While moving Motion near Christmas Island , Gillian downed Motion thousands of trees and damaged Damaging the roof of one of the oldest buildings on the island .

its most significant action was an expedition organized by massachusetts governor william shirley that besieged Besieging and ultimately captured Conquering the french fortress of louisbourg , on cape breton island in nova scotia , in 1745 .

Some protesters carried Bringing flags of the Republic of Cyprus and banners demanding Request the reunification Cause_to_amalgamate of the island , and signs condemning Judgment_communication economical , cultural , and social oppression of Turkish Cypriots by Turkey .

Its first airshow was in 2002 on Kish island , where 11 foreign companies participated Participation from France , Russia , United Kingdom , Ukraine , Germany , Czech Republic , Italy , The Netherlands , Pakistan , Slovakia and Switzerland .

the battle Hostile_encounter of madagascar was the british campaign Military_operation to capture Conquering the vichy french-controlled island madagascar during world war Military_operation ii .

The seizure Conquering of the island by the British was to deny Preventing_or_letting Madagascar 's ports to the Imperial Japanese Navy and to prevent Preventing_or_letting the loss or impairment of the Allied shipping routes to India , Australia and Southeast Asia .

It began Process_start with Operation Ironclad , the seizure Conquering of the port of Diego-Suarez ( now Antsiranana ) near the northern tip of the island , on 5 May 1942 .

A subsequent campaign Military_operation to secure Getting the entire island , Operation Stream Line Jane , was opened Process_start on 10 September .

The Allies broke Destroying into the interior linking Connect up with forces Causation on the coast and secured Getting the island by the end of October .

Denmark-Norway yielded Getting the Danish provinces of Scania , Halland , Blekinge and the island of Bornholm and the Norwegian provinces Bohuslen and Trondhjem len ( Trøndelag and Nordmøre ) to Sweden .

The incident was the first on the island of Great Britain in which two female police officers were killed Killing on duty .

Continental Army and militia forces under the command Control of General John Sullivan had been besieging Besieging the British forces in Newport , Rhode Island , which is situated Placing on Aquidneck Island , but they had finally abandoned GiveUp their siege and were withdrawing Escaping to the northern part of the island .

The Romans were subsequently defeated Conquering by a certain Hanno in Sardinia , and the Roman attempt to capture Conquering the island failed .

As the system peaked , it performed Hold a small clockwise cyclonic loop within the vicinity of Tikopia island , as a result Causation of the steering flow over the cyclone Catastrophe becoming Becoming weak and variable .

Early on December 8 , Cyclone Catastrophe Daman brushed Motion by the Fijian island of Cikobia , causing Causation damage Damaging to housing , crops and vegetation .

Alma left heavy damage Damaging in Trinidad , amounting to about US $ 5 million ( value in 1974 ) , making it Causation the most destructive Destroying cyclone of the 20th century on the island at that time .

Hundreds of structures , including 200 in the island 's largest city , and much of the nation 's agriculture were destroyed Destroying .

Winds in excess of 185 km/h ( 115 mph ) battered Vava ' u , defoliating nearly every tree on the island .

While passing Motion_directional through the island group , Gil reached Arriving its secondary peak intensity .

Due to fears of a repeat of Hurricane Iwa , which devastated Destroying the island group the previous year , officials issued Creating many tropical cyclone warnings Warning and watches while seven shelters were opened Openness , though few people actually used Using these shelters .

Locally heavy rainfall and rough seas led to Causation minor damage Damaging while strong winds lead to Causation extensive damage Damaging on the north side of the island .

Early forecasts noted Know uncertainty in the storm 's path ; the hurricane approached Arriving the Hawaiian island group , coming Motion close enough to require a high surf Self_motion advisory .

Bad weather had delayed Change_event_time the Swedish archipelago fleet and troop transports , which gave Giving the Norwegian fleet and army time to evacuate Escaping the island .

The Java campaign of 1806–1807 was a minor campaign during the Napoleonic Wars by British Royal Navy forces against a naval squadron of the Kingdom of Holland , a client state of the French Empire , based on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies .

Following these successes , Pellew was able to bring Bringing his main force to bear on the island and in November 1806 launched a major raid on Batavia , destroying the remaining frigate and a number of minor warships from the Dutch squadron .

The Allied invasion Attack of Sicily , codenamed Operation Military_operation Husky , was a major campaign Military_operation of World War Hostile_encounter II , in which the Allies took Conquering the island of Sicily from the Axis powers ( the Kingdom of Italy and Nazi Germany ) .

Strategically , `` Husky '' achieved Achieve the goals set out Military_operation for it by Allied planners ; the Allies drove Motion Axis air , land and naval forces Motion from the island and the Mediterranean sea lanes were opened Openness for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941 .

The 2008 Irish flash floods were a series of flash floods Catastrophe that occurred Presence across the island of Ireland in August 2008 .

The Massacre of the Acqui Division , also known as the Cephalonia Massacre , was the mass execution Killing of the men of the Italian 33rd Infantry Division `` Acqui '' by the Germans on the island of Cephalonia , Greece in September 1943 , following the Italian armistice during the Second World War Hostile_encounter .

On 13 September the Italians of the 33rd `` Acqui '' Infantry Division resisted Defending , and fought Hostile_encounter the Germans on the island of Cephalonia .

Almost everything on the north side of the island was destroyed Destroying .

After the occupation of Buka and Bougainville , the Japanese began Process_start constructing a number of airfields across the island .

On the same day Erica paralleled the coast of New Caledonia before making landfall on the southern end of the island at L'Île-des-Pins .

After passing Motion_directional the island , an extratropical transition begun Process_start , weakening Cause_change_of_strength the cyclone as it moved Motion towards the southeast .

Cyclone Erica severely impacted Influence the island nation of New Caledonia , causing Causation intense winds and heavy rain .

An estimated 892 families were affected Influence by the cyclone on the island , and two people were killed Killing .

On 17 March only 17 of the 66 secondary schools on the island were functioning Being_in_operation .

After the storm it was feared that the existing Presence dengue fever epidemic on the island would spread Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale .

The hurricane Catastrophe traveled Self_motion towards Cuba , making landfall and wreaking havoc on the island .

over the ensuing two days saomai would weaken Cause_change_of_strength slightly before making landfall on okinawa island .

Across the island , Laura produced Creating heavy rainfall , peaking Self_motion at 32.5 inches ( 83 cm ) .

Initially , Laura was forecast to move across the island and impact Influence the southern United States , but it executed a small loop and turned Becoming to the southwest .

The second tropical storm and hurricane , as well as the first major hurricane Catastrophe of the year , it originated Coming_to_be from a tropical wave near the island of St. Lucia on August 21 .

Cindy formed Coming_to_be east of the island and became Becoming the annual hurricane season 's third named storm on August 14 .

The island of Martinique received Receiving a record 12 inches ( 305 mm ) of rain over a 24-hour period , causing severe river flooding throughout northern villages and communes .

The storm wrought Causation $ 19 million ( 1993 USD ) in damage across Martinique , and left two people dead Death and hundreds homeless on the island .

Widespread power outages affected Influence the island , causing Causation telecommunications and water systems to fail .

in cape breton island on nova scotia , the storm Catastrophe was considered the worst in at least 21 years .

Power outages cut Bodily_harm most communications from the island to the mainland , and property damage Damaging in Sydney , Nova Scotia totaled to C $ 100,000 .

The cyclone hit Bodily_harm eastern Sri Lanka at peak strength , then weakened Cause_change_of_strength slightly while crossing Motion_directional the island before making landfall Catastrophe over southern India on December 28 .