Twenty days after the city was cut off Removing , Braithwaite began Process_start a bombardment of the defences Defending .

this involved Participation the provision of screening Scrutiny defences at the line of actual control Control , or lac , and the building Building of strong defence nodes at key points along the frontier .

By the early 1980s , while the forces Military_operation to man the defences were ready GetReady , the nodes were not , and the greatest weakness was in the fact that the servicing road network had not been built Building .

The Netherlands , a country with 20 % of its territory below mean sea level and 50 % less than above sea level and which relies heavily on sea defences Defending , was worst affected Influence , recording Recording 1,836 deaths Death and widespread Dispersal property damage Damaging .

Realising Coming_to_believe that such infrequent events could reoccur Coming_to_be , the Netherlands , particularly , and the United Kingdom carried out Military_operation major studies Research on strengthening Cause_change_of_strength of coastal defences Defending .

The flood Catastrophe and waves overwhelmed Destroying sea defences and caused Causation extensive flooding Motion .

An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command Control of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded Attack ships and the harbour defences of Algiers .

The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

Finally , `` A '' Company of the Argylls , the Argyll scout platoon and one squadron of the SARs were moved Self_motion to a point north of the crossing Sending along the canal to provide Supply a diversion and to test Testing German defences in that area .

These not only distracted Gelimer from the Emperor 's preparations , but also weakened Cause_change_of_strength Vandal defences through the dispatch Sending of the bulk of the Vandal navy and a large portion of their army under Gelimer 's brother Tzazon to Sardinia .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The Franco-British attacks were tactically successful ; the French Third Army of `` Groupe d'armées du Nord '' ( GAN , Northern Army Group ) captured Conquering the German defences west of the Hindenburg Line near St. Quentin from 1 to 4 April , before further attacks were repulsed Defending .

1,500 British troops were involved Cause_to_be_included , supported Supporting by Danish , Estonian and Afghan forces in the pre-Christmas offensive , commencing on 7 December 2008 with a night attack on Taliban defences in a village south of the operational area .

Just after midnight on 30 April , the German attack Attack began Process_start and over no man 's land , a gas cloud drifted Motion on the wind into the British defences , then south-west towards Bailleul .

The III Corps divisions lost Earnings_and_losses more than and failed Earnings_and_losses to capture Conquering La Boisselle or Ovillers , gaining Earnings_and_losses only small footholds near the boundary with XV Corps to the south and at , after the Lochnagar mine explosion Catastrophe had destroyed Destroying some of the defences of Reserve Infantry Regiment 110 .

the operation commenced Process_start during a north atlantic treaty organisation ( nato ) air campaign against the vrs codenamed Military_operation operation deliberate force Hostile_encounter , targeting Aiming vrs air defences Defending , artillery positions and storage facilities largely in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

The 7th and 8th Canadian Infantry Brigades started Process_start the main attack from south-west of Calais and cleared Emptying the outer defences on the southern and western sides of the port .

They had developed Coming_to_be a strong network of well-concealed defences .

After being held Defending at the Gully for 10 days , the Canadians succeeded in outflanking German defences , and forcing Hostile_encounter a German withdrawal to the Ortona–Orsogna Line .

By 26 December , strong German defences had stalled Hindering Canadian forces during the Battle of Ortona and British and New Zealand forces in Orsogna .

However , because the British failed Earnings_and_losses to relieve Cure the garrison of Gaeta , the city was finally captured Conquering in mid-July after French artillery smashed Destroying gaps in the city 's defences .

920 to 976 , the Byzantines finally broke Bodily_harm through the Muslim defences and restored Recovering their control over northern Syria and Greater Armenia .

Historian Stephen Bungay cited Statement Germany 's failure to destroy Destroying Britain 's air defences to force an armistice Sign_agreement ( or even outright surrender ) as the first major German defeat Conquering in World War Military_operation II and a crucial turning point in the conflict Hostile_encounter .

