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Negative Trigger
Only
Pondicherry
was
able
to
resist
Defending
,
and
a
siege
was
instigated
Process_start
on
1
August
1793
by
Colonel
John
Braithwaite
while
Cornwallis
imposed
Action
a
naval
blockade
.
Finally
,
after
a
month
the
savages
withdrew
Escaping
crestfallen
,
muttering
that
they
had
been
silly
and
foolish
to
have
contemplated
the
blockade
of
the
city
.
But
—
a
thing
to
be
regarded
as
a
shameful
situation
—
while
Caesar
was
in
jeopardy
,
Marcellus
,
master
of
the
horse
,
although
he
was
stationed
Placing
in
neighbouring
posts
,
postponed
Change_event_time
sending
Sending
him
reinforcements
;
whereas
even
if
the
city
alone
was
endangered
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
prince
's
presence
there
,
it
ought
to
have
been
saved
Rescuing
from
the
hardships
of
blockade
by
the
intervention
of
a
large
force
.
French
Republican
forces
in
the
Mediterranean
,
under
pressure
from
Austrian
and
Spanish
armies
,
Royalist
uprisings
and
British
blockade
had
suffered
Bodily_harm
the
loss
of
their
principal
naval
base
and
the
fleet
stationed
there
when
British
forces
under
Lord
Hood
seized
Toulon
at
the
invitation
of
the
city
's
Royalist
faction
.
The
JNA
and
the
SAO
Krajina
forces
renewed
Recovering
the
blockade
in
mid-August
.
In
the
aftermath
of
the
action
Response
,
``
Venerable
''
was
towed
Body_movement
off
the
shoreline
and
back
to
Gibraltar
for
repairs
,
while
the
remainder
of
the
British
squadron
restored
Recovering
the
British
blockade
of
the
French
and
Spanish
ships
in
Cadiz
,
returning
Arriving
the
situation
to
that
in
place
before
the
battle
.
The
battle
Hostile_encounter
was
a
part
of
the
effort
of
the
Confederacy
to
break
Destroying
the
Union
blockade
Besieging
,
which
had
cut off
Having_or_lacking_access
Virginia
's
largest
cities
and
major
industrial
centers
,
Norfolk
and
Richmond
,
from
international
trade
.
The
ships
did
not
fight
Hostile_encounter
again
,
and
the
blockade
Besieging
remained
in
place
.
This
included
a
radio
station
which
broadcast
Expressing_publicly
anti-government
propaganda
Military_operation
and
a
version
of
military
events
favorable
to
the
rebellion
Hostile_encounter
,
claiming
to
be
genuine
news
,
as
well
as
air
bombings
of
Guatemala
City
and
a
naval
blockade
.
The
conflict
Hostile_encounter
started
Process_start
on
12
July
2006
,
and
continued
until
a
United
Nations-brokered
ceasefire
went into effect
Resolve_problem
in
the
morning
on
14
August
2006
,
though
it
formally
ended
Process_end
on
8
September
2006
when
Israel
lifted
its
naval
blockade
Besieging
of
Lebanon
.
Israel
also
imposed
Action
an
air
and
naval
blockade
Besieging
.
The
blockade
Besieging
was
lifted
Process_end
on
8
September
2006
.
From
the
outbreak
Process_start
of
war
with
Napoleonic
France
,
Britain
had
enforced
Action
a
naval
blockade
to
choke
Self_motion
off
neutral
trade
to
France
,
which
the
US
contested
as
illegal
under
international
law
.
To
man
the
blockade
,
Britain
pressed
Motion
American
merchant
sailors
into
the
Royal
Navy
.
The
British
were
then
able
to
increase
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
the
strength
of
the
blockade
on
the
United
States
coast
,
smothering
American
maritime
trade
,
but
their
attempts
failed
to
invade
America
,
at
which
point
both
sides
began
Process_start
to
desire
peace
.
New
orders
Arranging
from
the
Admiralty
demanded
Request
that
he
subdue
Hindering
and
blockade
Besieging
the
Spanish
port
of
Cádiz
,
where
much
of
the
battered
Attack
Spanish
squadron
had
sought
shelter
.
Coastal
batteries
opened
Openness
fire
,
joined
Cause_to_amalgamate
by
Spanish
warships
anchored
at
harbour
,
and
drove
Motion
the
attackers
Attack
back
,
causing
Causation
the
British
to
lose
grip
over
the
blockade
and
allowing
Preventing_or_letting
several
merchant
convoys
to
slip
in
and
out
of
the
port
.
