The Campaign against Dong Zhuo was a punitive expedition initiated Process_start by a coalition of regional officials and warlords against the warlord Dong Zhuo in 190 in the late Eastern Han dynasty .

Chinese armed forces launched Military_operation a punitive operation in February 1979 and attacked Attack Vietnam 's northern provinces , determined Deciding to contain Containing Soviet/Vietnamese influence and prevent Preventing_or_letting territorial gains in the region .

In 490 BC , he sent Sending a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean , to subjugate the Cyclades , and then to make punitive attacks Attack on Athens and Eretria .

After their victory , the city authorities took Bringing drastic punitive measures .

The `` conquistadores '' launched Process_start punitive raids , but the natives abandoned GiveUp their towns and fled Escaping to inaccessible regions .

The east coast hostilities came Motion at the close of the Waikato wars Hostile_encounter and before the outbreak Attack of Te Kooti 's War , both fought Hostile_encounter nearby , but sprang from causes Causation more closely related to the Second Taranaki War—namely , Māori resentment of punitive government land confiscation coupled Cause_to_amalgamate with the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the so-called Hauhau movement , an extremist part of the Pai Marire religion ( also called Name_conferral the Hauhau ) , which was strongly opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the alienation of Māori land and eager to strengthen Māori identity .

When Korean shore batteries attacked Attack two American warships on June 1 , a punitive expedition was launched Process_start 10 days later after the commanding Control American admiral failed to receive Receiving an official apology from the Koreans .

The British Expedition Traveling to Abyssinia was a rescue Rescuing mission and punitive expedition Scrutiny carried out Action in 1868 by the armed Bearing_arms forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire .

The punitive expedition Traveling launched GetReady by the British in response Response required Imposing_obligation the transportation of a sizable military force hundreds of miles across mountainous terrain lacking any road system .

Throughout the period Portugal faced Confronting_problem increasing dissent , arms embargoes and other punitive sanctions imposed Action by the international community .

China launched a punitive expedition in response Response to Vietnam 's invasion Attack and occupation Control of Cambodia in 1978 ( which ended Process_end the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge ) .

On March 6 , 1979 , China declared Expressing_publicly that the gate to Hanoi was open Openness and that their punitive mission had been achieved Achieve .

Belatedly , Catherine II was determined Deciding to mount a punitive expedition against the Shah .

The Formosa Expedition , or the Taiwan Expedition of 1867 was a punitive expedition launched Process_start by the United States against Formosa .