According to the `` Chronica '' , `` during the time when Alfonso was at war with the rebel Hostile_encounter nobles ... the King of Aragon had mobilised sizeable armies of knights and infantrymen ... had traveled Traveling then beyond his own borders to Gascony [ where ] he surrounded Surrounding the city of Bayonne which is located near the Garonne River . ''

It struck Attack seven occupied vehicles on the bridge and destroyed Destroying of guard rail before it plunged Motion_directional through the ice into the Potomac River .

The Chancellorsville campaign Military_operation began Process_start with the crossing Motion_directional of the Rappahannock River by the Union army on the morning of April 27 , 1863 .

Crossing Motion_directional the Rapidan River via Germanna and Ely 's Fords , the Federal infantry concentrated Preserving near Chancellorsville on April 30 .

That same day , Sedgwick advanced Self_motion across the Rappahannock River , defeated Getting the small Confederate force at Marye 's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg , and then moved Self_motion to the west .

Of the approximately 300,000 people who came to Motion California during the Gold Rush , about half arrived Arriving by sea and half came Arriving overland on the California Trail and the Gila River trail ; forty-niners often faced substantial hardships Hindering on the trip .

The balance sheet of authorities shows Statement that due Causation to Coşuştea River overflow were flooded Catastrophe 100 hectares of tillage , 120 hectares of pastures in village of Corcova and three hectares of agricultural land in village of Broșteni , due to Motru River overflow .

The balance sheet of authorities shows Statement that due Causation to Coşuştea River overflow were flooded Catastrophe 100 hectares of tillage , 120 hectares of pastures in village of Corcova and three hectares of agricultural land in village of Broșteni , due to Motru River overflow .

Both sides met Come_together on different sides of the Morava River , where they eyed Perception_active each other for some time .

Greek troops moved Motion from Smyrna outwards to towns on the Karaburun peninsula , to Selçuk , situated Placing a hundred kilometers south of Smyrna at a key location that commands Control the fertile Küçük Menderes River valley , and to Menemen towards the north .

It was fought Hostile_encounter over two days , March 8–9 , 1862 , in Hampton Roads , a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk .

The Head Of The Charles Regatta , also known as HOCR , is a rowing Self_motion head race held Defending on the penultimate complete weekend of October ( i.e. , on the Saturday that falls between the 17th and the 23rd of the month , and on the Sunday immediately afterwards ) each year on the Charles River , which separates Boston and Cambridge , Massachusetts .

The Siege of Philippsburg was conducted Action by French forces against forces in the fortress of Philippsburg in the Rhine River valley during the War of the Polish Succession .

In 215 BC , Qin Shi Huangdi ordered Request General Meng Tian to set out Military_operation against the Xiongnu tribes in the Ordos region , and establish Building a frontier region at the loop of the Yellow River .

British authorities , during the spring Self_motion of 1780 , prepared GetReady to carry out a comprehensive plan for the recapture Conquering of the Illinois Country and to attack Attack St. Louis , New Orleans , and other Spanish posts on the Mississippi River .

General John Campbell , 5th Duke of Argyll , from Pensacola , after taking Conquering New Orleans was to proceed Motion up the Mississippi to Natchez where he was to be joined Becoming_a_member by a third force that descended Motion_directional the Illinois River and captured Conquering St. Louis .

The UK constructed Building storm Catastrophe surge barriers Hindering on the River Thames below London and on the River Hull where it meets the Humber Estuary .

The UK constructed Building storm Catastrophe surge barriers Hindering on the River Thames below London and on the River Hull where it meets the Humber Estuary .

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

The Allied invasion of Germany started Process_start with the Western Allies crossing the Rhine River on 22 March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to the Alpine passes in the south , where they linked up with troops of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

In spite of crippling casualties Death , Lee continued to skirmish Hostile_encounter with McClellan throughout September 18 , while removing Removing his battered army south of the Potomac River .

A lull period then followed in northern New Guinea until July when US forces clashed Hostile_encounter with the Japanese around the Driniumor River .

Turner 's ideas since 1893 have inspired Influence generations of historians ( and critics ) to explore Scrutiny multiple individual American frontiers , but the popular folk frontier concentrates on the conquest Conquering and settlement Statement of Native American lands west of the Mississippi River , in what is now the Midwest , Texas , the Great Plains , the Rocky Mountains , the Southwest , the West Coast , and Hawaii .

In New York City , tides reached Arriving at Battery Park , which flooded Destroying Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive .

