They proved Convincing fruitless and fighting Quarreling soon resumed Recovering .

The Parliament of England , fearful that the alliance with France was part of a plot to make Manufacturing England Roman Catholic , forced Control the king to abandon GiveUp the costly and fruitless war .

A comprehensive search Scouring of a wide area ( including what is now known to have been the crash Catastrophe site ) was fruitless , and the fate of the aircraft and its occupants remained unknown for over 50 years , giving rise Causation to various conspiracy theories about its disappearance .

Three naval battles were fought Hostile_encounter during the siege , two of which were clear defeats for the French and the last of which resulted in Causation the siege being abandoned GiveUp as hopeless after nine months of fruitless shelling .