Field Marshal Sir John French , commander of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) , co-operated Collaboration with the French strategy to capture Vimy Ridge , by planning British attacks against Aubers Ridge .

Field Marshal Sir John French , commander of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) , co-operated Collaboration with the French strategy to capture Vimy Ridge , by planning British attacks against Aubers Ridge .

The French attacked Attack Vimy Ridge and the British attacked Attack further north in the Battle of Aubers Ridge ( 9 May ) and the Battle of Festubert The battle was fought Hostile_encounter during the German offensive of the Second Battle of Ypres which the Germans ended to reinforce the Artois front .

The French attacked Attack Vimy Ridge and the British attacked Attack further north in the Battle of Aubers Ridge ( 9 May ) and the Battle of Festubert The battle was fought Hostile_encounter during the German offensive of the Second Battle of Ypres which the Germans ended to reinforce the Artois front .

The initial French attack broke Bodily_harm through and captured Conquering Vimy Ridge but reserve units were not able to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the troops on the ridge , before German counter-attacks forced them back about half-way to their jumping-off points .

The British attack at Aubers Ridge was a costly failure and two German divisions in reserve were diverted Change_sentiment south against the Tenth Army .

The French offensive had advanced Cause_to_make_progress the front line about towards Vimy Ridge , on an front .

Manhattan is near the Nemaha Ridge , a long anticline structure that is bounded by several faults .

Combles lies north-east of Amiens and east of Albert , on the D 20 Rancourt–Guillemont road , south of Bapaume , in the Combles valley a hollow between outcrops of Bazentin Ridge , between Morval to the north , Ginchy to the north-west and Falfemont Farm to the west .

The Marine attacks Attack were intended to `` mop-up '' Japanese stragglers retreating Escaping towards the Matanikau from the recent Battle of Edson 's Ridge , to disrupt Destroying Japanese attempts to use the Matanikau area as a base for attacks Attack on the Marine Lunga defenses , and to destroy Destroying any Japanese forces Causation in the area .

On the night of 1942 , the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ( part of the 7th Motor Brigade ) , with thirteen 6-pounder anti-tank guns and the 239th Battery , 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA , with six more 6-pounders , was ordered Arranging to occupy Control a desert feature known as Snipe , a small depression in the landscape south-west of Kidney Ridge that was suitable for an outpost .

The Capture Conquering of Wurst Farm was an attack Attack by the British 58th ( 2/1st London ) Division ( 58th Division ) against the German 36th Division on 20 September 1917 , near Ypres , Belgium , during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge , part of the Third Battle of Ypres ( Battle of Passchendaele ) .

Wurst Farm was at the lower end of Gravenstafel Ridge and several British attacks Attack in the area since 31 July had been repulsed Defending by the Germans .

The 58th Division objective was ahead , among German strongpoints on Wurst Farm Ridge , at the west end of Gravenstafel Spur .

The British Third and First armies achieved Achieve the deepest advance since trench warfare began Process_start , along the Scarpe river in the Battle of Arras , which inflicted Causation many losses on the Germans , attracted reserves and captured Conquering Vimy Ridge to the north .

The British Second Army held Defending the ground from Messines Ridge northwards to Steenstraat and the divisions opposite the German XXIII Reserve Corps had received Receiving warnings of a gas attack Attack .

Motivated by his dislike for the U.S. federal government and unhappy about its handling of the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992 and the Waco siege in 1993 , McVeigh timed Process_start his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the deadly fire that ended the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco , Texas .

The Wounded Knee incident began Process_start on February 27 , 1973 , when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement ( AIM ) seized Self_motion and occupied Control the town of Wounded Knee , South Dakota , on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation .

British and French attacks Attack south of the Albert–Bapaume road continued on 2 July and by 13 July had pushed Motion up close to the German second position through Mametz Wood to the north of Mametz , ready for the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on 14 July , the 7th Division having been relieved Cure by the 38th ( Welsh ) Division on 5 July .

Fierce resistance Defending on the northern shoulder of the offensive Attack , around Elsenborn Ridge , and in the south , around Bastogne , blocked Hindering German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success .

