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The troops were finally able to subdue the rebel forces after many days of fighting.
However, swords were probably not sturdy enough for fighting and instead were likely decorative.
From the hoplological perspective, Japan's koryu bujutsu are among the last extant hand-to-hand battlefield martial fighting arts in the world.
Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting behavior when hunted.
Behind the nation's fighting men of today moved the still-jaunty fighting men of 1917 in an hourslong procession.
Each likewise portrays itself as on the side of the angels, as fighting the good fight against adversaries who are neither decent nor fair.
There are 1,534 Greek Cypriots and 502 Turkish Cypriots missing as a result of the fighting.
The Antrobus family sold the site after their last heir was killed in the fighting in France.
Sikhs grew as an organized community and under the 10th Guru the Sikhs developed a trained fighting force to defend their independence.
Children are allowed to resolve disputes with each other, including physical fighting.
A castrum was designed to house and protect the soldiers, their equipment and supplies when they were not fighting or marching.
It is thought the milecastles were staffed with static garrisons, whereas the forts had fighting garrisons of infantry and cavalry.
After days of harsh fighting, added pressure from the flanks forced both ends of the Russian defensive line to curve backwards.
On 10 March 1905, after three weeks of fighting, General Kuropatkin decided to withdraw to the north of Mukden.
The retreating Russian Manchurian Army formations disbanded as fighting units, but the Japanese failed to destroy them completely.
On either side, there were lyrics lamenting the necessity of fighting in a foreign land, far from home.
Neville was subsequently killed in the Battle of Barnet, fighting against King Edward IV in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses.
Instead, it was believed that the fighting was the result of night attacks by German destroyers.
He then became involved in fighting the various tribes in Gaul, and by 55 BC had overrun most of Gaul.
Nevertheless, historians have generally acknowledged the skill, bravery, courage and ferocious fighting ability of the French in this action.
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Conomor, who was killed fighting Clotaire I, king of the Franks, is referred to in stories from both Britain and Brittany.
Inside, he found two of his employees fighting a small office fire, that had started after an explosion in the women's cloakroom.
A strong element of Alanic cavalry settled in Armorica influenced the fighting style of the Bretons down into the 12th century.
At what point during the war Teach joined the fighting is, in keeping with the record of most of his life before he became a pirate, unknown.
The lieutenant had kept many of his men below deck and in anticipation of being boarded told them to prepare for close fighting.
This was normally done by binding the ships on each side together, thus essentially fighting a land battle on the sea.
As Captain Brand and his troops had not been the ones fighting for their lives, Maynard thought this extremely unfair.
The contest is a rough one, with teams fighting to move the bottles over such obstacles as ditches, hedges, and barbed wire.
Air Marshal Malcolm Wollen is often considered the man who won India's 1971 war fighting alongside Bangladesh.
Costly fighting continued until 12 September but the French were able to withdraw more than four corps to reinforce the armies on the left flank.
Celtic warriors are described by Polybius and Plutarch as frequently having to cease fighting in order to straighten their sword blades.
The campaign, and the fighting in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre came to an end on 29 April.
Many German forces that had been fighting in Normandy were trapped in the Falaise pocket.
Macbeth, the King's kinsman, is praised for his bravery and fighting prowess.
Both are fighting for a throne and have a 'nemesis' to face to achieve that throne.
The Germans combined their fighting vehicles in divisions and used them at the point of main effort.
The negotiations were inconclusive and the fighting dragged on until Christmas, when Henry returned to England.
The formation was overrun by the 8th Panzer Division while still forming up and was destroyed as a fighting unit.
The southern attack at Cambrai also failed, because V Corps had been too disorganised after the fighting in Belgium to make a serious effort.
Some 58,000 were killed in action from 1940 to 1945 fighting in the Free French forces.
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Nicholson was told that the fighting troops would have to wait until 25 May.
