army of Tennessee.McDonough, James Lee, Chattanooga, a Death Grip on the Confederacy, pg. 211.
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After spending over a month in camp after the disaster at Chancellorsville, the regiment broke camp on June 11 and marched northward to Maryland, arriving in southern Pennsylvania on July 1 well after the start of the Battle of Gettysburg. They were assigned a position along Cemetery Ridge. Much of July 2 was spent holding this position in reserve. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was detached from the brigade and sent forward along the Emmitsburg Road, while the 4th Ohio Infantry and the Indiana and West Virginia regiments were later rushed up the western slope of Cemetery Hill in the gathering darkness.
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Some admirals and many civilians, including Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro, believed that a war with the U.S. would end in defeat. The alternative was loss of honor and power.Haruo Tohmatsu and H. P. Willmott, A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific (2004) While the admirals were dubious about their long-term ability to confront the American and British navies, they hoped that a knockout blow destroying the American fleet at Pearl Harbor would bring the enemy to the negotiating table for a favorable outcome.Dorothy Borg and Shumpei Okamoto, eds.
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The Australians expected an attack, after withstanding bombing and artillery-fire on the perimeter defences on 29 April; Axis troops seen massing in the evening of 30 April had been dispersed by artillery-fire. The posts either side of Ras el Medauar were shelled and bombed and German troops began to dribble forward, under cover of dust and the gathering darkness. By the Germans made a small bridgehead as planned but several Australian posts held out, the reconnaissance party vanished and the Italian troops were not able to reach their objectives. The night passed in confused fighting as the Germans tried to reorganise and mop up at Ras el Medauar and attack south-westwards along the perimeter.
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Oryol was hit a number of times as well, but was not seriously damaged.Campbell, pp. 131–132, 135 Oryol took the lead after Borodino was sunk; she was joined by Nebogatov's Second Division after Tōgō ordered the Japanese battleships to disengage in the gathering darkness. Nebogatov assumed command of the remains of the fleet and they continued towards Vladivostok. The ships were discovered by the Japanese early the following morning and attacked by Tōgō's battleships around 10:00. The faster Japanese ships stayed beyond the range at which Nebogatov's ships could effectively reply and he decided to surrender his ships at 10:30 as he could neither return fire nor close the range.
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A few minutes later they came under intense machine gun fire from the German-held part of the copse, 8th EYR and the leading companies of 10th Green Howards sustaining heavy casualties. In the confusion and gathering darkness some troops trying to retrace their steps and go through Loos were mistaken for attackers and fired upon by the rear companies of 10th Green Howards. It was 19.30 before Lt-Col Way and the CO of the Green Howards were able to restore order. 8th East Yorkshires, together with the remnants of the 1/19th Londons, dug in, continuing the line of 1/20th Londons over the Crassier into the outskirts of Loos village.
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The first, Survivors (later retitled Survivors: The Original Series), was published from 2012 to 2015. The second sub-series, Survivors: The Gathering Darkness, has finished its last book, The Final Battle. The first book of the second series, A Pack Divided, was released on 13 October 2015, followed by Dead of Night on 7 June 2016, Into the Shadows on 7 February 2017, Red Moon Rising on 3 October 2017, The Exile's Journey on 26 June 2018, and The Final Battle on 5 February 2019. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including three e-book novellas entitled Alpha's Tale, Sweet's Journey and Moon's Choice, the latest novella, released on 5 May 2015.
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In the gathering darkness, the Spaniards mistook the English squadron for a group of fishing boats and took no evasive action. As dawn broke on the morning of September 9, 1656, three of the English ships engaged the Spanish (the remainder of the squadron was facing the wrong way to attack at that time.) Captain Stayner, aboard the Speaker (64 guns), engaged and captured the Jesus Maria San Jose (28), one of the flota's galleons under the command of rear admiral Juan de Hoyos. With its capture came its treasure of 45 tons of silver, 700 chests of indigo, and 700 chests of sugar. Meanwhile, Captain Anthony Earning of the Bridgewater (52) engaged the other galleon under the command of vice admiral Juan Rodriguez Calderón.
