Fighting Hostile_encounter in the area died Death down , but the Soviet gains Getting paved the way for subsequent advances during the second phase of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive .

Iran claims Statement its foreign policy is based on aiding Assistance the oppressed vulnerables around the world–not for material gains , but as a humanitarian religious positive action .

Protracted skirmishes occurred Coming_to_be , with losses and gains Getting on both sides .

while at first , kurdish militants , primarily of the democratic party Social_event of iranian kurdistan , made Earnings_and_losses some territorial gains Earnings_and_losses in the area of mahabad and ousted Change_of_leadership the iranian troops from the region , a large scale offensive in spring 1980 by the iranian revolutionary guard reversed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the course of the conflict Violence .

Sweden was to keep Preserving most of her gains from Roskilde , the Duchy of Prussia became Becoming a sovereign state , and otherwise the parties largely returned Self_motion to the status quo ante bellum .

But despite major gains , the rebels failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to topple the government during the eight days of fighting and small scale clashes Hostile_encounter continued until 22 May , when the government launched Attack a major offensive to retake Control the city , as Islamist forces had mostly withdrawn Escaping into the Central Region and the government was now backed by powerful warlord Indho Ade .

The government offensive initially had some success as they captured Conquering a few bases , however in a matter of hours the Islamist launched Attack a successful counter offensive and re-captured the lost areas and made Getting even more gains .

The offensive Defending was however resumed GetReady on 1 June , resulting in Causation a third round of fighting Hostile_encounter which lasted Process_end until 4 June and saw the government make Getting enormous gains .

The government launched another offensive Defending on 1 July , insurgents however successfully repelled Removing the offensive , making Getting gains until 5 July , when al-Shabaab 's leader Sheikh Moktar Ali Zubeyr gave Giving government forces a five-day ultimatum to hand over Giving their weapons .

Chinese armed forces launched Military_operation a punitive operation in February 1979 and attacked Attack Vietnam 's northern provinces , determined Deciding to contain Containing Soviet/Vietnamese influence and prevent Preventing_or_letting territorial gains in the region .

It envisioned Creating that Jordan would not take an offensive role in the event of war , but would attempt to tie down Israeli forces to prevent Preventing_or_letting them from making territorial gains .

although the operation got Getting off to a promising start Process_start , throwing Self_motion the axis high command into confusion , most of its early gains were lost Earnings_and_losses to local counter-attacks , and with german reinforcements being rushed to the front the operation was called Name_conferral off after one day .

King and the SCLC shifted Change their focus to these issues after observing Know that gains Getting in civil rights had not improved Cause_to_make_progress the material conditions of life for many African Americans .

While Mieszko 's differences with Otto I were settled Resolve_problem by an alliance Cause_to_amalgamate and payment Commerce_pay of tribute to the latter , the nobles whom Otto I had invested with the former Saxon Eastern March , most notably Odo I , challenged Mieszko 's gains Earnings_and_losses .

since 1 july 1916 , the cost Cost of the battle and the `` meagre gains '' have been a source of grief and controversy in britain ; in german and french writing Writing , the first day of the battle of the somme has been little more than a footnote to the mass losses of unk and the battle of verdun .

The U.S. offensive Attack made Getting small gains Earnings_and_losses because of limited Limiting combat Hostile_encounter experience by its soldiers , poor leadership by inexperienced US Army officers , harsh terrain and conditions on New Georgia , and effective defensive Defending measures by the Japanese .

The business community had just recovered Recovering from a deep depression and feared Perception_active that a war would reverse Change the gains .

By the end Process_end of the year , the Allies had achieved Achieve significant territorial gains Getting only in one sector , the extreme north-east of Burma , but the Japanese attack Attack on India had been defeated Earnings_and_losses with very heavy casualties .

The winner of this competition gains Getting the seed to the semi-final at the World Yo-Yo Contest as the United States representative .

In addition to the natural gains of land , and wealth and manpower received Receiving from these victories , the Byzantines also inflicted Bodily_harm a psychological defeat Earnings_and_losses on their opponents by recapturing Conquering territory deemed holy and important to Christendom , in particular the city of Antioch—allowing Byzantium to hold Defending two of Christendoms ' five most important Patriarchs , those making up Becoming_a_member the Pentarchy .