There
had
been
no
warning
Warning
of
the
French
approach
Self_motion
as
the
British
force
assigned
Choosing
to
watch
Brest
was
absent
at
Plymouth
due
to
the
policy
of
operating
a
distant
blockade
Besieging
.
The
intervention
initially
consisted
Forming_relationships
of
a
bombing
Attack
campaign
on
Houthi
rebels
and
later
saw
Self_motion
a
naval
blockade
and
the
deployment
Arranging
of
ground
forces
Military_operation
into
Yemen
.
The
1807
Act
Prohibiting
Preventing_or_letting
Importation
of
Slaves
technically
abolished
Action
the
intercontinental
slave
Arrest
trade
in
the
United
States
but
the
ban
was
not
widely
enforced
Action
and
many
of
the
slave
ships
which
escaped
Escaping
the
blockade
were
destined
for
the
southern
United
States
.
as
part
of
the
unk
treaty
Statement
of
1842
it
was
agreed
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
that
both
countries
would
work together
Collaboration
on
the
abolition
of
the
slave
trade
,
which
was
deemed
Protest
piracy
,
and
to
continue
the
blockade
of
africa
.
During
the
Second
World
War
,
Operation
Retribution
was
the
air
and
naval
blockade
designed
Creating
to
prevent
Preventing_or_letting
the
seaborne
evacuation
of
Axis
forces
from
Tunisia
to
Sicily
.
(
The
equivalent
blockade
of
air
evacuation
was
Operation
Flax
.
)
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
.
In
November
,
the
JNA
and
Croatia
reached
Achieve
several
agreements
to
end
the
blockade
Besieging
and
withdraw
Escaping
JNA
from
Croatia
.
conversely
,
hamas
's
goal
was
to
bring
Bringing
international
pressure
Influence
to
bear
to
lift
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
israel
's
blockade
Besieging
of
the
gaza
strip
,
end
Process_end
israel
's
offensive
Military_operation
,
obtain
Getting
a
third
party
to
monitor
Scrutiny
and
guarantee
Commitment
compliance
with
a
ceasefire
Process_end
,
release
Releasing
palestinian
prisoners
and
overcome
Resolve_problem
its
political
isolation
Confronting_problem
.
The
battle
Hostile_encounter
marked
Recording
the
last
deployment
Arranging
of
the
Yugoslav
Navy
into
one
of
the
Dalmatian
channels
,
the
loosening
Cause_change_of_strength
of
the
naval
blockade
Besieging
of
the
Croatian
coast
imposed
Action
in
September
and
the
largest
Croatian
Navy
operation
Military_operation
in
the
war
Military_operation
.
The
assault
Attack
occurred
Presence
as
Jewish
militia
sought
to
relieve
Confronting_problem
the
blockade
Besieging
of
Jerusalem
during
the
civil
war
Hostile_encounter
that
preceded
Process_start
the
end
Process_end
of
British
rule
Control
in
Palestine
.
However
,
he
was
also
forced
to
withdraw
Removing
his
battle
fleet
back
to
port
,
leaving
the
British
free
to
conduct
Action
a
campaign
of
blockade
for
the
remainder
of
the
war
.
The
action
formed
Becoming
part
of
the
blockade
Besieging
of
the
French
Biscay
ports
during
the
war
Hostile_encounter
by
the
British
Royal
Navy
,
a
strategy
designed
Creating
to
prevent
Preventing_or_letting
ships
from
entering
Arriving
or
leaving
Departing
French
harbours
,
thus
eliminating
Removing
foreign
trade
Exchange
with
France
and
damaging
Damaging
the
French
economy
as
well
as
cutting
Removing
France
off
from
her
overseas
colonies
.
although
another
supply
frigate
broke
Destroying
through
the
blockade
Besieging
and
arrived in
Arriving
december
1808
,
the
island
was
surrounded
Surrounding
by
british
bases
and
was
invaded
Attack
and
captured
Conquering
in
january
1809
.
Other
French
colonies
were
seized
Conquering
over
the
next
two
years
as
the
blockade
Besieging
cut off
Hindering
French
communications
Communication
with
their
overseas
territories
.
The
Siege
of
Belfort
(
3
November
1870
–
18
February
1871
)
was
a
103-day
military
assault
and
blockade
of
the
city
of
Belfort
,
France
by
Prussian
forces
during
the
Franco-Prussian
War
.
``
Junon
''
was
on
a
mission
Arranging
to
carry
Carry_goods
trade
goods
from
the
Îles
des
Saintes
near
Guadeloupe
back
to
France
and
was
part
of
a
succession
of
French
warships
sent
Sending
during
1808
and
the
early
months
of
1809
in
an
effort
to
break
Destroying
the
British
blockade
Besieging
of
the
French
Caribbean
,
which
was
destroying
Destroying
the
economies
and
morale
of
the
islands
.
