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 .

It is believed by many scholars that the poem , while based upon actual events and people , was created Causation to be less of a historical account and more of a means of enshrining and lifting Process_end up the memories of the men who fought and lost Death their lives on the battlefield protecting Defending their homeland , especially in the case of the English commander of the battle , Byrhtnoth .

In June 1916 the British preliminary bombardment cut Removing much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed Destroying many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter off the Norwegian coastal island of Eigerøya , then in Danish Norway , the opposing forces engaged Hostile_encounter in protecting Defending their respective countries ' trade routes to the Baltic Sea .

Lyautey reorganised Cause_to_amalgamate his available forces into a `` living barricade '' , consisting of outposts manned by his best troops protecting the perimeter of French territory with lower quality troops manning the rear-guard positions .

After the wadi was fairly quickly crossed Motion_directional late on 7 November , Sausage Ridge protecting Defending the road and railway along which the retreating Escaping Ottoman columns were traveling Traveling , was attacked Attack on 8 November by the EEF 's 52nd ( Lowland ) Division .

at 15:10 local time ( 07:10 utc ) , the aircraft crashed Catastrophe approximately short of the seawall protecting Defending the threshold of runway 09 .

`` No one ever thought Know about securing them , yet these were the crown jewels of most of these companies in many ways—much more valuable than any financial or personally identifiable data that they may have and spend Expend_resource so much time and effort protecting Defending . ''

The French Navy sought to disrupt Hindering British trade by intercepting Know and capturing Conquering merchant ships with roving frigates , a strategy countered Response by protecting British convoys with heavier warships , particularly in European waters .

The plan was for separate forces Causation led by Montgomery and Arnold to converge Come_together in the lower city before scaling the walls protecting the upper city .

`` This just shows the commitment of the Iraqi Army to protecting Defending the people of Adhamiyah by going Self_motion after criminals Committing_crime and terrorists Terrorism who want to create Creating instability and hinder Hindering progress , '' said Communication Capt .

the royal australian air force ( raaf ) unit responsible for protecting Defending the town , no .

With the onset of the war , the islands that flanked Attack Japan 's South Seas possessions became Becoming of vital concern to Japanese Imperial General Headquarters , and in particular to the Imperial Navy , which was tasked Request with protecting Defending Japan 's outlying Pacific territories .