The Counting Thread

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A battalion of the US 36th Division lost 508 casualties in one day (13th Sept 1943) forcing it to retire over the Calore river, whilst fighting a desperate battle to protect the Salerno bridgehead during the early days of the Italian campaign of WW11.
 
513 - X-rays reveal 513 US-bound migrants in trucks - World news

18 May 2011 ... Police in Mexico's southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United States.
 
516 - 516 Amherstia was the 8th asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan, and was named after Amherst College, his alma mater. Amherstia is a large M-type asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 73 km. It follows an eccentric orbit between Jupiter and Mars, with an orbital period of 4.39 years.
 
518 - Coleophora mayrella (no 518 on the list of UK moths) is a widely distributed species throughout Britain and Ireland that frequents grassy areas and waste ground - I expect it can be found around the St Mary's area of Southampton then.
 
520 - According to official statistics, over the course of 12 months to the first quarter of this year, private sector employment rose by 520,000,
 
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