despite the setbacks , the partisans remained Presence a credible fighting force , with their organization gaining Getting recognition from the western allies at the tehran conference Communication and laying the foundations for the post-war yugoslav state .

Tokugawa was laying Placing siege Besieging to Osaka , and Hideyori had planned Arranging a counterattack Attack .

The Soviets used Using their air power to deal Resolve_problem harshly with both rebels Hostile_encounter and civilians , levelling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale villages to deny safe haven to the mujahideen , destroying Destroying vital irrigation ditches , and laying Placing millions of land mines .

From 1863 the army , working Action with greater numbers of troops and heavy artillery , systematically took Removing possession of Māori land by driving Motion off the inhabitants , adopting Choosing a `` scorched earth '' strategy of laying waste to Māori villages and cultivations , with attacks Attack on villages , whether warlike or otherwise .

Edward ended Process_end the campaign Military_operation by laying siege Besieging to Calais , which fell after twelve months , securing an English entrepôt into northern France which was held Conquering for two hundred years .

Kościuszko 's envoy , Tomasz Maruszewski , and Ignacy Działyński and others had been laying Placing the groundwork for the uprising Change_of_leadership since early 1793 .