Puck distracts Lysander and Demetrius from fighting over Helena's love by mimicking their voices and leading them apart.
Later that year, he joined Sir John Norris in the Battle of Zutphen, fighting for the Protestant cause against the Spanish.
Jonson's other work for the theatre in the last years of Elizabeth I's reign was marked by fighting and controversy.
Scattered fighting continued throughout the night, and by the morning of 25 August Paris was liberated.
Many cities and towns in Normandy were totally devastated by the fighting and bombings.
Later in his brief life, Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero.
Unlike earlier in the Republic, legionaries were no longer fighting on a seasonal basis to protect their land.
Commius, Caesar's Atrebatian ally, later switched sides, fighting in Vercingetorix's rebellion.
In heavy fighting during the day the British armour made little further progress.
The New Zealanders got off to a bad start because the units involved were dispersed after the recent fighting and took time to concentrate.
A considerable number of Irish convicts were sentenced to transportation for 'treason' while fighting for Irish independence from British rule.
Local commanders also seemed incapable of the task of fighting an aggressive defense on the beach, as Rommel had envisioned.
Brett's camped out on the couch, watching Mexican prize fighting on cablevision.
Play fighting involves rats going for each other's necks, while serious fighting involves strikes at the others' back ends.
When threatened they emit deep growls and when fighting make low kekkering noises.
This allows combatants to assess each other's antlers, body size and fighting prowess.
Numerous long scars and torn ears seen on males indicate that fighting is frequent.
Wolf pups begin play fighting at the age of 3 weeks, though unlike young foxes and coyotes, their bites are inhibited.
This is in contrast to young foxes and coyotes, which may begin fighting even before the onset of play behavior.
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Chaplin was attacked in the British media for not fighting in the First World War.
Rather than fighting for the right to mate with a female, male toads may settle disputes by means of the pitch of their voice.
Odysseus confronts and beats Thersites, a common soldier who voices discontent about fighting Agamemnon's war.
One example of this is the Spartan tale of 300 picked men fighting against 300 picked Argives.
It has to be noted that this was happening while the governor of Britain, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was away fighting in North Wales.
Northern leaders agreed that victory would require more than the end of fighting.
The principal fighting occurred between the Bolshevik Red Army and the forces of the White Army.
Within two days the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany, even though the fighting was confined to Poland.
As that campaign seeks to do, fighting ISIS means delegitimizing Caliphism at home and abroad.
However, the goal of the pirate was to rob the ship without fighting or blood loss.
On reaching the Straits of Gibraltar, Mainwaring announced to his crew his intention of fighting the Spanish anywhere he found them.
Figg's time, in addition to fist fighting, also contained fencing and cudgeling.
The females arrive in late may bringing in an increase of territorial defense through fighting and boundary displays.
The relationship between Henry and the couple became strained, and fighting broke out along the border with Anjou.
Violence broke out, leading to savage, confused street fighting as both sides attempted to take control of the city.
Robert and Henry left the castle to join the battle, but Robert then retreated, leaving Henry to continue the fighting.
After some arguments, the two kings negotiated a truce and retreated without fighting, leaving the underlying issues unresolved.
Still, throughout this period, there arose some notable bare knuckle champions who developed fairly sophisticated fighting tactics.
When Caedwalla died a few years later, wounds sustained in the fierce fighting at Wihtwara were reputedly responsible.
The fighting there had killed the previous governor and routed Cestius Gallus, the governor of Syria, when he tried to restore order.
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It was a dedicated fighting deck without any known partitions and a mix of heavy and light guns.
If a boxer simply quits fighting, or if his corner stops the fight, then the winning boxer is also awarded a technical knockout victory.
Thus, fighting against counter punchers requires constant feinting and the ability to avoid telegraphing one's attacks.
After several hours' fighting the British were defeated and forced to retreat, Braddock died a few days later of his wounds.
After fighting an indecisive battle he withdrew to Gibraltar, and Menorca subsequently fell.
