Major Floyd 's Marine and Provisional Guard expedition eventually reached Arriving the area one mile southeast of Santa Clara , where they were attacked Attack by a force of between 60 and 120 ( possibly up to 150 ) Sandinista insurgents who were armed with two machine guns .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Leuthen was fought Hostile_encounter on 5 December 1757 , at which Frederick the Great 's Prussian army used Using maneuver and terrain to decisively defeat Hostile_encounter a much larger Austrian force commanded Control by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun .

Within seven hours , the Prussians destroyed Destroying the Austrian force , erasing Emptying any advantage the Austrians had gained Getting throughout the campaigning Military_operation in the preceding Process_start summer and autumn .

Video footage of the incident generated Creating widespread Dispersal national attention and raised Creating questions about the appropriate use Using of force by law enforcement .

Ponta Government was accused Judgment_communication by national and international organizations of excessive use of force Request in the Revolt of Pungești .

The condition of the terrain prevented Preventing_or_letting a clean break from the battle Hostile_encounter and did not allow Preventing_or_letting the Iraqi forces to pursue Participation what was left Causation of the Iranians en force .

in 1965 during the vietnam war , it was the objective of many attacks Attack by us air force and us navy aircraft which would fail Confronting_problem to destroy Destroying the bridge until 1972 , even after hundreds of attacks Attack .

In their first air combat , a small force of seemingly mismatched MiG-17s inflicted Bodily_harm significant losses Earnings_and_losses on much larger and more advanced Cause_to_make_progress American F-105 Thunderchief at a cost Cost of 3 of their own , with an F-100 Super Sabre claiming Statement the first probable American kill Killing of the conflict Hostile_encounter .

In October 2002 , Congress authorized Preventing_or_letting President Bush to use Using military force against Iraq should he choose Choosing to .

Composed of infantry and cavalry , the Scottish force was commanded Control by Alexander of Dundonald , Steward of Scotland .

The Norwegians were gathered Come_together in two groups : the larger main force on the beach and a small contingent atop a nearby mound .

Chancellorsville is known as Lee 's `` perfect Cause_to_make_progress battle Hostile_encounter '' because his risky decision Deciding to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory .

Combined with the Union force facing Fredericksburg , Hooker planned Arranging a double envelopment , attacking Attack Lee from both his front and rear .

On May 1 , Hooker advanced Self_motion from Chancellorsville toward Lee , but the Confederate general split Destroying his army in the face of superior numbers , leaving Departing a small force at Fredericksburg to deter Hindering Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick from advancing , while he attacked Attack Hooker 's advance with about four-fifths of his army .

That same day , Sedgwick advanced Self_motion across the Rappahannock River , defeated Getting the small Confederate force at Marye 's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg , and then moved Self_motion to the west .

In the Gulf War of 1990–1991 , when the Coalition intervened Response , they faced the world 's fourth largest air force to combat .

On suddenly spotting a ridge looming Coming_to_be directly ahead , pilot William L. Lewis cut the engine and `` pancaked '' onto the hillside to reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the force of the impact Influence .

the royal yugoslav army air force ( unk ) had only 77 modern fighter aircraft available to defend Defending belgrade against the hundreds of german fighters and bombers that struck Attack in the first wave early on 6 april .

the royal air force carried out Action two bombing Attack raids Attack on sofia , the capital of bulgaria , in retaliation for the attacks Attack on yugoslavia , which ultimately surrendered Surrendering on 17 april .

kren was arrested Arrest in 1947 on unrelated charges of war Hostile_encounter crimes stemming from his subsequent service as the head of the air force of the independent state of croatia .

After Selim 's rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the ultimatum , a British squadron , commanded Control by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , entered Arriving the Dardanelles on 19 February 1807 and the British destroyed Destroying the Ottoman naval force in the Sea of Marmara , and anchored Connect opposite Constantinople .

The proprietors and landowners asked Request the government to intervene , and Prime Minister Francesco Crispi declared Expressing_publicly a state Statement of emergency Emergency in January 1894 , dissolving Dispersal the organizations , arresting Arrest its leaders and restoring Recovering order Arranging through the use Using of extreme force .

Following desertions Escaping from his German federated troops , hostile Germanic warbands learned Education_teaching that his force was under-strength and moved Motion to attack Attack the town .

But — a thing to be regarded as a shameful situation — while Caesar was in jeopardy , Marcellus , master of the horse , although he was stationed Placing in neighbouring posts , postponed Change_event_time sending Sending him reinforcements ; whereas even if the city alone was endangered , to say nothing of the prince 's presence there , it ought to have been saved Rescuing from the hardships of blockade by the intervention of a large force .

