although outnumbered two-to-one , lee committed Commitment his entire force , while mcclellan sent Sending in less than three-quarters of his army , enabling Preventing_or_letting lee to fight Hostile_encounter the federals to a standstill Change .

During the Battle of Albert 1914 the II Bavarian Corps attacked Attack westwards north of the Somme but was fought Quarreling to a standstill east of Mametz .

The city centre was crowded Come_together for hours and it was feared Change_sentiment that the massive influx of people might bring Bringing the mobile phone network to a standstill .

The Great Blizzard of 1947 was a record-breaking snowfall that began Process_start on Christmas without prediction and brought Bringing the northeastern United States to a standstill .

The term `` 26 July '' , is now always used Using to refer to the day when the city of Mumbai came to Motion a standstill Process_end due Causation to flooding Catastrophe .

After three years of standstill and a more severe incident in which a French ship carrying an ambassador to the dey with a proposal for negotiations was bombarded Attack , the French determined Deciding that more forceful action was required Imposing_obligation .