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The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cixi ( no relation to the reigning Empress at the time ) or Battle Hostile_encounter of Tzeki ( 慈溪之戰 ) was a victory Getting for Qing imperial forces Military_operation led Causation by American soldier of fortune Frederick Townsend Ward against Taiping Rebels in late Qing Dynasty China .

They converted Change a large number of people , and their descendants have lived there , with varying Change fortune , to this day .

It did not significantly improve Cause_to_make_progress the economic or political fortune of the majority of the population , although a few Indonesians were able to gain Getting a larger role in commerce .

the 1975 album `` born to run '' was bruce springsteen 's last , best hope for fortune and fame .

when `` fall rot '' ( case red ) , the final german offensive , began Process_start on 5 june , the ix corps of the french tenth army ( including the 51st ( highland ) infantry division ( major-general victor fortune ) of the british expeditionary force ( bef ) after it arrived Arriving from the saar on 28 may ) , was pushed Hold back to the bresle river .