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Into the Shadows is the ninth book in the series and the third book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness, and was released on 7 February 2017. It begins with a flashback to Storm's pup days, where she and her brothers were being taught how to swim in a river by the then-alive Martha. Back in the present, after Snap successfully helps to get the clear-stone shards out of Twitch's mouth, saving his life, some of the other dogs begin to believe Arrow may have done this, even though he obviously did not. Later that night, Storm eavesdrops on Bruno, Snap, Dart, Woody and Ruff, who are conspiring to keep an eye on Arrow to see if he does anything suspicious.
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The researchers decided to investigate the structure, but in the gathering darkness, sheer hell breaks loose as the creature, composed of a swarm of ant-like insects wrapped around the bones of its victims, hunts them for their bones. A game of cat and mouse continues through the desert, with the team being slowly picked off and the bug and bone monster eventually being chased down in a derelict mine. Zack finds it hard to decide to kill the yellow queen brain that controls the swarm that has killed dozens of people, but he eventually does so. Suddenly, the derelict mine structure starts to fall down, leaving Zack and Mikki to run back to the truck - where they find they are now the only survivors of the team.
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Some of the survivors appeared willing to surrender but as the Worcester battalions struggled slowly through the mud, the Germans resumed firing at close range. C Company of the 1/8th Warwick was ordered to up the road to Springfield and only about 15 unwounded men advanced. In the rain and gathering darkness, German return fire was inaccurate until the party reached the bogged tanks. Amidst shrapnel-fire, the party struggled on and when the survivors reached the Triangle, they found that the German small-arms fire was going over their heads and the artillery- fire had died down. Wounded from the 1/8th Worcester and 1/7th Warwick, in shell-holes nearby, joined the party and a tank drove behind the Springfield blockhouse, only to be knocked out soon after it opened fire.
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Pfc William A. Soderman receives the MOH on the White House lawn, 12 October 1945 Private First Class Soderman's official Medal of Honor citation reads: > Armed with a bazooka, he defended a key road junction near Rocherath, > Belgium, on 17 December 1944, during the German Ardennes counteroffensive. > After a heavy artillery barrage had wounded and forced the withdrawal of his > assistant, he heard enemy tanks approaching the position where he calmly > waited in the gathering darkness of early evening until the 5 Mark V tanks > which made up the hostile force were within pointblank range. He then stood > up, completely disregarding the firepower that could be brought to bear upon > him, and launched a rocket into the lead tank, setting it afire and forcing > its crew to abandon it as the other tanks pressed on before Pfc. Soderman > could reload.
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The Exile's Journey is the eleventh book in the series and the fifth book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness, and was released on June 26, 2018. The book starts out with a flashback to when Storm, called Lick, and her brothers were forced to rejoin Blade's Pack; after walking for a while, Blade kills Wiggle and spares Grunt and Lick, asking them if they can be "true" Fierce Dogs, to which Grunt agrees, but Lick escapes, running back to the big Wild Pack, knowing she will be safer there with those who still care about her. In present time, it has been several days since Storm sent herself into exile and became a Lone Dog, and she is heading further away from her former Wild Pack's territory, bitter but sad. After a while, she begins to get weaker and weaker, unable to catch a glaucous-winged gull by the Endless Lake and unable to catch a western gray squirrel in the forest.
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A Pack Divided is the seventh book in the series and the first book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness, and was released on October 13, 2015. It begins with a flashback to when Storm and her two brothers were yet to be given Pup Names, and had been left behind at the Dog- Garden by their own Pack; it is shown that they were so young at the time that they did not truly understand the concept of death, believing that their mother Morningstar and Blade's little son are just sleeping, and were afraid of being alone, until Lucky and Mickey arrived. Back in the present, Storm is leading a hunt (consisting of herself, Mickey, Snap, Arrow, and Whisper) on a day in Tree Flower (spring), also called New Leaf, for the first time after the long Ice Wind season. The hunting party dogs decide to try hunting by a hollow to drive out prey such as black-tailed jackrabbits.