To exploit Hold the success , British cavalry went Self_motion forward to probe the area around the village but were repulsed Defending by machine-gun Use_firearm and artillery-fire Bearing_arms from improvised German defences Defending on Transloy Ridge .

It occurred Coming_to_be on December 29 , 1890 , near Wounded Knee Creek ( Lakota : `` Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála '' ) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota , following a botched attempt to disarm the Lakota camp .

The Germans retained Preserving control Control of the high ground on Passchendaele Ridge opposite I and II Anzac corps , where the attack Attack was repulsed Defending or troops were forced Request by counter-attacks Attack to retire Escaping from most captured ground , as had happened on 9 October .

During the winter of 1917/1918 , the considerable territorial gains by the EEF as a consequence of victories at the Battle of Mughar Ridge in November and the Battle of Jerusalem in December , from the Gaza–Beersheba line to the Jaffa–Jerusalem line , were consolidated Cause_change_of_strength .

Union units spontaneously rallied to create Creating a defensive Defending line on Horseshoe Ridge `` ( `` Snodgrass Hill '' ) '' , forming Creating a new right wing for the line of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas , who assumed Employment overall command Control of remaining forces Causation .

After the storm Catastrophe weakened Cause_change_of_strength in Virginia , it maintained Containing an area of moisture that resulted in Causation heavy rainfall after interacting with the Blue Ridge Mountains , a process known as orographic lift Body_movement .

The Capture of Wadi el Hesi and the associated Sausage Ridge , began Process_start during the evening of 7 November 1917 , was fiercely fought Hostile_encounter for during 8 November and not cleared Emptying until the early hours of 9 November , at the beginning Process_start of the pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I .

The Ottoman 7th Division , one of the retreating Escaping Ottoman Army units , established Creating a defensive line on the northern side of the Wadi el Hesi which included Cause_to_be_included Sausage Ridge .

After the wadi was fairly quickly crossed Motion_directional late on 7 November , Sausage Ridge protecting Defending the road and railway along which the retreating Escaping Ottoman columns were traveling Traveling , was attacked Attack on 8 November by the EEF 's 52nd ( Lowland ) Division .

Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German front-line fortification Defending , west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme .

The redoubt was built Building after the end Process_end of the Battle of Albert ( 25–29 September 1914 ) , and as French and later British attacks on the Western Front became Becoming more formidable , the Germans added Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale fortifications and trench positions near the original lines around Hawthorn Ridge .

The success of the German defence Defending of the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt crater contributed Giving to the failure of the British attack Attack on the rest of the VIII Corps front .

The British reopened Openness the tunnel beneath the Hawthorn Ridge crater three days later and reloaded the mine with explosives for the Battle of the Ancre .

The objective of the operation was a limited attack Attack to the south , to capture Conquering the rest of Caen and the Bourguébus Ridge beyond .

The offensive Hostile_encounter began Process_start when the British VIII Corps , with three armoured divisions , attacked Attack to seize Conquering the German-held Bourguébus Ridge , the area between Bretteville-sur-Laize and Vimont and to inflict maximum casualties Catastrophe on the Germans .

When Operation Goodwood ended Process_end on 20 July , the armoured divisions had broken Bodily_harm through the outer German defences Defending and advanced Cause_to_make_progress but had been stopped Process_end short of Bourguébus Ridge , only armoured cars having penetrated Attack further south and beyond the ridge .

In late September , the British gained Getting a footing in the redoubt , during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge Attack and counter-attack followed until 14 October , when troops of the 39th Division , captured Conquering the last German foothold in the redoubt and repulsed Defending German counter-attacks from The site of the redoubt lies between the Thiepval Memorial and the Ulster Tower .

The cities of Florida City , Homestead , and Cutler Ridge received Receiving the brunt Attack of the storm Catastrophe .

The `` Super Connie '' crashed Catastrophe near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno , very close to the site of a Coast Guard radio station .

India took control Control of the Siachen Glacier and its tributary glaciers , as well as all the main passes and heights of the Saltoro Ridge immediately west of the glacier , including Sia La , Bilafond La , and Gyong La .

Pakistan controls Control the glacial valleys immediately west of the Saltoro Ridge .