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related Cause_to_be_included engagements Hostile_encounter , which took place Process_start in the months of September and October 1942 , among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces Causation around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal ( island in the southwestern Pacific , northeast of Australia ) during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

The Matanikau River area included Cause_to_be_included a peninsula called Request Point Cruz , the village of Kokumbona , and a series of ridges and ravines stretching inland from the coast .

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 .

In the second action two weeks later , a larger force of U.S. Marines successfully crossed Motion_directional the Matanikau River , attacked Attack Japanese forces Causation under the command Control of newly arrived generals Masao Maruyama and Yumio Nasu , and inflicted heavy casualties Damaging on a Japanese infantry regiment .

Located Placing in the Willamette Valley , the site Placing is about west of Eugene along the Long Tom River near the unincorporated community of Elmira .

From February to April , his operation `` Le Hong Phong I '' developed Cause_to_make_progress through the Red River Valley , largely giving Giving the Việt Minh control Control of northwestern Tonkin , near the Chinese border .

The first fire Catastrophe began Process_start on July 8 near the Entiat River .

The war Military_operation erupted Process_start soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks , Meskwakis , and Kickapoos , known as the `` British Band '' , crossed Motion_directional the Mississippi River , into the U.S. state of Illinois , from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832 .

The war Military_operation gave Giving impetus to the U.S. policy of Indian removal , in which Native American tribes were pressured Causation to sell Commerce_sell their lands and move Self_motion west of the Mississippi River and stay Temporary_stay there .

The 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods Catastrophe were a series of water level increases that began Process_start at the end of April 2011 and caused Causation a subsequent overflow Motion of the Richelieu River in Canada and Lake Champlain in the United States .

The 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods Catastrophe were a series of water level increases that began Process_start at the end of April 2011 and caused Causation a subsequent overflow Motion of the Richelieu River in Canada and Lake Champlain in the United States .

The inaugural festival Social_event was held Creating in October 2010 both at Kingfish and American Turners Louisville , both located on the banks of the Ohio River just east of downtown Louisville .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cockpit Point , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Freestone Point , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Shipping Point , took place Process_start on January 3 , 1862 , in Prince William County , Virginia , as part of the blockade Besieging of the Potomac River during the American Civil War Military_operation .

After victory Getting at First Battle Hostile_encounter of Bull Run , the Confederate States Army ( CSA ) established Creating a defensive Defending line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River .

After victory Getting at First Battle Hostile_encounter of Bull Run , the Confederate States Army ( CSA ) established Creating a defensive Defending line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River .

The Confederates used Using the Potomac ’ s banks as gun positions Placing to halt Union traffic on the river , protecting Defending Manassas Junction to the west and Fredericksburg to the south and to close Process_end the Potomac River to shipping Sending and isolate Hindering Washington .

In October 1861 , the Confederates constructed Building batteries at Evansport ( now downtown Quantico , consisted of two batteries on the river bank , and another inland ) , a CSA field battery located at the mouth of Chopawamsic Creek where it empties to the Potomac ( now the Marine Corps Air Facility ) , Shipping Point ( now Hospital Point on Quantico , number of guns unknown ) , Freestone Point ( a CSA four-gun battery on the shore of the Potomac River , now within Leesylvania State Park ) , and Cockpit Point ( near the current asphalt plant , consisted of six guns ( one heavy gun ) in four batteries , a powder magazine , and rear rifle pits , on top of a high cliff known as Possum Nose ) .

The Confederates , in keeping with their general tactic of withdrawal Escaping from the sea coast and coastal islands , had abandoned GiveUp their works and retired Escaping closer to Richmond , after effectively sealing Preserving off the Potomac River for nearly five months .

The Battle of Maldon took place Process_start on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex , England , during the reign of Æthelred the Unready .

The 6th Airborne Division advance Arriving to the River Seine occurred Process_start in August 1944 , in the later stages of the Battle Hostile_encounter of Normandy , following the German Army 's defeat Hostile_encounter in the Falaise Pocket , during the Second World War Hostile_encounter .

Their objective was the mouth of the River Seine , away .

Fighting Hostile_encounter several small battles , by the end of the month they reached Arriving their objective at the River Seine .

The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars , fought Hostile_encounter off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate `` Forte '' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Sybille '' .

Henry Glover was an African American resident of New Orleans , Louisiana whose charred Bodily_harm body was found Know in a destroyed Chevrolet Malibu on September 2 , 2005 , parked Placing on a Mississippi River levee .

The latter was only occupied Control by Campbell for a few weeks before he retreated Escaping back to Savannah , citing insufficient Loyalist and Native American support and the threat of Patriot forces across the Savannah River in South Carolina .