These were HMS `` Arrogant '' and HMS `` Victorious '' , sent Sending to drive Motion off the French before they could attack Attack the scattered British shipping and ports in the region .

Neither side could afford to take significant damage in the battle Hostile_encounter , so each sought to drive Motion the other off rather than achieve Achieve an outright victory .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

The main body of coalition forces continued their drive Motion into the heart of Iraq and met with little resistance Defending .

Gelimer 's elaborate plan to encircle Besieging and destroy Destroying the Roman army came close to success , but Belisarius was able to drive Self_motion the Vandal army to flight Self_motion and occupy Control Carthage .

`` the airstrike on Truk Island '' ) , 17–18 February 1944 , was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack Attack on Truk Lagoon conducted Action as part of the American offensive drive Self_motion against the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) through the Central Pacific Ocean during World War II .

In response Response , Sunni sheiks banded together Come_together to drive Self_motion insurgents from Ramadi .

It was discovered Know during the award ceremony that tournament winner Fong , a student at De Anza College , would not be able to drive Motion his prize as he was not insured for such a vehicle .

Nobunaga had the former Saitō castle repaired Recovering and renamed Name_conferral it Gifu Castle , a firm base from which to expand north into the Hokuriku region and to make his drive toward Kyoto .

The main Polish objectives were to drive Self_motion the Germans out of Warsaw while helping Assistance the Allies defeat Conquering Germany .

although these forces worked Being_in_operation to drive Motion off the landing parties , they did nothing to impede Hindering the progress of the flames , and began Process_start burning Bodily_harm and looting Robbery tory properties .

The purpose was to drive Control Al-Qaeda in Iraq forces from the Western Euphrates River Valley .

`` Africaine '' was the first ship to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength Rowley 's squadron , but within three days of her arrival in the region was engaged Hostile_encounter by two French ships while attempting to drive Motion them away from Saint Denis on Île Bourbon .

although his crew fought hard , they were overwhelmed Destroying by the french frigates and forced Control to surrender , only for rowley to arrive in hms `` boadicea '' and drive Motion off the french warships , recapturing Control `` africaine '' .

Underestimating the size of the Allied landing Arriving forces Military_operation , the Japanese dispatched Sending a force of 850 soldiers to execute Action a counter landing Arriving to attempt to drive Motion the Allied forces Military_operation back into the sea .

Robert was also invited Request by some of the native Irish to send Sending an army to drive Motion out the Anglo-Norman settlers and in return Arriving they would crown Change_of_leadership his brother High King of Ireland .

The drive Motion on Munda was halted Process_end on 17 July when the Japanese launched Process_start a large , ultimately unsuccessful , counterattack Attack on the American forces Hostile_encounter .

The Turks amassed Come_together around 104,000 men , the largest number since the beginning of the war , to begin Process_start the offensive Attack and drive Motion the Greek army of over 200,000 men .

In addition , an American newsreel titled Name_conferral `` Chinese troops drive Motion Japs from Changteh '' showed Protest Chinese troops firing Use_firearm , with dead Death and captured Conquering Japanese on display .

One fatality occurred Coming_to_be when a woman in Guadeloupe unsuccessfully attempted to drive her car across a flooded Motion roadway .

The battle Hostile_encounter ended Process_end in a victory Earnings_and_losses for the UN after their forces were able to drive Motion off an attempted offensive Attack by three North Korean Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) divisions in the mountainous eastern coast of the country .

As part of a drive Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the count 's accuracy , 635,000 temporary enumerators were hired Employment .

It involved Cause_to_be_included forcing people ( including off-duty members of the British security forces or people working for the security forces ) to drive Motion car bombs to British military targets after placing Placing them or their families under some kind of threat ( as human shields or hostages ) .

The Blues Train was founded Creating by Hugo T Armstrong and is run Motion by the team at Bay City Events with the help Assistance of the volunteers Commitment at the Bellarine Railway who maintain Statement and drive Motion the heritage train .

Further , organizers of the Day of Absence hoped to use the occasion to make great headway on their voter registration drive .

The US-Australian objective was to drive Motion out Viet Cong ( VC ) fighters who had taken up Temporary_stay positions on several key hills .

its goal Aiming was to break Destroying through the allied ( entente ) lines and advance in a north-westerly direction to seize Conquering the channel ports , which supplied Supply the british expeditionary force ( bef ) and to drive the bef into the sea .

The Indians were unable to drive Self_motion away the British , but the uprising Change_of_leadership prompted Causation the British government to modify Change the policies that had provoked Causation the conflict Hostile_encounter .

Warriors from numerous tribes joined Participation the uprising Change_of_leadership in an effort to drive Motion British soldiers and settlers out of the region .

The Axis operation prompted Causation the Partisan Supreme Command to enact Action its plans to drive Motion toward eastern Herzegovina , Sandžak and Montenegro .

Resuming Process_start their eastward drive Motion , the remaining two Allied corps pushed Motion Soult 's army back to Orthez where the French marshal offered Giving battle Hostile_encounter .

The first Lagos Countdown was held Hold in 2012 as an attempt to drive Motion up tourism and make an event similar to New Year 's events in New York , Sydney , and other major cities , and in 2013 an estimated 200,000 people celebrated Social_event the event during a ten-day period and earned Earnings_and_losses the city about one billion naira .

The Mongols first demanded Request tribute from Pagan in 1271–72 , as part of their drive Motion to encircle the Song dynasty of China .

although genuine ideological differences did drive Self_motion german princes to convert Change , the primary motivation of many was often the acquisition of easy riches and territory at the expense of their defenceless catholic neighbours and subjects .

one of the passengers made their way to a local home named Name_conferral unk house and commandeered a horse and cart to drive Motion over to linlithgow , raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the alarm and summon doctors to the scene .

By the evening one of the French ships had successfully escaped Escaping , but the other was still under pursuit Self_motion , Captain Charles Linois of `` Atalante '' attempting Hold a number of tactics to drive Motion off his opponent but without success .

The Royal Navy forces in the Indian Ocean were deployed Arranging elsewhere and so the East India Company , the private enterprise that ruled much of British India in the 1790s and maintained Statement their own fleet and navy , raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale a squadron of armed Bearing_arms merchant ships to patrol the Strait and drive Self_motion off the raiders .

The march ’ s organizers also planned Arranging a voter registration drive Motion and hoped that participants Participation would be encouraged Influence to vote Choosing in the upcoming presidential and congressional elections Choosing .

Bayern took Getting the lead late in the second half through Thomas Müller , but Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea five minutes later to take Causation the game to extra time , in which Arjen Robben missed Earnings_and_losses an awarded penalty Rewards_and_punishments , Petr Čech saving Rescuing the low drive .

The aim Aiming of the Italian Army was to drive Motion the Austrians away from its defensive positions Placing along the Soča ( Isonzo ) and on the nearby mountains .

The expedition reached Arriving the Gulf of Saint Lawrence without incident , but foggy conditions , tricky currents , and strong winds combined Cause_to_amalgamate to drive Motion the fleet toward the north shore of the river near a place now called Pointe-aux-Anglais , where the ships were wrecked Destroying .