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  • A spokeswoman for the ministry said Saturday that the legendary Third Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland - known as the Black Watch - could be in Libya within 24 hours if necessary.

    Britain Says 200 Troops Standing by For Libya 2011

  • A spokeswoman for the ministry said Saturday that the legendary Third Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland - known as the Black Watch - could be in Libya within 24 hours if necessary.

    Britain Says 200 Troops Standing by For Libya 2011

  • DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bill, I moved up with the 1st Battalion, the Black Watch, which is part of the 7th Armored Brigade, who made a concerted push at first light into Basra from the south.

    CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2003 2003

  • Soon I knew about the exploits of the Gordons on the North West Frontier, but not about Bilbo Baggins, and the Black Watch were my friends, not the Famous Five or the Secret Seven.

    Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003

  • He took no further notice of him, but called the Black Watch corporal and gave him his orders.

    Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Arthur Shearly Cripps 1910

  • Since " Black Watch " first opened to international acclaim in 2006, director John Tiffany hasn ' t had much down time.

    John Tiffany Skypes, Shops and Sings in the Choir Javier Espinoza 2010

  • Perhaps a Black Watch officer actually delivered that too-good-to-be-true speech, just as it's possible that each and every one of the disillusioned soldiers interviewed by the makers of "Black Watch" saw the war as a futile political gesture.

    The Horrors of War, Sanitized 2008

  • The Black Watch was founded in 1725, and played a major role in some of Britain's most famous military engagements.

    Britain Says 200 Troops Standing by For Libya 2011

  • The Black Watch was founded in 1725, and played a major role in some of Britain's most famous military engagements.

    Britain Says 200 Troops Standing by For Libya 2011

  • Writer Gregory Burke based that show on interviews with Iraq-deployed members of Scotland's famed Black Watch unit, yet the piece is not, strictly speaking, verbatim.

    Taking the stage by storm: True tales Nelson Pressley 2011

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