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 * The following is test material only - it is not intended to make any particular sense otherwise

Lt Col Stewart Francis Newcombe (November 9, 1878 – March 23, 1956) was a British army officer and associate of T.E. Lawrence.

He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1898 and fought in the Second Boer War. He served with the Egyptian army from May 1901 until 1911. In 1913 and 1914 he was engaged in strategic survey work in the Sinai Peninsula, where he worked with and became a friend of Lawrence.

At the end of 1916, he was appointed Chief of the British Military Mission in the Hejaz where he again worked with Lawrence and played a key role in the Arab Revolt. In November 1917 Newcombe was captured by the Turks but escaped and went into hiding in Istanbul.



Linked date tests:
 * 4 August 2020
 * November 11, 2011
 * 17 January 1951
 * February 22, 1867

Unlinked date tests:
 * 4 August 2020
 * November 11, 2011
 * 17 January 1951
 * February 22, 1867
 * 2009-05-15
 * 1994-11-10
 * 2010-08-23
 * 1965-10-08
 * Start date: June 11, 2004
 * Start date: July 12, 2004
 * Start date: August 13, 2004
 * Start date: September 14, 2004
 * End date: October 15, 2004
 * Film date:
 * January 7 – February 3, 1980
 * January 7 - February 3, 1980
 * January 12 - May 6, 1865 - comma should be removed
 * November 21 - November 27
 * November 21 – November 27
 * 30 th of October
 * 23 rd of October 1776
 * 7 th of November, 2009 should not have ordinal, let alone in small text
 * March 17 - April 23, 1980


 * dates = October 24 – October 27
 * other stuff = July 11, September 22 will be next; October 5, November 6, December 7 are possible.
 * ordinals to vape = 24th-28th April
 * ordinals oth = April 12th-23rd
 * amp = 8&13 September 1992, 14&17 October
 * amp2 = 9th&14th August 1982, July 11th&22nd
 * more ords = 14th and 18th March
 * cleanup sup = 14th January 2010; 21st October; 11th to 22nd August 1992.
 * more sup = January 14th, 2010; October 21st; August 11th to 22nd, 1992.

Early life
S.F. Newcombe was born in Brecon, Wales, the son of Edward Newcombe, and educated at Christ's Hospital and Felsted. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich where he was awarded the Sword of Honour. Commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1898, he served in the Second Boer War. He served with the Egyptian army from May 1901 until 1911.

Lifespan notes

 * April 5, 1923
 * June 7, 1945
 * June 7, 1945
 * 1932 (age 92)
 * November 10, 2009
 * November 10, 2009
 * 2020

Surveying work
In 1913 and the early part of 1914, following short spells at the War Office, he carried out a survey across the Sinai Peninsula to Beersheba, under the auspices of the Palestine Exploration Fund. He was joined by Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence who had been appointed as archaeological experts. The Negev was of strategic importance, as it would have to be crossed by any Ottoman army attacking Egypt in the event of war and the survey updated mapping of the area, showing features of military relevance such as water sources. This began a life-long friendship and collaboration with Lawrence who would become famous as Lawrence of Arabia.

Ordinals should not be stripped within titles

 * Rennles, Keith. Independent Force:The War Diary of the Daylight Bomber Squadrons of the Independent Air Force 6th June–11th November 1918. London:Grub Street, 2002. ISBN 1 902304 90 X.
 * Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916, Volume I, Sir Douglas Haig's Command to the 1st July: Battle of the Somme, London: Macmillan, 1932/Woking: Shearer Publications, 1986 (ISBN 0-946998-02-7).
 * Capt Wilfred Miles, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916, Volume II, 2nd July 1916 to the end of the Battles of the Somme, London: Macmillan, 1936.
 * Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Volume V, 26th September-11th November: The Advance to Victory, London: HMSO, 1947 (Imperial War Museum reprint (ISBN 1-87023-06-2).

First World War
When Turkey entered the First World War, Newcombe was sent out to Egypt as assistant to Gilbert Clayton, who was head of both the Military and Political Intelligence Services there. Among the picked group of officers who worked with Newcombe were George Lloyd, Aubrey Herbert, Woolley and Lawrence. Newcombe served at Gallipoli from September 1915 until December 1915, and was awarded the D.S.O.: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Anzac, Gallipoli Peninsula, on 29th October 1915. During rescue operations he entered a mine tunnel soon after the first casualties were reported, and, although suffering from the effects of fumes, he continued to lead rescue parties till he was completely disabled by the gas." Five men died in the rescue in Tunnel C2.

At the end of 1916, after a spell in France, he was appointed Chief of the British Military Mission with the Sharif of Mecca's forces in the Hejaz where he again worked with Lawrence and played a key role in the Arab Revolt. After the capture of Wejh, the demolition raids on the Hejaz Railway were largely his work, along with his colleague Major Henry Hornby. Lawrence was later to pay Newcombe a blended compliment in his book Seven Pillars of Wisdom when he wrote; 'Newcombe is like fire,' they (the Arabs) used to complain, ‘he burns friend and enemy’, referring to his enthusiasm for destroying this vital artery that supplied the besieged Ottoman garrison in Medina.

Newcombe was captured during the 3rd Battle of Gaza after he led a party of seventy men of the Imperial Camel Corps behind enemy lines north of Beersheba to cut the Hebron road. His force was surrounded and forced to surrender around 2 November 1917.