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They differ from liturgical lights in that, whereas these must be tapers of pure beeswax or lamps fed with pure olive oil (except by special dispensation under Certain circumstances), those used merely to add splendour to the celebration may be of any material; the only exception being, that in the decoration of the altar, gas-lights are forbidden. In general, the ceremonial use of lights in the Roman Catholic Church is conceived as a dramatic representation in fire of the life of Christ and of the whole scheme of salvation. On Easter Eve the new fire, symbol of the light of the newly risen Christ, is produced, and from this are kindled all the lights used throughout the Christian year until, in the gathering darkness (tenebrae) of the Passion, they are gradually extinguished. This quenching of the light of the world is symbolized at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week by the placing on a stand before the altar of thirteen lighted tapers arranged pyramidally, the rest of the church being in darkness.
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Red Moon Rising is the tenth book in the series and the fourth book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness, and was released on 3 October 2017. In the prologue, there is a flashback to Storm's pup days, when she was called Lick, where Grunt tried to make her, Wiggle and himself leave the big Wild Pack in the middle of the night because he believed that the whole Pack believed them to be bad dogs, only to be stopped from doing so by Daisy, who was out on a night patrol and convinces them to stay. Back in the present, Storm wakes up to a peaceful- feeling morning in late Tree Flower, very close to Long Light, but knows that the mysterious traitor is still on the loose. After she, Mickey, Snap, and the four little pups hear a Wind-Dog/Golden Deer story from Sweet, Storm goes out to stretch her legs, yet she at first runs into Bruno, who has decided to apologize for judging her just because she is a Fierce Dog, and he genuinely means it.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1870. > Shortly after noon of the 13th of December, the division crossed the > Rappahannock, and proceeding through the town to a position in full view of > the field, awaited the order to enter the fight. It was not long delayed ... > advancing by a main road, the brigade halted in low, open ground, where the > men were ordered to lie down....[T]he enemy opened a destructive fire from > his batteries [wounding many Union soldiers].... Moving to the left of the > road, the division was shortly after formed in line of battle on the crest > of the hill, the brigade in two lines, the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth on > the left front. In the hopeless and fruitless charge which followed, made > under a ceaseless fire of musketry and artillery from the impregnable > position which the enemy held, officers and men did everything that true > soldiers could do, traversing in good order the lines of dead and wounded > left in previous charges, and pressing forward in the gathering darkness > until they attained position in advance of every previous charge, and from > which it was impossible to go farther.
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The Final Battle is the twelfth book in the series and the sixth and final book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness (as well as the final Survivors book overall), and was released on February 5, 2019. It begins with a flashback to Storm's pup days, when she was Lick and she and her brothers were sleeping with Martha one night whilst the wolfdog Alpha tried keeping an eye on them; despite the Alpha's prejudice toward Fierce Dogs, Lick registers that she and her brothers will always be safe and generally loved in this Wild Pack. Back in the present, a night has passed since Storm's return and imprisonment. She is brought out of the den to tell her side of the story to everyone, and as she begins to tell it, she sees Breeze beginning to lunge for Nibble and Storm impulsively launches herself at Breeze, and then suddenly realizes, as soon as she pins the traitor down, that Breeze only pretended to strike at Nibble just to get Storm provoked and look even more like she is the mindless killing bad dog.
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Dead of Night is the eighth book in the series and the second book of the second arc, The Gathering Darkness, and was released on 7 June 2016. It begins with a flashback to when Storm and her then-alive brothers first met Lucky and Mickey, who brought them to safety from starvation and named them Lick, Wiggle and Grunt; Lick later muttered in her mind, after she and four companions narrowly avoided the coyote pack led by Mangles, that she is neither afraid of coyotes nor of going to the Earth-Dog when she dies. Back in the present, Lucky becomes paranoid about Whisper's death supposedly having to do with the vengeance-seeking red foxes, so he plots war upon them - this is partly due to the fact that his and Sweet's pups are soon to be born. As Storm investigates how Whisper's killer may have pulled it off, she imagines the scenario and is then frightened by how perfect it appears, as if she committed it herself - she reminds herself that she could not have done it in a mindless rage since she was out hunting a Golden Deer with Lucky and Snap when Whisper was assassinated.
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