MIDDLETON 



MIDDLINGS 



Peninsular War, when among other 

 feats the valour of the regiment in 

 dying face to the foe at Albuera, 

 earned it its famous title of Die- 

 Hards. Further battle honours 

 were gained during the Crimean 

 War, and in the New Zealand War. 

 During the South African War the 

 Middlesex formed part of General 

 Buller's force, and was specially 

 mentioned by that commander for 



Sillantry at Spion Kop. Before the 

 reat War this was one of the few 

 regiments which had four regular 

 battalions. In the latter it had, in 

 addition to the regular and special 

 reserve battalions, four territorial, 

 and a large number of service bat- 

 talions, also a public schools, two 

 footballers', a number of public 

 works battalions, and a yeomanry 

 unit. 



The 1st and 4th were in the ex- 

 peditionary force, fighting hi all 

 the big battles of Aug.-Nov., 1914. 

 The 2nd and 3rd distinguished 

 themselves in France and Flan- 

 ders, 1915, the former making a 

 fine charge at Neuve Chapelle. The 

 llth, 12th, 13th battalions fought 

 at Loos, and the 7th and 8th at the 

 second battle of Ypres, while the 

 2/10th fought in Gallipoli in that 

 year. In 1916 the Middlesex wereen- 

 gaged in the battle of the Somme. 

 the 12th distinguishing itself at 

 Trones Wood. During 1917 their 

 record in France was equally fine, 

 especially in the battles of Arras, 

 Cambrai, and Ypres III, while 

 units of the regiment fought in 

 Palestine in that year. The 2nd 

 battalion made a heroic stand in 

 the German offensive of March- 

 April, 1918, at Mory and Villers- 

 Bretonneux, on the Aisne in May- 

 June, and helped to breach the 

 Drocourt-Queant line in Sept. 

 Other battalions took part in the 

 defence battles of that year, and in 

 the final offensive against the 

 Germans, Aug.-Nov. Middlesex 

 battalions, under Colonel John 

 Ward, fought against the Bolshev- 

 ists hi Siberia, 1917-18, and a 

 battalion of them showed heroism 

 when their transport, the Tyn- 

 dareus, was mined off the southern- 

 most part of S. Africa, Feb. 6, 1917, 

 The regimental depot is at Mill Hill. 

 See With the Die-Hards in Siberia, 

 Col. John Ward, 1920. 



Middleton. Mun. bor. and 

 market town of Lancashire, Eng- 

 land. It is 6 m. N. of Manchester, 

 on the L. & Y.R. 

 It received a 

 c h a r t e r for a 

 weekly market in 

 1791. There are 

 large silk and 

 cotton factories, 

 calico printing 

 works, iron- 



foundries, chemical works, and ex- 

 tensive collieries hi the neighbour- 

 hood. Water is supplied by the 

 Heywood and Middleton Water 

 Board. The council supplies gas 

 and electricity for tramways and 

 light railways. Middleton and 

 Prestwich form a co. division 

 to send one member to Parlia- 

 ment. Market day, Friday. Pop. 

 (1921)28,309. 



Middleton, EARL OF. Scottish 

 title borne from 1656 to 1695 by the 

 family of Middleton. John Middle- 

 ton of Middleton, Kincardineshire, 

 served Charles I hi Scotland during 

 the civil war. He was taken pri- 

 soner at Preston, and again at Wor- 

 cester, but he escaped to France 

 and joined the circle around Charles 

 II. In 1653 he was sent to Scotland 

 to lead a rebellion, but this was a 

 failure. Charles II created him an 

 earl in 1656, and after his restora- 

 tion made him commander-m- 

 chief. He died at Tangier hi June, 

 1674. Middleton's son Charles, the 

 2nd earl (d. 1719), was a secretary 

 of state under James II. He fol- 

 lowed the deposed king to France, 

 and was secretary of state to him 

 and to his son, the Old Pretender, 

 until 1713. The title was taken 

 from him hi 1695, but it was 

 claimed by the Middletons until 

 the death of John, nominally the 

 3rd earl, about 1746. 



