Russia suffered Bodily_harm multiple defeats by Japan , but Tsar Nicholas II was convinced that Russia would win Getting and chose Choosing to remain Presence engaged Participation in the war Hostile_encounter ; at first , to await the outcomes of certain naval battles , and later to preserve Preserving the dignity of Russia by averting Preventing_or_letting a `` humiliating peace '' .

To preserve Preserving the impression of warships he also ordered Request four of his most powerful East Indiamen to join Participation the chase Self_motion .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks was an escalation Preventing_or_letting of the conflict between Croatian authorities and the Croatian Serbs who openly revolted Change_of_leadership in August 1990 and the JNA 's efforts to preserve the Yugoslav federation .

Initially the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) sought to preserve Preserving the unity of the whole of Yugoslavia by crushing Destroying the secessionist governments , but it increasingly came under the influence of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević , which evoked Causation Serbian nationalist rhetoric and was willing to use Using the Yugoslav cause to preserve Preserving the unity of Serbs in one state .

Initially the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) sought to preserve Preserving the unity of the whole of Yugoslavia by crushing Destroying the secessionist governments , but it increasingly came under the influence of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević , which evoked Causation Serbian nationalist rhetoric and was willing to use Using the Yugoslav cause to preserve Preserving the unity of Serbs in one state .

its objectives Aiming were to convince Convincing the government to enforce Action the legislative assembly Building 's rulings Legal_rulings , defend Defending france against foreign invasion Attack , and preserve Preserving the spirit of the french constitution of 1791 .

The Protestants understood Know and accepted as an article of faith that they would have to unite Collaboration against the Roman Catholic Church to preserve Preserving themselves against Catholic encroachment and eventual Catholic hegemony .

While some Spanish Americans believed Know that independence was necessary , most who initially supported Supporting the creation of the new governments saw them as a means to preserve the region 's autonomy from the French .