After being ambushed Attack by Sandinista forces at the Battle Hostile_encounter of San Fernando , Major Oliver Floyd 's expedition Traveling of American Marines and Nicaraguan Provisional Guardsmen continued its advance into enemy-held territory in northern Nicaragua .

Major Floyd 's Marine and Provisional Guard expedition eventually reached Arriving the area one mile southeast of Santa Clara , where they were attacked Attack by a force of between 60 and 120 ( possibly up to 150 ) Sandinista insurgents who were armed with two machine guns .

Major Floyd might wage Using a 'blood and thunder campaign , ' but Sandino would adopt Choosing the hit-and-run tactics of guerrilla warfare Hostile_encounter . ''

Disco Demolition Night remains Temporary_stay well known Know as one of the most extreme promotions in Major League history .

Three days prior , VVKJ Major Vladimir Kren had defected Escaping to the Germans , disclosing Reveal_secret the locations Placing of multiple military assets , as well as elucidating the VVKJ 's codes .

Major General Charles Grey raided Attack the Massachusetts communities of New Bedford , Fairhaven , and Martha 's Vineyard in September 1778 as part of British operations in the American Revolutionary War .

Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis received Receiving the only Victoria Cross awarded Award on D-Day for his actions while attacking Attack two pillboxes at the Mont Fleury battery .

Major traffic jams occurred Coming_to_be in the Houston and Dallas areas .

Arguments Quarreling with late pay created Creating a situation in which he used Using force to get Getting the money the forces Military_operation needed , and that developed Cause_to_make_progress into an international incident Quarreling which blew up tremendously and led to Causation the leadership being taken over Change_of_leadership by the British , which led to Causation the group being re-formed under new leadership by a British Major Charles G. Gordon ( Chinese Gordon ) .

In the first action , elements of three U.S. Marine battalions under the command Control of U.S. Marine Major General Alexander Vandegrift attacked Attack Japanese troop concentrations at several points around the Matanikau River .

The Japanese—under the overall command Control of Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi—repulsed the Marine attacks Attack .

Major Stockloser ordered Arranging `` B '' , `` C '' , and `` D '' companies to cross the canal but had not arranged Arranging for assault boats , stating Statement that the operation would be `` a crossing Motion_directional of opportunity '' .

Major Hugh Scott , the District Governor of Sulu Province , where the incident Killing occurred Presence , recounted Statement that those who fled Escaping to the crater `` declared Expressing_publicly they had no intention of fighting , - ran Self_motion up there only in fright , [ and ] had some crops planted Placing and desired to cultivate them . ''

The combined HV and HVO forces Hostile_encounter were under the overall command Control of HV Major General Ante Gotovina .

The rebels Hostile_encounter included Cause_to_be_included experienced professional soldiers as well as citizenry , and were commanded Control by Colonel James Wallace of Auchens , seconded by Major Joseph Learmont .

Rudawski gives Giving the following officer losses Earnings_and_losses suffered Earnings_and_losses by the Elector of Brandenburg/Prussia army : Major of Pfuhl 's regiment Andreas Pauli , Rotameister of general Dorfling 's regiment Peter Saks , Rotameister of count de Wilgenstein 's regiment Baron Schwende , Rotameister Bretlar , Colonel acting as general major de Kanneberg , Commissar Godfryd Weiter .

The hijacking Kidnapping went on for thirteen days , during which Major Tariq Rahim was shot Use_firearm to death ; the hijackers mistakenly believed Know Rahim to be the son of General Rahimuddin Khan .

Major Tariq Rahim 's body was thrown Body_movement from the plane on the tarmac where he bled Death to death .

Taking advantage of local assistance he successfully flanked Attack the American position outside the town , captured Conquering a large portion of Major General Robert Howe 's army , and drove Influence the remnants to retreat Escaping into South Carolina .

After talks Communication between Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia and Major General Ashfaq Nadeem , an understanding Communication was reached Achieve to de-escalate the situation .

Conditions in the city were such that Major General John E. Wool , commander of the Department of the East , said Telling on July 16 that , `` Martial law ought to be proclaimed Statement , but I have not a sufficient force to enforce Action it . ''

According to Major R. Rajamani , the commander of the Indian army contingent that arrived Arriving on 9 June , the My Lai massacre Catastrophe was not even half as gruesome as in Mandwi .

The Whiskey Rebellion ( also known as the Whiskey Insurrection ) was a tax protest in the United States beginning Process_start in 1791 and ending Process_end in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington , ultimately under the command Control of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane .

The Japanese soldiers landed Self_motion from four destroyers near Koromokina Lagoon on the night of 7 November and engaged Hostile_encounter two battalions of U.S. Marines from the 3rd and 9th Marine Regiments under the command Control of Major General Allen H. Turnage .