This paragraph is another quote test. Joe said, "let there be byte, and there was." Frank said, "allow me to utter unterminated quotations.

Newcombe was held in Turkey. He escaped from a Prisoner-of-war camp at Brusa with the aid of a French woman, Mlle Elizabeth Chaki, and went into hiding in Istanbul. After helping draft peace proposals he eventually escaped but was too late to be involved in the signing of the armistice held on HMS Liverpool. Note how they did not have 7" record singles back in those days.

BLOCKQUOTE TEST
In a letter addressed to ‘the civilised nations of the world,’ by Arthur Griffith — then acting President of the Republic wrote: Under similar circumstances a body of Irish Volunteers captured on June 1 of the present year a party of 25 English military who were on duty at the King’s Inns, Dublin. Having disarmed the party the Volunteers immediately released their prisoners. This was in strict accordance with the conduct of the Volunteers in all such encounters. Hundreds of members of the armed forces have been from time to time captured by the Volunteers and in no case was any prisoner maltreated even though Volunteers had been killed and wounded in the fighting, as in the case of Cloyne, Co. Cork, when, after a conflict in which one Volunteer was killed and two wounded, the whole of the opposing forces were captured, disarmed, and set at liberty.

After March the 22nd 2005: The club has been quite successful, perhaps the team's most memorable result has been a 2-1 Win against Asian Champions League contenders Sydney FC in a home game friendly match in front of 5000 fans on August the 17th 2007.

More quote testings
Here is unquoted text with ordinal dates that should be changed: 4th July 1853, April 19th, 2007. Now here's a cquote whose dates should not be refactored (but should be delinked): 11 August 1999, March 4, 2001, 22 September 1956, October 30, 2010, November 11th, 2011, 21st December 1986 Now try a "plain non-directional doublequoted text with dates such as June 12, 1973 or 23 May 2002."

The script should never refactor blockquoted dates such as 24th November, 1936 or even April 12th, 1818. Ever!

"Also, bquotes should not be refactored for dates such as 11th January 1913 or February 22, 1887"

"Yes, at 10:25 pm on the 25th of December in 1917, an earthquake destroyed my city. I saw something like an immense cloud conceal the enormous moon. I had been placed in a cellar, in a hole, in a cave or someplace else. It was then that I wrote my first poem, a song of farewell to Guatemala. Later, I was angered by the circumstances during which the rubble was cleared away and by the social injustice that became so bloodily apparent."

Marriage and personal life
Newcombe married Elsie Chaki in London in April 1919. Their son, born in 1920, was christened Stewart Lawrence in recognition of his father's friendship with T.E. Lawrence who became the boy's godfather. Their daughter Diana, born 1921, became Baroness Elles. Newcombe went to Malta in 1929 as Chief Engineer, retiring in 1932.

In 1935, Newcombe was one of the six pallbearers at Lawrence's funeral.

Newcombe's medals were sold at auction in 1992 but were then revealed to have been stolen in 1955.

Ordinal city
On the 3rd of September, 2016.

Around the 14 January 1909.

After April the 14th, 1883, but before May 22nd.

Various
Strip the commas out of these: 19 December, 2004, 23 January, 1887 through 6 Feb., 1898.

January 22, 1863 ipsem lorem factum butterfingers Jan. 11, 2004 zorp grop crog Jan 8, 1996.

February 27, 1883 borscht zogon Feb. 15, 1983 xoof ababab Feb 8, 2020.

March 16, 1845 woeiru erjhlkw lkl Mar. 23, 2002 oiu oiuwer weiu wer Mar 3, 1919.

April 8, 1883 ioue oi uwerriwur Apr. 20, 1987 eoeo fjcnmnk Apr 30, 2010.

Through to May 18, 1806 - the looking glass.

Zontar June 24, 1858 og dem zonk Jun 11, 1945 orbit zapped Jun. 5, 2003.

Disco boogie July 31, 1887 gave way to waltzing on Jul. 7, 1906 then finally slamdancing on Jul 22, 2001.

Roller harvesting August 8, 1852 resulted in inordinate crop counts Aug. 23, 1914 which finally resolved Aug 6, 2000.

Fall occurred around September 21, 2020 but felt more like Sept. 9, 1884 or even Sept 12, 1665.

On Hallowe'en October 31, 1984 it was found candies went stale on Oct. 5; they were mouldy back in Oct. 17, 1843.

On November 30, 1876 it couldn't be predicted what would happen on Nov. 5, 1953 let alone Nov 12, 2023.

Christmas on December 25, 1919 wasn't like the weather back in Dec. 14, 1853 and won't be like Dec 8, 2002.

Tables and stuff
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series.

Results and standings
The season consisted of four rounds held across three different states. Each round consisted of three races.

Family
Among his children with Helen were:


 * 1) Ulick (1670–1691), was created Viscount of Galway and fell at the Battle of Aughrim fighting for the Jacobites;
 * 2) Margaret (1673–1744), first married Bryan Magennis, 5th Viscount of Iveagh and then Thomas Butler of Garryricken;
 * 3) William, died childless in France;
 * 4) Honora (1674–1698), married 1st Patrick Sarsfield and 2nd the Duke of Berwick.