With their superior discipline, the Romans were able to continue fighting as fiercely as ever.
Referee Richard Steele asked Taylor twice if he was able to continue fighting, but Taylor failed to answer.
Don't make me waste my time! You are one hundred years too early to be an opponent worthy of fighting me!
Even though they took the military oath and were among the lower ranks it did not mean they would be fighting among the masses.
Because of the limited number of sources, there is no certainty about the date, location, or details of the fighting.
Greece resisted, but, after two months of fighting, collapsed and was occupied.
He was also known for his pure fighting skills due to dislike of training for fights, which cost him at times in his career.
Some fish are sought for their value as food, others are pursued for their fighting abilities or for the difficulty of pursuit.
As the fighting was mainly in the north, the young Gregory probably saw little of it.
Soon afterward, he went back to the Heavyweights, where he kept fighting until 1914, with mixed results.
Worldwide there was a decline in pacifism and a growing sense that another world war was imminent, and that it would be worth fighting for.
How do you physics-ly determine which fighting style has the most awesome kick?
The fighting lasted for two days, with neither side achieving a decisive victory.
And, in the mid-late game, random 1-2 fighting guys get chucked out there just to get them out of hand and to chump block.
Groves came out fighting in the 8th round before Froch got him pinned against the ropes and delivered a right hand blow which knocked Groves out.
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Despite the loss, Haye was widely praised for his performance in fighting on whilst severely injured.
Gundahar was killed in the fighting, reportedly along with the majority of the Burgundian tribe.
This suggests that both refer to losses due to fighting, not due to a process of extermination of the whole population.
Both Piquet and Nakajima failed to make any impressions in terms of fighting for victories.
The vast majority of the fighting in World War II took place on the Eastern Front.
Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
Not only for his fighting expertise but also reminiscent of a compere in a cabaret show working the crowd, as a build up to the main event.
After a week of heavy fighting, primarily in Dublin, the surviving rebels were forced to surrender their positions.
Now leave we Ywain to his fighting and turn we to the lady, that was there heavily cast down to be so left and benothinged.
While fighting for dominance, he paid little attention to legality or to the normal civilities of political life.
Gordian II was killed in the fighting and, on hearing this, Gordian I hanged himself with his belt.
The defeat at Adrianople signified that the barbarians, fighting for or against the Romans, had become powerful adversaries.
It did not take long, however, for the City States to begin fighting each other to try to limit neighbouring powers.
Neither Zeno nor Basiliscus, the two generals fighting for the eastern throne at the time of Romulus' accession, accepted him as ruler.
After their conversion he portrayed the Franks as fighting against Arian heretics and barbarians.
After Pepin's long rule, his son Charles Martel assumed power, fighting against nobles and his own stepmother.
In the midst of the fighting a rumour went through the Umayyad army that Frankish scouts threatened the booty that they had taken from Bordeaux.
In essence, he changed Europe from a horde of barbarians fighting with one another, to an organized state.
By the late 1140s the active phase of the civil war was over, barring the occasional outbreak of fighting.
As of 788 Adalric was fighting and capturing Chorson, Carolingian count of Toulouse.
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Subsequent wars have shown that Karelians were fighting on both sides of the conflict and often against each other.
However, Oswiu killed Penda shortly after, and Mercia spent the rest of the 7th and all of the 8th century fighting the kingdom of Powys.
The Dutch provinces, though fighting alone now, for the first time in their history found themselves fighting a common enemy.
The Roman forces were slaughtered and the Emperor Valens was killed during the fighting.
However even though that did not really stop the fighting, it certainly cooled things off.
In December, the Bolsheviks signed an armistice with the Central Powers, though by February 1918, fighting had resumed.
The walls were eventually breached and there followed fierce fighting in the streets, in which 700 defenders were killed.
Moray was fatally wounded in the fighting at Stirling, and died soon after the battle.