The
blockade
Besieging
of
Kijevo
was
lifted
Process_end
through
negotiations
Communication
days
after
the
protest
.
The
protesters
demanded
Request
an
end
Process_end
to
the
JNA-imposed
blockade
of
the
village
of
Kijevo
.
In
July
1940
,
the
air
and
sea
blockade
Besieging
began
Process_start
,
with
the
Luftwaffe
mainly
targeting
Aiming
coastal-shipping
convoys
,
ports
and
shipping
Sending
centres
,
such
as
Portsmouth
.
The
population
of
the
city
,
about
30,000
people
including
civilians
and
Berber
soldiers
,
suffered
Bodily_harm
from
a
land
and
sea
blockade
that
prevented
Preventing_or_letting
the
entry
of
food
into
the
city
.
They
cited
Adducing
the
blockade
of
the
Gaza
Strip
and
the
occupation
of
West
Bank
,
including
East
Jerusalem
,
as
the
reason
Protest
for
rocket
attacks
Attack
.
When
their
demands
Request
were
dismissed
Response
by
the
cities
,
the
peasants
organized
Arranging
themselves
and
threatened
Warning
to
blockade
the
cities
.
Mobile
had
been
the
last
important
port
on
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
east
of
the
Mississippi
River
remaining
in
Confederate
possession
,
so
its
closure
Change
was
the
final
step
in
completing
Process_end
the
blockade
in
that
region
.
The
British
had
maintained
a
blockade
off
Malta
since
the
beginning
Process_start
of
the
siege
,
ostensibly
led
Conquering
by
Rear-Admiral
Lord
Nelson
,
who
by
March
1800
was
defying
a
direct
order
from
his
superior
officer
Lord
Keith
by
remaining
in
Palermo
with
his
lover
Emma
,
Lady
Hamilton
.
In
his
absence
Presence
the
blockade
was
under
the
command
Control
of
Captain
Manley
Dixon
of
HMS
``
Lion
''
and
Nelson
's
flag
captain
Sir
Edward
Berry
,
who
were
notified
Telling
of
Decrés
'
departure
Departing
by
the
patrolling
Patrolling
frigate
HMS
``
Penelope
''
and
gave
Giving
chase
.
The
Action
of
15
November
1810
was
a
minor
naval
engagement
Hostile_encounter
fought
Hostile_encounter
during
the
British
Royal
Navy
blockade
Besieging
of
the
French
Channel
ports
in
the
Napoleonic
Wars
Hostile_encounter
.
British
dominance
Control
at
sea
,
enforced
Action
by
a
strategy
of
close
blockade
Besieging
,
made it
Causation
difficult
for
the
French
Navy
to
operate
Military_operation
even
in
their
own
territorial
waters
.
For
two
days
the
British
frigates
kept
watch
Scrutiny
,
until
two
ships
of
the
line
from
the
blockade
Besieging
of
Cherbourg
,
HMS
``
Donegal
''
and
HMS
``
Revenge
''
,
arrived
Arriving
.
The
French
ships
were
later
refloated
Recovering
,
and
Malcolm
's
squadron
maintained
the
blockade
Besieging
until
27
November
when
``
Amazone
''
successfully
escaped
Escaping
back
to
Le
Havre
.
By
1810
the
French
Navy
fleet
based
in
the
Atlantic
ports
had
been
prevented
Preventing_or_letting
from
launching
Process_start
any
major
operations
Military_operation
for
four
years
,
penned
into
harbour
by
the
British
strategy
of
close
blockade
Besieging
.
To
blockade
Besieging
these
squadrons
,
the
Royal
Navy
's
Channel
Fleet
had
assigned
Request
the
ships
of
the
line
HMS
``
Donegal
''
under
Captain
Pulteney
Malcolm
and
HMS
``
Revenge
''
under
Captain
Charles
Paget
to
patrol
Patrolling
the
entrance
to
Cherbourg
,
while
frigates
HMS
``
Diana
''
under
Captain
Charles
Grant
and
HMS
``
Niobe
''
under
Captain
John
Wentworth
Loring
kept
watch
Scrutiny
on
Le
Havre
.
The
blockade
Besieging
had
achieved
Achieve
some
minor
successes
;
in
October
1810
``
Revenge
''
had
captured
Conquering
the
privateer
``
Vengeur
''
from
Dieppe
,
and
on
6
November
``
Donegal
''
ran
Self_motion
down
and
seized
Conquering
the
privateer
``
Surcouf
''
from
Cherbourg
.
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