Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean for its navy and for maritime trade .

The outnumbered defenders of the port were overwhelmed Destroying and driven Motion into the sea by a Republican assault on 17 December .

The early months of the war , which had begun Process_start in February , had seen Perception_active a number of French frigates raiding Attack British merchant shipping in the Channel , and HMS `` Crescent '' under Captain James Saumarez was deployed Arranging to watch Perception_active the port of Cherbourg with the aim Aiming of disrupting Hindering the operations Military_operation of the French frigates `` Réunion '' and `` Sémillante '' that were based in the harbour .

The battle followed closely the First Battle of Algeciras on 6 July , in which a French squadron anchored at the Spanish port of Algeciras was attacked Attack by a larger British squadron based at nearby Gibraltar .

The Siege of Roses ( or Siege of Rosas ) began Process_start on 28 November 1794 and lasted Process_end until 4 February 1795 when the Spanish garrison abandoned GiveUp the port and the forces of the First French Republic took control .

over the next few days , susan moved Motion towards the southwest and continued to intensify Cause_change_of_strength before it reached Achieve its peak intensity as a category five tropical cyclone during january 5 while it was located about to the northwest of vanuatu 's capital city port vila .

In South America the Spanish succeeded in taking Conquering a strategically important port town but otherwise the skirmishes with the Portuguese there changed Exchange little .

The objectives Aiming at Gold were to secure a beachhead , move Motion west to capture Conquering Arromanches and establish Building contact with the American forces Military_operation at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin , and to link Connect up with the Canadian forces Military_operation at Juno to the east .

Just before 09:00 , the officer of the watch Perception_active sighted Know the masts of the cruiser on the port bow .

The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault Attack by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands .

New orders Arranging from the Admiralty demanded Request that he subdue Hindering and blockade Besieging the Spanish port of Cádiz , where much of the battered Attack Spanish squadron had sought shelter .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

To test Testing the effects Achieve of a ship-smuggled atomic bomb on a port ( a threat of great concern to the British at the time ) , the bomb was exploded Destroying inside the hull of `` Plym '' , anchored Connect off Trimouille Island .

Meanwhile , the Americans built Building new bases from scratch Bodily_harm at places like the Admiralty Islands , Majuro , and Ulithi Atoll , and took over Control the major port at Guam .

There were also deaths Death on the coast of the Black Sea in Gelendzhik , a resort , and in Novorossiysk , a port .

In the event , the Italian Fleet did not leave Departing port and there was no organised Arranging attempt to evacuate Emptying Axis forces by sea .

The German armoured cruisers and entered Arriving the port of Papeete on the island of Tahiti and sank Removing the French gunboat and freighter `` Walküre '' before bombarding Attack the town 's fortifications .

`` Forte '' was an exceptionally large and powerful ship engaged Hostile_encounter on a commerce raiding operation Military_operation against British merchant shipping Sending off the port of Calcutta in British India .

Operation Undergo was an attack Attack by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on the German garrison and fortifications of the French port of Calais , during September 1944 .

The 7th and 8th Canadian Infantry Brigades started Process_start the main attack from south-west of Calais and cleared Emptying the outer defences on the southern and western sides of the port .

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 .

Alexios I Komnenos ' son , John II Komnenos inherited a sizable amount of land in Western Asia Minor , although the port city of Antalya was under Seljuq siege .

Not until the demise Destroying of the Comnenian dynasty would the Turks capture Conquering a port and it was Umur of Aydın in c. 14th century that constituted the first Turkish threat to Christian shipping in the Aegean since the 11th century .

The First Ostend Raid ( part of Operation ZO ) was the first of two attacks Attack by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the First World War Hostile_encounter .

Ostend was attacked Attack in conjunction with the neighbouring harbour of Zeebrugge on 23 April in order to block Hiding_objects the vital strategic port of Bruges , situated inland and ideally sited to conduct Action raiding Attack operations on the British coastline and shipping Self_motion lanes .

The German marines who defended Defending the port had taken Action careful preparations and drove Self_motion the British assault ships astray , forcing Hostile_encounter the abortion of the operation Military_operation at the final stage .

However , he was also forced to withdraw Removing his battle fleet back to port , leaving the British free to conduct Action a campaign of blockade for the remainder of the war .

at 07:45 the haitian ship surrendered Surrendering , yeo depositing Placing the crew ashore and bringing Bringing `` heureuse UNK '' to port royal , jamaica .

although the battlefront now lay in the border area , the port city of unk inside unk resisted Defending the axis advance , and its substantial australian and british garrison constituted a significant threat Warning to rommel 's lengthy supply chain .

The city was the capital and the main port of the European territory of the Marinid Empire .

The victory proved decisive in two ways ; first it denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Spanish an important large independent base and port from which to operate Being_in_operation in Brittany against the English and Dutch .

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The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

Among the first territories to be attacked Attack were those on the coast of the island of Ceylon , with operations initially focused Aiming on the trading Commerce_sell port at Trincomalee .

Mobile had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River remaining in Confederate possession , so its closure Change was the final step in completing Process_end the blockade in that region .

In an effort to simultaneously obtain Getting help Assistance from France and reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the number of personnel maintained Preserving in the city , the naval commander on the island , Contre-amiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve , ordered Request his subordinate Contre-amiral Denis Decrès to put Placing to sea with the large ship of the line `` Guillaume Tell '' , which had arrived in Arriving the port shortly before the siege began Process_start in September 1798 .

The offensive Attack was intended to stop Preventing_or_letting Allied use Using of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split Change the Allied lines , allowing Preventing_or_letting the Germans to encircle Besieging and destroy Destroying four Allied armies and force Causation the Western Allies to negotiate Communication a peace treaty in the Axis powers ' favor .

through the celebration Social_event of contemporary art from around the world , the unk biennale seeks to invoke the historic cosmopolitan legacy of the modern metropolis of kochi , and its mythical predecessor , the ancient port of muziris .

However , in order to leave Departing her home port of Brest , it was necessary to avoid Preventing_or_letting contact Connect with the British frigates that constantly watched Perception_active the entrance to the harbour in search of enemy movement .

`` Vénus '' only survived with the co-operation of the British prisoners aboard , who brought Bringing the ship safely to port .

On 4 July it was engaged Participation by the Spanish galleys , of which some managed Control to enter the port of the town during a fierce action .

The worsening of the situation inside Tarragona after the battle , caused Causation largely because the vessels that had entered Arriving the port remained blocked , adding hundreds of mouths to feed , compelled Philip IV of Spain to order Arranging the assembling of a second relief Assistance fleet .

However , Moore and Hopson decided Deciding instead to investigate the possibility of attacking Attack Martinique 's main commercial port , Saint-Pierre .

After a desultory naval bombardment Attack on 19 January that again had little effect on the port 's defences Defending , they withdrew , and decided Deciding instead to attack Attack Guadeloupe , home to a significant body of French privateers .

Her intention was to reach Arriving the port of Brest for repair .

at the coast , the hurricane produced Manufacturing a strong storm Catastrophe surge which swept Removing and damaged port cities .

Damage in the port alone was estimated to be as high as $ 1 million .

The objective at Utah was to secure Assistance a beachhead on the Cotentin Peninsula , the location of important port facilities at Cherbourg .

The intention was to rapidly seal off the Cotentin Peninsula , prevent Preventing_or_letting the Germans from reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength Cherbourg , and capture Conquering the port as quickly as possible .

Cherbourg was captured Conquering on June 26 , but by this time the Germans had destroyed Destroying the port facilities , which were not brought Bringing back into full operation until September .