The Taiwan strait crisis began Process_start when the PRC seized Motion the Yijiangshan Islands and forced Hostile_encounter the ROC to abandon GiveUp the Tachen Islands , which were evacuated Removing by the navies of the ROC and the US .

Six days later the detached HMS `` Captain '' also seized Conquering the abandoned GiveUp `` Impérieuse '' , which had fled Escaping to La Spezia .

Napoleon was thus able to withdraw Escaping part of his army before the Russians seized Conquering Krasnoi .

The junkers of the Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers seized Hold the Mikhailovsky Manege , stole Theft a number of armored cars , captured Conquering the city telephone exchange , cut off Having_or_lacking_access power in Smolny , seized Hold Hotel Astoria , and began Process_start to disarm the Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers .

The junkers of the Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers seized Hold the Mikhailovsky Manege , stole Theft a number of armored cars , captured Conquering the city telephone exchange , cut off Having_or_lacking_access power in Smolny , seized Hold Hotel Astoria , and began Process_start to disarm the Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers .

In August 1762 a British expedition against Cuba took Conquering Havana and western Cuba , then a month later the British seized Hold Manila .

On 7 March , the Allies seized Hold the last remaining intact bridge across the Rhine at Remagen , and had established Building a large bridgehead on the river 's east bank .

During the initial campaign , Russian military and pro-Russian Chechen paramilitary forces faced Chechen separatists in open combat , and seized Hold the Chechen capital Grozny after a winter siege that lasted from late 1999 until February 2000 .

In 1369 , Sultan Muhammed V of Granada took advantage of the Castilians ' distractions and in the Siege of Algeciras ( 1369 ) he seized Hold the city of Algeciras , on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar , which Alfonso XI had captured in 1344 .

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Thompson , Berry and most of the British officers were exchanged Exchange and acquitted Judgment_communication at court martial , and the captains were knighted for their services , while `` Leander '' and many of the crew were recaptured Conquering in March 1799 by a Russian squadron that seized Conquering Corfu , and returned Arriving to British control Control by order Request of Tsar Paul .

The fortified town of Gibraltar had been held Hold by Castile since 1309 , when it had been seized Conquering from the Moorish Emirate of Granada .

The Wounded Knee incident began Process_start on February 27 , 1973 , when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement ( AIM ) seized Self_motion and occupied Control the town of Wounded Knee , South Dakota , on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation .

In the immediate aftermath both sides claimed Statement victory and the outcome of the battle was seized Hold upon by the press of both nations as a demonstration of the prowess and bravery of their respective navies .

israel seized Hold the gaza strip and the sinai peninsula from egypt , the west bank from jordan , including east jerusalem , and the golan heights from syria .

Other French colonies were seized Conquering over the next two years as the blockade Besieging cut off Hindering French communications Communication with their overseas territories .

The British seized Hold control of all of the Orange Free State and Transvaal , as the civilian leadership went Self_motion into hiding or exile .

Of those seized Hold by the British Army at Bonnymuir , John Baird and Andrew Hardie were similarly executed at Stirling after making short defiant speeches .

The blockade Besieging had achieved Achieve some minor successes ; in October 1810 `` Revenge '' had captured Conquering the privateer `` Vengeur '' from Dieppe , and on 6 November `` Donegal '' ran Self_motion down and seized Conquering the privateer `` Surcouf '' from Cherbourg .

The British forces Causation landed Motion below Machias , seized Conquering a ship , and raided Attack a storehouse .

Patriot forces under the command Control of Major Andrew Williamson had been dispatched Arranging to the area to recover a shipment of gunpowder and ammunition intended for the Cherokees that had been seized Hold by Loyalists .

Weapons , ammunition and bomb-making material were seized Hold by security officials during the operation Military_operation .

In Caracas , Chávez supporters seized Conquering television stations and demanded Request his return .

The attackers Attack seized Conquering the town of Saint-Cloud , coming Arriving close to the new Emperor 's headquarters at Versailles .

