In South America the Spanish succeeded in taking Conquering a strategically important port town but otherwise the skirmishes with the Portuguese there changed Exchange little .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The main French offensive on the Aisne began Process_start on 16 April and also achieved Achieve considerable tactical success but the attempt to force Causation a strategically decisive battle on the Germans was a costly failure and by 25 April the main offensive had been suspended Process_end .

In the effect of a pincer maneuver Military_operation some 160 kilometres behind the front line , the Polish Army was able to seize Conquering the strategically important town of Korosten .

Belfort is located in a gap between the mountainous southern Vosges and the Jura Massif , strategically positioned Placing as the gateway between Alsace and central France .

The strategically important Halfaya Pass was taken Conquering against stiff Italian opposition , and deeper inside Libya Fort Capuzzo was captured Conquering , but German counter-attacks Attack under Colonel Maximilian von Herff regained Getting the fort during the afternoon causing Causation heavy casualties Catastrophe amongst its defenders .

This British Empire victory Getting , the first against the Ottoman Empire in the war , ensured Preventing_or_letting the safety of the Suez Canal from ground attacks Attack and ended Process_end the Central Powers ' plans Arranging to disrupt traffic through the canal by gaining Getting control Control of the strategically important northern approaches to it .

The strategically located city was heavily fortified Cause_change_of_strength and strongly defended Defending by a large and well prepared GetReady garrison of 7,000 men , that the Dutch were confident would hold Defending out long enough to wear down besiegers while awaiting a relief force to disrupt the siege Besieging .

The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame Conquering the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved Achieve rapid success .

The Aba Women 's Riots of 1929 , as it was named Name_conferral in British colonial records Recording , is more aptly considered a strategically executed anti-colonial revolt Change_of_leadership organised by women to redress social Social_event , political and economic grievances .

The advancing British Empire units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) were held Hold by rearguard units of the withdrawing Ottoman Empire units of the Yildirim Army Group , holding Hold a strategically strong position to the north of Gaza .

The objective was to establish Building a large invasion force on the ground near the town of Syracuse , secure the Ponte Grande Bridge and ultimately take control of the city itself with its strategically vital docks , as a prelude to the full-scale invasion of Sicily .

During the Mongol invasion Attack of Poland , southeastern Polish city of Sandomierz was regarded Perception_active by the invaders as a strategically important location , which had to be captured Conquering .

The battle took place Process_start in the strategically important mountain town of Shusha ( known as `` Shushi '' to Armenians ) on the evening of May 8 , 1992 , and fighting Hostile_encounter swiftly concluded Process_end the next day after Armenian forces Military_operation captured Conquering it and drove Motion out the defending Azeris .

The city was a strategically important Portuguese base in the struggle Hostile_encounter against the Dutch for the control Control of Brazil .

The fighting Hostile_encounter took place Process_start in the strategically important Transcaucasia region .

the defense Defending of van ( also known as the siege of van or van resistance to the armenians ( `` vani unk '' ) was a battle Hostile_encounter between forces of the ottoman army against the inhabitants of the strategically located city of van .

The Atlantic campaign Military_operation of May 1794 was a series of operations Military_operation conducted Action by the British Royal Navy 's Channel Fleet against the French Navy 's Atlantic Fleet , with the aim of preventing Preventing_or_letting the passage of a strategically important French grain convoy travelling Traveling from the United States to France .

The battle Hostile_encounter was strategically decisive , in that it prevented Preventing_or_letting the Royal Navy from reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength or evacuating Emptying the besieged Besieging forces Causation of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown , Virginia .

There have been at least eight sieges Besieging of Stirling Castle , a strategically important fortification in Stirling , Scotland .