He proceeded to organise Arranging them on the Roman model , hoping to copy the continuous success of Scipio on the battlefield ; he had a force large enough to take on the Romans , but nearly all of his soldiers were raw and inexperienced .

Syphax , seeing Traveling his force crumbling , sought to inspire Change_sentiment his men into regrouping Cause_to_amalgamate by riding Self_motion forward and exposing himself to danger Risk .

The Roman force pushed Self_motion on to Cirta , and gained Getting control Control of the town merely by showing the African leader in chains .

In July this force sailed Self_motion on a commerce raiding cruise off British Ceylon , but a subsequent attack into the Straits of Malacca was driven Motion off in an inconclusive engagement with two British ships of the line off Northeastern Sumatra .

Sercey , under orders not to risk Risk his squadron , and fearing that he was facing Confronting_problem a superior force , retreated Escaping , declining Agree_or_refuse_to_act to risk Risk a battle .

Of particular significance to the British were the five battleships of the `` Bretagne '' and `` Richelieu '' classes , and the two fast battleships of the Dunkerque class , the second largest force of capital ships in Europe after the Royal Navy .

However , when the Prussian detachment was in the vicinity of Rocquencourt it was ambushed Attack by a superior French force .

The British force consisted of two 74-gun ships of the line hastily paired to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the eastward advance Self_motion of the French squadron .

despite the setbacks , the partisans remained Presence a credible fighting force , with their organization gaining Getting recognition from the western allies at the tehran conference Communication and laying the foundations for the post-war yugoslav state .

in 1944 , major general leslie r. groves , jr. , director of the manhattan project , sent Sending major arthur v. peterson to brief general dwight d. eisenhower and his senior staff officers at the supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force ( shaef ) .

While light rain totals and gusty winds below tropical storm Catastrophe force were recorded Recording on the island of Bermuda , storm Catastrophe surge and dangerous rip currents along the coast caused Causation minimal damage Damaging .

Army units prepared GetReady as the Chief of Defence , Lieutenant General Aarne Sihvo was prepared GetReady to use force to end Process_end the rebellion .

sri lankan troops then withdraw Removing from the north of the country and handed over Giving control Control over the entire area to indian peacekeeping troops named Name_conferral the indian peace keeping force Military_operation .

In the Syrian Civil War , hoping to bolster its logistics and force projection capabilities in the area , Tehran aims to clear a path from the Iranian capital to Damascus and the Mediterranean coast .

many of the military exiles that managed Control to escape poland subsequently joined Becoming_a_member the polish armed forces in the west , an armed force loyal to the polish government-in-exile .

On 30 April , Italy responded Response to the possible idea of Greek incorporation of Western Anatolia by also sending Sending a warship to Smyrna ( Izmir ) as a show of force against the Greek campaign .

A large Italian force also landed Self_motion in Antalya .

the ulster volunteer force Causation ( uvf ) , a loyalist paramilitary group from northern ireland , claimed Statement responsibility for the bombings Attack in 1993 .

The report Reporting said Telling it was likely that British security force personnel or MI5 intelligence was involved Cause_to_be_included but had insufficient evidence of higher-level involvement .

in dominican republic , the civil defense Defending force reported Reporting that severe flooding Catastrophe in the northern portions of that country caused Causation the evacuation Escaping of more than 700 people .

All had their throats slit Bodily_harm from ear to ear with such great force that they were nearly decapitated Bodily_harm .

a major police operation Military_operation took place Process_start in july 2010 in tyne and wear and northumberland , england , during which armed police officers under the command of the northumbria police force were deployed Arranging to apprehend Arrest raoul moat , a 37-year-old man from newcastle upon tyne who was on the run Escaping after shooting Use_firearm three people in two days .

In a heavy engagement fought Hostile_encounter in calm weather in the close confines of Algeciras Bay , the British force had been becalmed and battered , suffering Bodily_harm heavy casualties and losing Earnings_and_losses the 74-gun ship HMS `` Hannibal '' .

In a furious and protracted engagement , `` Venerable '' suffered Bodily_harm heavy damage Damaging and was driven Motion ashore , allowing Preventing_or_letting the remainder of the French force to return Arriving to Cadiz without further fighting Hostile_encounter .

Grey 's force of 4,000 was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison that was briefly besieged Besieging at Newport , Rhode Island , but they arrived Arriving after the Americans had retreated Escaping .

Grey 's force of 4,000 was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison that was briefly besieged Besieging at Newport , Rhode Island , but they arrived Arriving after the Americans had retreated Escaping .