Charles then took command again, and insisted on fighting a defensive action.
In many parts of the country the fighting had caused serious devastation, although some other areas remained largely unaffected.
Uldin, the first Hun known by name, headed a group of Huns and Alans fighting against Radagaisus in defense of Italy.
In reality, Dickens maintained, Indians were dirty, cruel, and constantly fighting among themselves.
Washington was finding it extremely difficult to keep his army together, even without any major fighting against the British.
The British expected the Loyalists to do much of the fighting, but they did much less than expected.
Peter himself was caught in the thick of fighting, and died as a result of a foolhardy act of bravado.
If he's one of the bests, he should be fighting the bests, NOT the pipitsugins.
Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension as the political ambitions of the Revolution expanded.
After several months of fighting native inhabitants through wilderness and swamp, the party reached Apalachee Bay with 242 men.
The fighting near Engen resulted in a stalemate with heavy losses on both sides.
By 1016, they were involved in the complex local politics where Lombards were fighting against the Byzantine Empire.
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Meanwhile, soldiers had become radicalised by the Russian Revolution and were less willing to continue fighting.
The Serbian army, fighting on two fronts and facing certain defeat, retreated into northern Albania.
The Armistice of Mudros, signed at the end of October, ended hostilities with the Ottoman Empire when fighting was continuing north of Aleppo.
With the Yuan dynasty crumbling, competing rebel groups began fighting for control of the country and thus the right to establish a new dynasty.
After about a month of fighting in which they suffered heavy casualties, the Mongols ultimately failed to take the fortified place and withdrew.
In nearly four weeks of fighting beginning 8 August, over 100,000 German prisoners were taken.
He forbade the selling of women, theft, fighting among the Mongols, and the hunting of animals during the breeding season.
In September 1917, Russian soldiers in France began questioning why they were fighting for the French at all and mutinied.
In order for an army to be in good fighting condition, it must maintain the health of its soldiers.
Oman's traditional sports are dhow racing, horse racing, camel racing, bull fighting and falconry.
In the fighting for Bahrain, most of the combat was carried out by Portuguese troops, while the Ormusi admiral, Reis Xarafo, looked on.
It is said that the OFNAC represents a more effective tool for fighting corruption than the CNLCC established under former President Wade.
The brutal civil war that was going on in neighbouring Liberia played a significant role in the outbreak of fighting in Sierra Leone.
The hostage crisis resulted in more fighting between the RUF and the government as UN troops launched Operation Khukri to end the siege.
The Ibadin had been fighting Umayyad rule in the East, and many Berbers were attracted by the sect's seemingly egalitarian precepts.
Rather than fighting each other directly, the competition of Fatimids and Umayyads played out as a competition for Berber allegiances.
Traveling to Morocco, he established a military monastery or ribat where he trained a highly motivated and disciplined fighting force.
By 15 May the advance had been stopped, although the fighting continued until 18 June.
A rebellion broke out in Segovia, and Isabella rode out to suppress it, as her husband Ferdinand was off fighting at the time.
Every able bodied male Inca of fighting age had to take part in war in some capacity at least once and to prepare for warfare again when needed.
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After some of the most intense fighting of the campaign, the hill was taken by the Germans in late May.
The Ottoman army was once among the most advanced fighting forces in the world, being one of the first to use muskets and cannons.
Most Germans were relieved that the conflicts and street fighting of the Weimar era had ended.
As long as Scotland and France were in an alliance, the English were faced with the prospect of fighting a war on two fronts.
After the Bodenplatte effort, the Luftwaffe ceased to be an effective fighting force.
In the Spanish Civil War, the Luftwaffe in the Condor Legion tried out air fighting tactics and their new aeroplanes.
At the height of fighting, and despite Churchill's insistence, only 30 pilots were released to the front line from administrative duties.
The bulk of the reinforcements were Italian and therefore it was up to the Italians to do the bulk of the fighting.