Hearing therefore that Strasburg , Brumath , Saverne , Seltz , Speyer , Worms , and Mayence were held Hold by the savages , who were living on their lands ( for the towns themselves they avoid Preventing_or_letting as if they were tombs surrounded by nets ) , he first of all seized Hold Brumath , but while he was still approaching Arriving it a band of Germans met Come_together him and offered Giving battle Hostile_encounter .

The company seized Hold Pakistani soldiers fought Hostile_encounter against a brigade of Indian soldiers and Mukti Bahini .

The Austrians seized Conquering the Polish capital relatively easy , but it was a pyrrhic victory Getting , as the Austrian force Military_operation was now seriously overstretched Change and had a still unbeaten enemy in the vicinity of Warsaw , as well as new Polish forces gathering Come_together strength Cause_change_of_strength behind their lines in Greater Poland .

Confusion Confronting_problem amongst the French command may have been decisive in creating Creating an opportunity , which Wellington seized Control .

On May 31 , as Grant 's army once again swung Self_motion around the right flank of Lee 's army , Union cavalry seized Conquering the crossroads of Old Cold Harbor , about 10 miles northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond , Virginia , holding Defending it against Confederate attacks Attack until the Union infantry arrived Arriving .

The townspeople seized Hold one of Jones ' ships Sending , armed it alongside a second local ship , and sailed Self_motion out to meet Moore .

Bulgaria then seized Conquering Crete Simonet , thus threatening to outflank Besieging the Allies .

The Jaybirds won the fight and seized Hold control of the county government soon afterward , with the collaboration of Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross , who established Building martial law in the county .

On 11 December , the government stormed Catastrophe the university grounds , seized Hold the body , and entombed Placing it at the Kandawmin Garden Mausolea .

The Genoese galley was less lucky : it was seized Arrest and set on fire Damaging , together with all other ships found Know in the harbor .

In defiance of imperial forces , the army seized Getting control Control of Quanzhou , Putian , and even reached Arriving the provincial capital Fuzhou .

The British servicemen were seized Arrest while training Education_teaching Iraqi river patrol personnel after Iran said Statement they had strayed Self_motion to the Iranian side of the waterway .

Two partial but inconclusive fleet actions on 28 and 29 May followed , during which Howe seized Conquering the weather gage from Villaret , granting Giving him freedom to choose Choosing the time and place of his next attack Attack .

Wreckage recovered Recovering was seized Hold by France 's military .

In his absence , Vice President Juan Vicente Gómez with the support Supporting of the U.S. Navy seized Hold power in Caracas , and on 19 December 1908 , installed Change_of_leadership Gómez himself as de facto president , and ended Process_end the war Hostile_encounter with the Netherlands .

The coup was bloodless and took Conquering less than a few hours—after power had been seized Hold Minh 's aide and bodyguard , Major Nguyễn Văn Nhung was arrested Process_end and summarily executed .

Before dawn on January 30 , the coup forces caught the junta completely off-guard and seized power without a fight .

However , Matthias seized Hold his brother at the request Request of the Protestant Bohemians , only releasing Releasing him once he abdicated Change_of_leadership his Bohemian crown to Matthias .

Protestant noblemen led by count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn , recently stripped Emptying of his title as castellan of Karlstadt by the Emperor , stormed Catastrophe Prague Castle and seized Hold two imperial governors appointed by Ferdinand , Vilem Slavata of Chlum and Jaroslav Borzita of Martinice , and two imperial secretaries .

`` Castor '' had previously been a British ship , seized Hold on 19 May by a French battle squadron in the Bay of Biscay and converted Change to French service while still at sea .

The mutineers called Name_conferral for the ousting of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , and seized Conquering the Rizal function room on the second floor of the Manila Peninsula Hotel along Ayala Avenue .

Balliol had seized Arrest the Scottish crown after the Battle Hostile_encounter of Dupplin Moor ( 10–11 August 1332 ) .

Poles reached Arriving Krasne on February 20 , 1651 , and seized Conquering the town after a short skirmish .