Guard

Guard or guards may refer to:

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Imperial Guard
... An imperial guard or palace guard is a special group of troops (or a member thereof) of an empire, typically closely associated directly with the Emperor or Empress ... Napoleon's Imperial Guard is an example of this ... Some empires maintained guard units, such as the British Empire, which still exist ...
Battle Of Ligny - Battle - Napoleon Commits The Old Guard
... The artillery of the Guard, therefore, came into action above Ligny to prepare Blücher's centre for assault ... occasioned by a thunderstorm but, as this passed over, the guns opened and the Old Guard, supported by the reserve cavalry – the Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale. 60 guns gave the signal for a combined assault to be delivered by Gerard and the Guard, with Milhaud moving on their right flank ...
Guard - Others
... Guard (computer science), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution Guard (information security), a device for controlling communication between computer networks Guard (weapon ...
1993 Storm Of The Century - Impact Surrounding The Gulf of Mexico - Gulf of Mexico
... The United States Coast Guard dealt with "absolutely incredible, unbelievable" conditions within the Gulf of Mexico ... Seven of its crew died when a Coast Guard helicopter was forced back to base due to low fuel levels after rescuing three of their crew ... In all, the Coast Guard rescued 235 people from over 100 boats across the Gulf of Mexico during the tempest ...
Imperial Guard - Fiction
... The term has been used in fiction Imperial Guard, a group of alien warriors in the Marvel Comics universe that are charged with the duty of serving the Shi'ar Empire ... Emperor's Royal Guard, Emperor Palpatine's personal protectors in the Star Wars universe ... The Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), the army of the Imperium in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniature wargame ...

Famous quotes containing the word guard:

    “There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboon shot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.”
    —P.W. (Pieter Willem)

    “I guard this box, as I would the instrumental parts of my religion, to help my mind on to something better.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “Those that I fight I do not hate,
    Those that I guard I do not love;”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)