The Japanese forces in the North were now fighting on two fronts in northern Burma.
There was severe fighting until the end of the month, in which the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.
There was heavy fighting, which attracted Japanese reserves and fixed their attention.
One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole list maintained on a blackhole server.
The airfield was not captured until a month later as the area became the scene of fierce fighting.
Membership eligibility was widened to include all nation states fighting against the Axis powers instead of a select few.
Australian and British troops were fighting the communists together in the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency.
In 1456, Henry's father Edmund Tudor was captured while fighting for Henry VI in South Wales against the Yorkists.
During the fighting at Umm Qataf, Colonel Yassa was badly wounded and replaced by Colonel Saadedden Mutawally.
The bus was oppressively warm and the air-conditioning was fighting a losing battle with the heat.
Egyptian resistance varied, with some positions fighting back until destroyed, while others were abandoned with little resistance.
At Port Said, the heavy fighting in the streets and the resulting fires destroyed much of the city, killing many civilians.
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Especially fierce fighting took place at the Port Said's Customs House and Navy House.
The continuous fighting, which became known as the Battle of the Bogside, lasted for two days.
The first was the Rebellion of the Stafford brothers and Viscount Lovell of 1486, which collapsed without fighting.
That his personal household sustained losses indicates he was in the thick of the fighting.
Afghan units were the principal fighting force, supported by British forces.
With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.
In one new unit in Baghlan Province, soldiers had been found cowering in ditches rather than fighting.
I spent all of Monday fighting fires and didn't get a single thing done on my project.
Several Marines were killed during a firefight with Fedayeen in the urban fighting.
At the Saddam Canal, another 18 Marines were killed in heavy fighting with Iraqi soldiers.
There was particularly heavy fighting in and around the bridge near the town of Kufl.
Except for Ceylon and Trinidad, these gains were returned following the Peace of Amiens in 1802, which briefly halted the fighting.
Much of Baghdad remained unsecured however, and fighting continued within the city and its outskirts well into the period of occupation.
The Cayman Islands Fire Service provides fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue.
She said that this was partly due to the government removing red tape and scrapping targets to allow the police to concentrate on crime fighting.
Today, the Royal Marines are an elite fighting force within the British Armed forces, having undergone many substantial changes over time.
The primary armoured fighting vehicle operated by the Armoured Support Group is the BvS 10 Viking All Terrain Armoured Vehicle.
Most of the Highlanders and Marines who survived the bitter fighting were taken prisoner by the Japanese.
The fighting bogged down into static trench warfare for the remainder of the war.
Britain declared formally war to France with a declaration signed on 17 May, nearly two years after fighting had broken out in the Ohio Country.
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Therefore, the Algonquin and the Seven Nations were interested in fighting against the Iroquois.
Most of the heavy fighting, however, took place in and around Chetatea until the Russians were driven out of the village.
Several weeks of fighting saw little change in the front line, and the Mamelon remained in Russian hands.
Raleigh's expedition was a disastrous failure, and his son Walter was killed fighting the Spanish.
On 5 and 6 June the last JNA personnel left the city during heavy street fighting and shelling.
Vastly underequipped Bosnian forces, fighting on two fronts, were able to repel Croats and gain territory against them on every front.
A general outbreak of fighting followed, and there was heavy shelling of the town that night by Croat artillery.
Conversely, one of the leading drainage contractors, the Earl of Lindsey, was to die fighting for the King at the Battle of Edgehill.
Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
Ameritrash players like to play games with lots of dice, blind luck and space marines fighting zombies.
Opponents of the military dictatorship, like me, are fighting to extirpate the last trace of colonialism.
Whilst William was away fighting, his wife, Mary II, governed the realm, but acted on his advice.
But, he said, he still questions the government's commitment to fighting corruption.
In July 1943, the War Production Board drew up a plan for the mass distribution of penicillin stocks to Allied troops fighting in Europe.
