Saumarez immediately moved Motion to engage Hostile_encounter the French ship and managed Control to isolate Removing the frigate and subject Using it to a fierce barrage Use_firearm of fire for more than two hours .

The coup was preceded Process_start by U.S. efforts to criticize Judgment_communication and isolate Guatemala internationally .

The Confederates used Using the Potomac ’ s banks as gun positions Placing to halt Union traffic on the river , protecting Defending Manassas Junction to the west and Fredericksburg to the south and to close Process_end the Potomac River to shipping Sending and isolate Hindering Washington .

Following the Noemvriana , the Allies , determined Deciding to remove Constantine I , established Building a naval blockade Besieging to isolate areas which supported Supporting the king .

Lacking the forces to effect an invasion of the Dutch colony , Pellew instead sought to isolate and blockade the Dutch squadron based at Batavia in preparation for raids specifically targeting the Dutch ships with his main force .