They were incapable to resist Defending and after a short battle Hostile_encounter the Venetians began Process_start to flee Escaping to their ships in the port .

As their army fell Motion_directional back , the Russians employed Employment scorched-earth tactics , destroying Destroying villages , towns and crops and forcing Request the invaders to rely on a supply system that was incapable of feeding Supply their large army in the field .

The German defeats Conquering from Foucaucourt to the Albert–Bapaume road , left the German defence Defending on the south bank incapable of resisting Defending another attack Attack ; a substantial German retreat began Process_start from the Flaucourt plateau to the west bank of the Somme close to Péronne ; north of the Somme in the British area , Fricourt was abandoned GiveUp overnight .

The country 's ubiquitous secret police force , the Securitate , which was both one of the largest in the Eastern Bloc and for decades had been the main suppressor of popular dissension , frequently and violently quashing political disagreement , ultimately proved incapable of stopping the looming , and then highly fatal and successful revolt .