Sufism has played a significant role in fighting against Tsars of Russia and Soviet colonization.
Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, about 145 Polish pilots defended British skies.
This essential medicine will give him a fighting chance against the disease.
After several days of fighting against overwhelming odds, nearly all the warriors are killed.
The poem is similar in ethos to heroic poetry, with the emphasis on the heroes fighting primarily for glory, but is not a narrative.
After coddling clients, retrieving luggage, and fighting traffic, he beheld sweet, nagless me.
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I kept buying hoping the price would go up, but I eventually decided I was fighting the tape.
It has become the largest fighting competition in Europe over its 21 years.
In 2008, fighting continued and Iraq's newly trained armed forces launched attacks against militants.
Another punishing round of chemo is a necessary evil if Lisa is to have a fighting chance against the cancer.
During September 1944, the city saw heavy fighting during Operation Market Garden.
In areas of Indonesia with a history of tribal warfare, mock fighting contests are held, such as caci in Flores and pasola in Sumba.
Only Great Britain was left fighting Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul of the French Republic.
However, the expenditure on military equipment and logistics and the losses in this endless fighting greatly outweighed the benefits gained.
Royal Navy ships even provided artillery support against French units when fighting strayed near enough to the coastline.
Now, when you're fighting Republicans... Democrats are all rallied around and ready to go ahead and go to the mattresses.
And all because your racket is strung with a fighting heart of supremely live genuine gutstring.
Moray was mortally wounded in the fighting, dying at an unknown date and place later that year.
By the end of the fighting, the French had lost Aspern but still controlled Essling.
Edward II was dragged away from the battlefield, hotly pursued by the Scottish forces, and only just escaped the heavy fighting.
He tried to interpose himself between the people who were fighting.
From the outset of the Hundred Years War, there were Scottish companies officially fighting for Philip IV of France.
Fighting broke out, forcing the regulars to conduct a fighting withdrawal to Boston.
In Virginia, the Royal governor, Lord Dunmore, had attempted to disarm the militia as tensions increased, although no fighting broke out.
Revisiting his native land that year, Albert Camus was horrified to find Kabyle children fighting with dogs for the contents of a rubbish bin.
After fighting began, Congress launched a final attempt to avert war, which Parliament rejected as insincere.
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Little fighting took place thereafter, and Mysore and Britain made peace on 11 March.
In nearly four weeks of fighting beginning on 8 August, over 100,000 German prisoners were taken.
After Roberts had won the conventional war, Kitchener was left in charge of fighting the Boers, who had taken to guerrilla warfare.
He complained privately of French unreliability and lack of fighting competence, a complaint which he would keep up for the next four years.
After a fortnight of intense fighting I Corps had been reduced from 18,000 men to just under 3,000 effectives by 12 November.
A second expedition in 1102 saw incursions into Ireland but in August 1103 he was killed fighting in Ulster.
But the British authorities swiftly put down the rebellion and employed severe repression after the fighting had ended.
In the last two world wars 83,005 turban wearing Sikh soldiers were killed and 109,045 were wounded fighting for the British Empire.
At the Battle of Monte Cassino in early 1944, the 2nd Battalion suffered heavy casualties in tough fighting.
As a result, in addition to being musicians, members of the pipes and drums must also be qualified fighting soldiers.
Their royal houses were effectively destroyed in the fighting, and their Angle populations came under the Danelaw.
He spent much of the early parts of his career fighting undistinguished opponents in England.
He was subsequently joined by numerous men and women fighting for the same cause.
During the Civil War, many Kentuckians found themselves fighting their own family members.
In the autumn, Owain's Aberystwyth Castle surrendered while he was away fighting.
During the ensuing fighting, Belgian forces fought alongside French and British forces against the invaders.
After savage fighting the campaign was successful until Dafydd's sudden natural death brought it to a halt.