Major conflicts Hostile_encounter within the campaign included Cause_to_be_included the cavalry and artillery attack Attack on Te Tarata pā near Opotiki in October 1865 in which about 35 Māori were killed Killing and the seven-day siege Besieging of Waerenga-a-Hika in November 1865 .

The army of Boer General Piet Cronjé was retreating Escaping from its entrenched position at Magersfontein towards Bloemfontein after its lines of communication were cut Removing by Major General John French , whose cavalry had recently outflanked Besieging the Boer position to relieve Kimberley .

Major damage Damaging was sustained by 14,256 additional single-family dwellings , and another 26,211 single-family dwellings received Receiving minor damage Damaging .

The Governor General-in-Council in 2006 appointed Deciding the former Supreme Court Justice John C. Major to conduct Action a commission of inquiry .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Staten Island was a failed Earnings_and_losses raid Attack by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces Military_operation on Staten Island on August 22 , 1777 , during the American Revolutionary War Hostile_encounter .

The head of the recovery taskforce was Major General Michael Slater .

The Kosovo Operation Military_operation ( October 15–November 22 , 1944 ) was a series of military operations Military_operation leading up to one final push Influence during World War Military_operation II , launched Process_start by the Bulgarian army ( commanded Control by Major General Kiril Stanchev ) with the assistance Assistance of Yugoslav and Albanian Partisans to expel Removing German forces from Kosovo and prevent Preventing_or_letting the retreat Escaping of German forces from Greece .

The previous day , a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Self_motion Spotted Elk 's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted Sending them westward to Wounded Knee Creek , where they made camp .

Patriot forces under the command Control of Major Andrew Williamson had been dispatched Arranging to the area to recover a shipment of gunpowder and ammunition intended for the Cherokees that had been seized Hold by Loyalists .

The raids Attack were ended Process_end by order Arranging of Major General Robert Laycock because they caused Causation the enemy to bring Bringing reinforcements , which could have been detrimental to the Allies ' strategy .

Major Ernest Wright Alexander of the Royal Artillery and Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell of the 9th Lancers were awarded Giving the Victoria Cross for saving Rescuing the artillery battery guns while under fire Catastrophe .

In second place was Wot No Sun , Acthon Major finished Process_end third , and Rowland Roy fourth .

Major changes in the formal responsibilities for management and regulation of safety of UK rail transport ensued Coming_to_be .

In response , US X Corps under the command Control of Major General Edward Almond managed Control to cripple the KPA forces at Wonju , and the UN forces later carried out Action a number of anti-guerrilla operations against the KPA infiltrators .

The U.S. Army under Major General Winfield Scott eventually captured Conquering Mexico City through stiff resistance , having marched west from the port of Veracruz on the Gulf Coast , where the U.S. staged its first ever major amphibious landing .

Major actions were fought Hostile_encounter at Fribourg , Geltwil , Lunnern , Lucerne , and finally at Gisikon , Meierskappel , and Schüpfheim , after which Lucerne capitulated Surrendering on 24 November .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between United States regulars and New York militia forces Causation led Causation by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , and British regulars , York and Lincoln militia and Mohawk warriors led by Major General Isaac Brock , and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe , who took Conquering command Control when Brock was killed Killing .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between United States regulars and New York militia forces Causation led Causation by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , and British regulars , York and Lincoln militia and Mohawk warriors led by Major General Isaac Brock , and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe , who took Conquering command Control when Brock was killed Killing .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between United States regulars and New York militia forces Causation led Causation by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , and British regulars , York and Lincoln militia and Mohawk warriors led by Major General Isaac Brock , and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe , who took Conquering command Control when Brock was killed Killing .

The combined HV and HVO forces were under the overall command Control of HV Major General Ante Gotovina .

Two members of British intelligence obtained Getting the body of Glyndwr Michael , a tramp who died Death from eating Ingestion rat poison , dressed Wearing him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed Placing personal items on him identifying Check him as the fictitious Captain ( Acting Major ) William Martin .

The coup was bloodless and took Conquering less than a few hours—after power had been seized Hold Minh 's aide and bodyguard , Major Nguyễn Văn Nhung was arrested Process_end and summarily executed .

MLS Cup 2003 was the eighth edition of the MLS Cup , the championship match of Major League Soccer ( MLS ) , which took place Process_start on November 23 , 2003 .

A total of six Major League Soccer teams participated Participation .

Brigadier General of Military Aviation Borivoje Mirković , Major Živan Knežević of the Yugoslav Royal Guards , and his brother Radoje Knežević were key organisers in the overthrow Change_of_leadership of the government .

During the action Response , American light dragoons under Major Light Horse Harry Lee drove Preventing_or_letting off a large number of cattle that were kept Getting in the area for the use Using of the British army in New York City .