The Mexican drug trafficking Committing_crime organizations have been fighting Hostile_encounter for the territorial control Control of the smuggling routes to the United States , and this massacre Killing may be the `` latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs . ''

Crippled by Madhavrao 's untimely death at the age of 28 , infighting ensued Coming_to_be among Maratha chiefs soon after , and they ultimately met Come_together their final blow at the hands of the British in 1818 .

The loss of both the capitals of the Spanish West Indies and the Spanish East Indies represented a blow to Spanish prestige .

Unable to turn quickly enough , the ship suffered Bodily_harm a glancing blow that buckled Connect her starboard side and opened Openness six of her sixteen compartments to the sea ( the forepeak , all three holds , and boiler rooms 5 and 6 ) .

in february 1797 the british defeated Conquering a spanish fleet near cape st. vincent but failed Earnings_and_losses to strike Attack a solid blow against the spanish navy in the uneven struggle .

Between the air attacks and surface ship attacks over the two days of Operation `` Hailstone '' , the worst blow Motion against the Japanese was about 250 warplanes destroyed Destroying , with the concurrent irreplaceable loss Earnings_and_losses of experienced pilots .

A gas alert Warning was given Giving on 25 April when the wind began Process_start to blow Attack from the north-east and routine work Being_in_operation was suspended Process_end ; on 29 April , two German soldiers deserted Escaping and warned Warning that an attack Attack was imminent .

though there was public concern this might be a crushing Bodily_harm blow to the reform Reforming_a_system movement , lafontaine persevered despite the opposition , and would continue in his role developing Coming_to_be the tenets of canadian federalism UNK peace , order , and good government .

Allied lapses in communication and Blücher 's overconfidence left Olsufiev 's corps isolated near Champaubert when Napoleon 's army lunged Self_motion from the south to deal it a crippling blow Attack .

This offensive , alongside Marshal Zhukov 's great slicing blow , had split Destroying Wehrmacht 's Army Group South into two parts- north and south of Carpathian Mountains .

The conquest Conquering of Constantinople also dealt Resolve_problem a massive blow Influence to the defence Defending of mainland Europe , as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left Causation unchecked to advance Self_motion into Europe without an adversary Hostile_encounter to their rear .

The conquest Attack of Amorium was not only a major military disaster Catastrophe and a heavy personal blow for Theophilos , but also a traumatic event Social_event for the Byzantines , its impact resonating in later literature .

although the advantage had clearly been with knowles , he failed Earnings_and_losses to use Using this to deliver Bringing a decisive blow Attack .

Conceived Creating by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command , General Archibald Wavell , Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum–Capuzzo–Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya .

The attack Attack was the largest of the war and represented an attempt to strike Attack Iraqi defenses Defending a serious blow .

The capture Conquering of the island was a significant blow to French power in the region , eliminating Destroying an important naval base and denying safe harbours to French shipping Self_motion in the region .

Tengku Alam and his followers launched Process_start the first blow of the war by attacking Jementah on 25 October 1879 and winning the battle .

The bombing Terrorism caused Causation outrage both locally and internationally , spurred Causation on the Northern Ireland peace process , and dealt Resolve_problem a severe blow to the dissident Irish republican campaign .

More than a decade later , peripheral tribal uprisings , launched Military_operation with KDPI support through 1966–7 , Kurdish regions suffered Bodily_harm a major blow .

the great lakes storm of 1913 , historically referred to as the `` big blow , '' the `` freshwater fury , '' or the `` white hurricane , '' was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the great lakes basin in the midwestern united states and ontario , canada from november 7 through november 10 , 1913 .

On April 23 , 1521 , after nearly a year of rebellion , the reorganized supporters of the emperor struck Attack a crippling blow to the comuneros at the Battle of Villalar .

The Spanish and French force captured Conquering almost all the British vessels , which dealt a severe blow to the commerce of Great Britain .