After a mutually costly battle Hostile_encounter for Fricourt , where the French were eventually forced out , the front line stabilised Cause_change_of_strength and both sides began Process_start to dig Self_motion improvised defences .

the germans began Process_start systematic fortification of the area , according to a directive from erich von falkenhayn the german army chief of staff , to fortify the western front so that a small number of infantry could defend Defending the front indefinitely and later in the year began Process_start work on second and third defensive positions but in the somme area , the defences north of the unk were improved Cause_to_make_progress first and by july 1916 the first position defences around mametz were extensive but the second position was a shallow trench and the third position had only been marked Recording out .

the germans began Process_start systematic fortification of the area , according to a directive from erich von falkenhayn the german army chief of staff , to fortify the western front so that a small number of infantry could defend Defending the front indefinitely and later in the year began Process_start work on second and third defensive positions but in the somme area , the defences north of the unk were improved Cause_to_make_progress first and by july 1916 the first position defences around mametz were extensive but the second position was a shallow trench and the third position had only been marked Recording out .

In June 1916 the British preliminary bombardment cut Removing much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed Destroying many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division .

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

Entrenched defences approximately on the lines held Defending at the end of the second battle were strengthened Cause_change_of_strength , and both sides undertook Action regular mounted reconnaissances into the open eastern flank .

During this time , the EEF 's XXI Corps , holding Defending the Gaza section of the line , had been mostly passive until the night of 1/2 November , when a series determined Deciding night-time assaults were mounted against the Gaza defences .

Further west in the US First Army area , American attacks forced a gap in the German defences .

Several mines were detonated Attack just before on 1 July , when British infantry attack Attack on the German defences either side of the village began Process_start .

After a desultory naval bombardment Attack on 19 January that again had little effect on the port 's defences Defending , they withdrew , and decided Deciding instead to attack Attack Guadeloupe , home to a significant body of French privateers .

The intention Aiming was to break Destroying through the German defences Defending south of Caen on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving Self_motion south , to capture Conquering the high ground north of the city of Falaise .

They broke Destroying through the German front lines and captured Conquering vital positions deep in the German defences Defending .

The French began Process_start the siege with 1,500 men in May 1801 , later reinforced Cause_change_of_strength to more than 5,000 , but could not make an impression on the fortress 's defences , instead seeking Motion to starve the defenders into submission with the support of a squadron of French Navy frigates operating off the coast .

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 .

General Carleton escaped Escaping from Montreal , and made Manufacturing his way to Quebec City to prepare GetReady its defences Defending against an anticipated attack Attack .

Yet despite the Spanish government 's opposition to major sieges Besieging in the Low Countries and the obstacles confronting Confronting_problem any attack on such a strongly fortified and defended Defending city , Spinola launched Motion his Breda campaign , rapidly blocking Hiding_objects the city 's defences and driving Motion off a Dutch relief army under the leadership of Maurice of Nassau that had attempted to cut off Hindering the Spanish army 's access to supplies Supply .

The main impact Influence was psychological ; creating Creating popular fear of an impending Japanese invasion Military_operation and forcing Request the Australian military to upgrade Cause_to_make_progress defences , including the commencement of convoy operations Military_operation to protect Defending merchant shipping .

Around 4500 British soldiers were embarked Self_motion , but the ships carrying Bringing them had to wait off the Lorient coast several days , allowing Preventing_or_letting the town to organise Arranging its defences Defending and call in Request reinforcements from other towns in the region .

at the same time , the french commander originally planned Arranging to surrender Surrendering , believing his enemy to have an overwhelming numerical superiority and knowing Know the weakness of his defences and the poor training and weaponry of his own troops .

After taking command Control of the British troops in Portugal on 22 April , Wellesley ( later named Name_conferral 1st Duke of Wellington ) immediately advanced Cause_to_make_progress on Porto and made a surprise crossing Motion_directional of the Douro River , approaching Arriving Porto where its defences Defending were weak .

In the late afternoon , the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade captured Conquering the central redoubt and the remaining defences Defending were occupied Control shortly afterwards .

A Spanish expeditionary force under Matías de Gálvez , the Captain General of Spanish Guatemala , gained Getting control Control of the British-held island after bombarding Attack its main defences .

After breaking Destroying defences , they murdered Killing the Abbot of Koprzywnica , and all monks from Koprzywnica ’ s Abbey , who had fled Escaping to the city .

New defences were to be built Building behind the front line to contain a breakthrough until the position was restored Recovering by counter-attacks .

the operation commenced Process_start during a nato bombing campaign against the vrs , codenamed operation deliberate force , which targeted Aiming bosnian serb air defences , artillery and storage facilities initially in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

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 .