A likely context for construction is the 820s, when the Mercian king Coenwulf was fighting against a resurgent Welsh threat.
The fighting in the region dragged on for another two weeks before the dead could be recovered.
More instances of Germani fighting Germani appear in the works of Tacitus than between Romans and Germani.
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The heavy fighting in the Battle of Britain had eaten up most of Fighter Command's resources, so there was little investment in night fighting.
After Rhys died in 1197, fighting between his sons led to the splitting of Deheubarth between warring factions.
Caesar provided his Germanic armies with Roman mounts to enable them greater mobility and to enhance their fighting efficiency.
Edward only just escaped the heavy fighting, making a vow to found a Carmelite religious house at Oxford if he survived.
Due to the Royal Artillery gas bombardments, the German artillery had been largely silenced and played little part in the initial fighting.
Other than an exchange of artillery fire, no further fighting took place and the division was withdrawn from the line on 6 August.
The teachers are fighting a losing battle because even the language mavens are losing their grip on the distinction.
By the end of the day, in heavy fighting, the division had seized the ridge, pushed the Germans back around Ovillers and taken 634 prisoners.
During the fighting, Henry Weale was ordered to suppress German machine gun positions with his Lewis Gun.
Meanwhile, the 113th Brigade engaged in heavy fighting to clear the German trenches around Mortho Wood.
Northern England was a focal point for fighting during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Of this number, around 13,000 were available as replacements for the 21st Army Group fighting in France.
Although Ripon was not in the main line of fighting which was to the east, it remained loyal and royalist during the English Civil War.
Our fighting men will not be able to achieve their purpose unless we get an adequate supply of coal.
This caused a deal of upset, as many young men wanted to join the fighting forces and felt that as miners they would not be valued.
Park rangers also have fire fighting responsibilities and execute search and rescue missions.
Such competition can take the form of fighting other males or of herding females to prevent access by other males.
The romantic notions of warfare that everyone had expected faded as the fighting in France bogged down into trench warfare.
Two days of fighting brought about the total destruction of Mametz village by shelling.
The discipline and organization of a Roman legion made it a superb fighting unit.
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The protest ended with an outbreak of fighting between local youths and police officers leading to widespread disturbances across English cities.
Egypt provided the rebels with weapons and financial assistance, but also sent a large military force to participate in the fighting.
In 1979, fresh fighting between the two states resumed and efforts were renewed to bring about unification.
However, by the end of the year, Yemen claimed that 3,000 soldiers had been killed in renewed fighting.
Dixmude, near Ostend that had been the site of heavy fighting throughout the war.
It recommended that the government should find ways of fighting the five 'Giant Evils' of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness.
During the First Punic War, the island was conquered after harsh fighting by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
He turned professional as a boxer in Philadelphia in 1905, and spent the best part of his career fighting in the United States.
Welsh just carried on fighting, with one final match in New Orleans against Young Donahue.
Just over a month later, Welsh was back fighting in Mountain Ash, to face little known French lightweight Henri Piet.
By the eighth round Driscoll was coming into the match, and forced the fighting in the ninth.
When Welsh returned to America he was intent on fighting Ritchie, having failed to meet both Nelson and Wolgast.
Welsh responded to his bad luck by throwing himself back into competitive fighting.
This included spear and stone throwing, building and testing physical strength through wrestling, fist fighting, and stone lifting.
In July 1963, he challenged for the European featherweight title, fighting Italian holder, Alberto Serti in Cardiff.
He continued fighting, but unfortunately he sustained a badly swollen left eye, which caused the bout to be stopped in the fifth round.
The threat was enough to bring the English king back from Normandy, where he had been fighting Robert Curthose.
Knattleik appears to have been played only in Iceland, where it attracted many spectators, as did horse fighting.
After again fighting Criqui, this time at bantamweight, the Porth fighter never again made the flyweight limit.
Much of their wealth, however, was wasted fighting each other.

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