The clearance was described Statement by witnesses as being brutal and sudden .

Historian Tristram Hunt ( a former Labour MP ) has described Statement the confrontation as `` almost medieval in its choreography ... at various stages a siege , a battle Hostile_encounter , a chase Motion , a rout Destroying and , finally , a brutal example Protest of legalised state violence Violence '' .

The defeat opened Process_start the way for the brutal sack Destroying of Amorion a few weeks later , one of the most serious blows Byzantium suffered Bodily_harm in the centuries-long Arab–Byzantine Wars Attack .

The battle Hostile_encounter is remembered Know as one of the most costly and brutal battles Hostile_encounter of the war Hostile_encounter .

Facing brutal conditions including disease , torture , and malnourishment , the prisoners feared they would be executed Killing by their captors before the arrival of General Douglas MacArthur and his American forces returning to Luzon .

Generally , activities of the army in Battambang prior to the revolt were heavy-handed and often brutal , alienating and enraging the inhabitants .

Many brutal killings Killing and rapes Violence were reported on as well as widespread looting Committing_crime and destruction Destroying of property .

Because the war was in its early days and the partisan war in the southern back country had not become Becoming as brutal as it would be later in the war , the siege Besieging was conducted Action desultorily , and was effectively a stalemate .

the bolsheviks grew Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale increasingly hard-line during the decisive and brutal years following the october revolution Change_of_leadership , and would suppress Hindering any socialist opposition whilst also becoming Becoming increasingly hostile to inner-party opposition .

The Parliamentarian reconquest Conquering of Ireland was brutal , and Cromwell is still a hated figure in Ireland .

The front settled Resolve_problem into a siege and led to brutal conditions for troops on both sides .

The uprising was brutal , with both sides committing war crimes Committing_crime .

The Japanese enforced Action a harsh regime , particularly on Chinese labourers who they saw Self_motion as being at the bottom of the racial hierarchy ; forced labour and brutal treatment were commonplace .

A brutal 17-day battle Military_operation in freezing weather soon followed .