anticipating that the viet cong would attempt to withdraw Escaping , as they had during previous encounters , forces from the 1st australian task force ( 1 atf ) were inserted Hiding_objects to block Hindering the likely withdrawal route in the hope of intercepting and destroying Destroying them .

The Action of 18 June 1793 was the first decisive and one of the most celebrated encounters Hostile_encounter between British and French frigates during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

Occupation of Porto and first encounters .

these encounters between the constitutionalist army led by gen. unk UNK , venustiano carranza 's best general , and the army under the command Control of pancho villa were crucial in determining Deciding the outcome of the mexican revolution Change_of_leadership .

It involved Participation thousands of ships in more than 100 convoy Patrolling battles Hostile_encounter and perhaps 1,000 single-ship encounters Hostile_encounter , in a theatre Social_event covering Filling millions of square miles of ocean .