Middleton, THOMAS (c. 1570- 

 1627). English dramatist. Born hi 

 London of a good family, he was a 

 member of 

 Gray's Inn, 

 and wrote 

 some satirical 

 tracts. About 

 1600 he turned 

 his attention 

 to the stage, 

 composing 15 

 plays inde- 

 Thomas Middleton, pendently, 

 English dramatist and seven hi 



A/ter J. Tkr,lon c o 1 ] a boration 



with Dekker, Rowley, and others, 

 and became city chronologer in 

 1 620. He was buried in the church- 

 yard of Newington Butts. His 

 work is marked by coarseness, 

 pointed dialogue, subtle satire, 

 and penetrating wit. Of his 

 comedies of London manners, 

 A Trick to Catch the Old One is 

 the most notable. His best hide- 

 pendent tragedy is Women Beware 

 Women. With Rowley he wrote 

 the powerful tragedy of The 

 Changeling, and the comedies The 

 Spanish Gipsy and A Fair Quarrel. 

 His satirical play, A Game at 

 Chesse, 1624, was immediately 

 popular, but suppressed at the re- 

 quest of the Spanish ambassador, 

 Gondomar. See Works, edited by 

 A. H. Bullen, 8 vols., 1885-86. 



Middleton-iu-Teesdale. Mar- 

 ket town of Durham, England. It 

 stands on the Tees, 16 m. E.N.E. 

 of Apple by on the N.E. Rly. Lead 

 and iron mining are the principal 

 industries. Market day, Friday. 

 Pop. 1,900. 



Middletown. Gty ol Con- 

 necticut U.S.A., the co. seat of 

 Middlesex co. It is on the Con- 

 necticut river, 15 m. S. of Hartford, 

 and is served by the New York, 

 New Haven and Hartford rly. and 

 by steamers. It contains the 

 Wesleyan University and the 

 Berkeley School of Divinity. In- 

 dustries include the manufacture 

 of cotton and silk goods, blankets, 

 boots and shoes, pumps and pump 

 machinery, chemicals, etc., and 

 the neighbourhood produces to- 

 bacco and fruit. It is connected 

 with Portland across the river by 

 a drawbridge. Organized hi 1650, 

 Middletown was called Mattabesec 

 until two years after its incor- 

 poration in 1651, and became a 

 city hi 1784. Pop. 13,600. 



Middletown. City of New York,. 

 U.S.A., hi Orange co. It is on the 

 Wallkill river, 65 m. N.W. of New 

 York City, and is served by the 

 Erie and other rlys. Industries 

 include the manufacture of rly. 

 cars, motor tyres, etc., and in the 

 neighbourhood agriculture and 

 dairy farming are carrried on. 

 Middletown was incorporated hi 

 1848, and became a city in 1888. 

 Pop. 18..400. 



Middletown. City of Ohio, 

 U.S.A., hi Butler co. It is on the 

 Miami river, 33 in. N. of Cincinnati, 

 and is served by the Cincinnati, 

 Hamilton and Dayton and other 

 rlys. It manufactures paper, 

 tobacco, steel goods, cycles, gas- 

 engines, etc. Settled in 1794, 

 Middletown was incorporated in 

 1833. Pop. 23,600. 



Middle wich. Market town and 

 urban dist. of Cheshire. It is 6 m. 

 from Northwich, near the river 

 Dane, and is served by the L. & 

 N.W. Rly., and the Trent and Mer- 

 sey canal. The chief building is the 

 old church of S. Michael, and the 

 chief industry the manufacture of 

 salt, which is extracted from the 

 brine springs here. Chemicals and 

 condensed milk are also madr 

 Middlewich is hi the centre of the 

 wiches,or salt towns, hence its name. 

 Market day, Tues. Pop. 4,900. 



Middlings. Technical term 

 used in flour milling and in metal- 

 lurgy. In flour milling, it is ap- 

 plied to a mixture of broken up 

 bran or husk, with a small pro- 

 portion of flour mostly adhering to 

 the bran. It is one of the so- 

 called " offals " of the old process 

 of flour milling, and is used for 

 poultry and pig feeding. A newer 