Initially , Ottoman conquests in Europe made Getting significant gains with a decisive victory at Mohács reducing around one third ( central ) part of Kingdom of Hungary to the status of an Ottoman tributary .

During the winter of 1917/1918 , the considerable territorial gains by the EEF as a consequence of victories at the Battle of Mughar Ridge in November and the Battle of Jerusalem in December , from the Gaza–Beersheba line to the Jaffa–Jerusalem line , were consolidated Cause_change_of_strength .

The only territorial gains following the offensive were the establishment of bridgeheads on the eastern side of the river .

After an initial Armenian occupation of what is now eastern Turkey , the army of the Turkish National Movement under Kâzım Karabekir reversed Change the Armenian gains and further invaded Attack and defeated Conquering Armenia , also recapturing Conquering territory which the Ottoman Empire had lost Earnings_and_losses to the Russian Empire in 1855 and 1878 .

the treaty of moscow ( march 1921 ) between soviet russia and the grand national assembly of turkey and the related treaty of kars ( october 1921 ) confirmed Check the territorial gains made by karabekir and established Creating the modern unk border .

The Ottomans maintained Preserving their troops along their territorial gains until Spring 1919 .

However , General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw a highly successful operation Military_operation against Austria-Hungary that became Becoming known as the Brusilov Offensive , which saw the Russian Army make Getting large gains Earnings_and_losses .

After repelling Defending an ill-organized government counterattack and making Creating some further gains , M23 agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to withdraw Escaping from Goma on their own and left Departing the city in early December .

After an initial advance , VRS reinforcements managed to stop Process_end the ARBiH short of Sanski Most and Novi Grad , and reversed Change some of the ARBiH 's territorial gains in a counterattack .

However , the 24th Infantry performed Hold very poorly at the battles Hostile_encounter of Blue Mountain and Haman , forcing Causation the 25th Division to muster reserves to counter the KPA gains against the 24th .

It produced Creating noticeable gains Earnings_and_losses on the first day but rapidly turned Becoming into a stalemate .

After almost two months of fighting Hostile_encounter , the offensive Military_operation stalled Hindering and eventually petered out , with rebels losing Earnings_and_losses most of their early gains .

By mid-June a new advance by government forces recaptured Conquering the last rebel gains of the campaign Military_operation , including Kessab .

Using a combination of aggression , annexation , and quasi-legal means , Louis XIV set about Process_start extending Change_event_time his gains to stabilize and strengthen France 's frontiers , culminating in the brief War of the Reunions ( 1683–1684 ) .

by the terms of the treaty of ryswick ( 1697 ) louis xiv retained Preserving the whole of alsace but was forced Hostile_encounter to return lorraine to its ruler and give up Process_end any gains on the right bank of the rhine .

Crusader assistance to the Byzantine Empire was mixed Cause_to_amalgamate with treachery and looting Robbery , although substantial gains Getting were made Getting in the First Crusade .

Soviet forces made Manufacturing several other attempts in 1943 to renew Recovering their offensive and to lift the siege completely , but made only modest gains in each one .

Soviet gains exceeded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their pre-war demands and the USSR received Receiving substantial territory along Lake Ladoga and in northern Finland .

The Habsburg-Catholic coalition , previously in the ascendant , was significantly weakened Cause_change_of_strength as a result of the gains Getting the Protestant cause made Manufacturing .

Additionally , it rolled Self_motion back the gains the Habsburg family had made Manufacturing in re-centralizing political power in the Holy Roman Empire in the hands of the Holy Roman Emperor .

The Syrians coordinated their attack on the Golan Heights to coincide with the Egyptian offensive and initially made Getting threatening gains into Israeli-held territory .

The Light Brigade reached Arriving the battery under withering Change direct fire and scattered Dispersal some of the gunners , but they were forced to retreat Escaping immediately , and the assault ended Process_end with very high British casualties and no decisive gains .

the final italian gains Earnings_and_losses were minimal : in the northern sector , they conquered Conquering the heights over bovec ( mount Motion_directional kanin ) ; in the southern sector , they conquered Conquering the westernmost ridges of the kras plateau near unk unk and monfalcone .

when romanian troops approached the capital sofia , bulgaria asked Request for an armistice , resulting in the treaty of bucharest , in which bulgaria had to cede portions of its first balkan war gains to serbia , greece and romania .