Despite his misjudgment , Alvensleben held off Defending four French corps for seven hours .

The British held off Defending a Franco-American siege in 1779 , and held Defending the city until late in the war .

on 1 october , a cossack attempt to storm Attack the tatar fort at mount Motion_directional unk was held off Defending .

These were the British flagship `` Windham '' , which held off Hold the French squadron to allow Preventing_or_letting the surviving ship `` Astell '' to escape Escaping , and `` Ceylon '' .

On May 23 near Uniontown , Pennsylvania , 15 guards armed Connect with carbines and machine guns held off Hold an attack Attack by 1500 strikers , killing Killing 5 and wounding Bodily_harm 8 .

armed Bearing_arms with newly issued Creating breechloading springfield model 1866 rifles , the heavily outnumbered soldiers held off Defending the native warriors and inflicted Attack casualties .

The defenders of some fortified houses in the village successfully held off Defending the raiders until arriving reinforcements prompted their retreat Escaping .