Circa mid 14th century the Balkans were politically disunited into a number of small states frequently in competition Competition with each other and there was no single strong entity with a powerful enough army to withstand Defending the Muslim invaders .

Swedish and Russian invaders Attack completely destroyed Destroying 188 cities and towns , 81 castles , and 136 churches in Poland .

Rottermund claims Statement that Swedish invaders Attack robbed Robbery the Commonwealth of its most important riches , and most of the stolen Theft items never returned Arriving to Poland .

After the fighting Hostile_encounter had started Process_start , political pressure from the United States , the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to Causation a withdrawal Escaping by the three invaders .

It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating Conquering the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs , and most especially the Aztecs ' indigenous enemies and rivals .

Some favoured Choosing paying Commerce_pay off the Viking invaders with land and wealth , while others favoured Choosing fighting Hostile_encounter to the last man .

Norse invaders and Norse raiders differed in purpose .

since ancient times , cities had used Using ramparts and city walls to protect Preventing_or_letting themselves from invaders Attack , and constantinople 's substantial fortifications had been a model followed by cities throughout the mediterranean region and europe .

The battle Hostile_encounter was regarded Statement as a symbol of Polish resistance Defending to the invaders , as it was first Process_end Polish victory Earnings_and_losses since the Swedish invasion Military_operation of summer 1655 .

In November 1655 , when Swedish forces reached Arriving Krosno , the town opened Openness its gates to the invaders .

In August 937 Olaf and his army sailed Motion from Dublin to join Participation forces with Constantine and Owen , but the invaders were routed in the battle against Æthelstan .

Stephen 's early reign was marked Recording by fierce fighting with English barons , rebellious Welsh leaders and Scottish invaders .

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 United States inherited Coming_to_be conflicts Hostile_encounter between American invaders and Apache groups when Mexico ceded territory after the Mexican–American War in 1846 .

The invaders Attack obtained Getting the surrender Surrendering of Santiago de Cuba and Manila despite the good performance of some Spanish infantry units and fierce fighting Hostile_encounter for positions such as San Juan Hill .

During the Mongol invasion Attack of Poland , southeastern Polish city of Sandomierz was regarded Perception_active by the invaders as a strategically important location , which had to be captured Conquering .

The invaders captured Conquering Sandomierz on 13 February 1241 , after crossing Motion_directional the frozen Vistula .

A great number of residents of the area was massacred Killing , and the invaders saved Rescuing only young men , whom they enslaved .

Flores crossed Motion_directional the border , leading to Causation the December 6 , 1863 , Battle of Cuaspad , in which some 4,000 Colombians under Mosquera utterly defeated Conquering the invaders , about 1,500 of whom were killed Killing or wounded Bodily_harm and 2,000 were taken captive Motion .

Casualty figures are hard Confronting_problem to come by , but some historians estimate Statement that 2,000 invaders died Death along with about twice that number of Englishmen .

The invaders were able to establish Building a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful `` D-Day '' , the first day of the invasion .

Duke Mieszko II the Fat , aware of this , decided Deciding to attack Attack the invaders while they were busy trying to get across the Oder .

Finland repelled Defending Soviet attacks for more than two months and inflicted Causation substantial losses on the invaders while temperatures ranged as low as .

The Burmese referred Name_conferral to the invaders as the `` Taruk '' ( after the central Asian Turkic troops that largely made up Becoming_a_member the Mongol invasion army ) ; today , the term `` Taruk '' ( ) refers to the Han Chinese instead .

The Japanese were also unable to defeat Conquering the Chinese communist forces in Shaanxi , which waged a campaign of sabotage and guerrilla warfare against the invaders .

It concealed Hiding_objects more than 2500 native warriors , who had been gathered Come_together in 1540 by their chief to attack Attack a large part of invaders in the Muskogee territory : Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his expedition .