According to author Neill Macaulay , `` he would attack Attack only when the odds were heavily in his favor-when he clearly had the advantages of surprise , cover , and superior firepower .

By exploiting the training Education_teaching of his troops and his superior knowledge of the terrain , Frederick created Creating a diversion at one end of the battlefield Hostile_encounter , and moved Motion most of his small army behind a series of low hillocks .

On May 1 , Hooker advanced Self_motion from Chancellorsville toward Lee , but the Confederate general split Destroying his army in the face of superior numbers , leaving Departing a small force at Fredericksburg to deter Hindering Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick from advancing , while he attacked Attack Hooker 's advance with about four-fifths of his army .

Sercey , under orders not to risk Risk his squadron , and fearing that he was facing Confronting_problem a superior force , retreated Escaping , declining Agree_or_refuse_to_act to risk Risk a battle .

However , when the Prussian detachment was in the vicinity of Rocquencourt it was ambushed Attack by a superior French force .

Rome 's military supremacy was well established Creating , having defeated Conquering Macedonia and its vaunted Phalanx already on three occasions , and defeating Conquering superior numbers against the Seleucids in Asia .

Nationalist stirrings and the idea of triumphing against superior odds motivated the league into this rash decision .

During World War II , the Germans not only murdered Killing millions of Poles ( Jewish and otherwise ) , but ethnically cleansed Emptying millions more through forced Hostile_encounter deportation to make room for “ racially superior ” German settlers ( see Generalplan Ost and Lebensraum ) .

These extremely large death Death tolls , and the absence Presence of substantial non-Jewish civilian deaths Death in `` racially superior '' occupied European countries such as Denmark and France , attest to Germany 's genocidal policies directed Aiming against the Poles .

The numerically superior Byzantine army was initially successful , but when Theophilos resolved Resolve_problem to lead an attack Attack in person , his absence from his usual post caused Causation panic among the Byzantine troops , who feared that he had been killed Killing .

Faced with the superior firepower and organization of Ibrahim Pasha 's troops , the rebels were defeated Conquering in Jabal Nablus , Jerusalem and the coastal plain before their final defeat in Hebron , which was leveled .

Isolated Having_or_lacking_access near Lake Constance ( Bodensee ) by superior numbers of French troops , Jellacic surrendered Surrendering his command Control .

The Austrian Army 's superior strength , almost three-to-one , forced Causation the French to withdraw Escaping .

This frigate , HMS `` Amethyst '' chased Motion `` Thétis '' and brought Bringing her to battle Hostile_encounter , closing Openness with the French ship but preventing Preventing_or_letting the soldiers aboard `` Thétis '' from boarding Temporary_stay the British ship and using Using their superior numbers to overwhelm Destroying her with heavy and accurate gunfire Use_firearm .

In a bitterly contested running engagement Hostile_encounter , `` Junon '' was badly damaged Damaging and suffered heavy casualties Bodily_harm before surrendering Surrendering to the numerically superior British force .

The superior seamanship and discipline on `` Southampton '' prevented Preventing_or_letting Gaspard from boarding Temporary_stay the British ship with his greater numbers and within half an hour `` Heureuse Réunion '' was dismasted Destroying and battered Damaging .

command Control of the german air service ( ) was centralised Cause_to_amalgamate and the new ( german air force ) was able to challenge Competition anglo-french air superiority with the reinforcements and new , superior , fighter aircraft .

The British and French benefited Influence from superior numbers , which enabled Preventing_or_letting the Allied commanders to relieve Cure divisions after shorter periods in the line .

The British had maintained a blockade off Malta since the beginning Process_start of the siege , ostensibly led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson , who by March 1800 was defying a direct order from his superior officer Lord Keith by remaining in Palermo with his lover Emma , Lady Hamilton .

The Germans had attacked Attack a weakly defended Defending section of the Allied line , taking Conquering advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions that grounded Placing the Allies ' overwhelmingly superior air forces .

Despite Scotland having the advantage in the group , thanks to a superior goal difference , they went Forming_relationships into the game as underdogs due to a number of their senior players being unavailable due to either injury or suspension , and because they had lost Earnings_and_losses to Wales in the return fixture at Hampden Park in Glasgow the previous March .

In October 1944 , the Australian 5th Division took over Military_operation from the US troops and undertook Action a Landing Self_motion at Jacquinot Bay the following month , before beginning Process_start a limited Limiting offensive to secure a defensive line across the island between Wide Bay and Open Bay behind which they contained Containing the numerically superior Japanese forces for the remainder of the war .

although the insurgents Change_of_leadership unk local successes , a numerically superior imperial russian army Hostile_encounter under ivan paskevich eventually crushed Destroying the uprising Change_of_leadership .

It was fought Hostile_encounter in the winter of AD 208/9 between the allied forces of the southern warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei and the numerically superior forces of the northern warlord Cao Cao .

The battle Hostile_encounter was a turning point in the war Military_operation for KPA forces , which had seen Perception_active previous victories owing to superior numbers and equipment , but the distances and demands exacted on them at P'ohang-dong rendered Causation their supply lines untenable .

Li Quanshan 's ( 李全山 ) direct superior , Yuan Guorui ( 袁国瑞 ) , the commander of the 4th brigade , was reputed Coming_to_believe to be an opium addict himself , as were most of the troops .

The bulk of the Polish army was engaged Participation in the Polish–Ukrainian War at the time , and the Polish forces faced Confronting_problem a numerically superior and better equipped Czech Army in Cieszyn Silesia .

The French squadron split Destroying up in the face of superior British numbers , the three vessels seeking to divide Cause_to_amalgamate and outrun the British pursuit .

The British had the Royal Navy which was superior in numbers and could operate Being_in_operation on most of the world 's oceans because of the British Empire , whereas the Imperial German Navy surface fleet was mainly restricted Hindering to the German Bight , and used Using commerce raiders and unrestricted submarine warfare to operate elsewhere .

In both , the Polish forces retreated Escaping before the numerically superior Russian forces , though they offered Giving significantly more resistance in the south , thanks to the effective leadership of Polish commanders Prince Józef Poniatowski and Tadeusz Kościuszko .

Hussite General , Jan Žižka , through superior knowledge of tactics and terrain , along with the highly effective deployment Arranging of ( wagon fort ) strategies , won the day .

at first the athenians had the better of the fighting , winning Getting the naval engagements using Using their superior fleet .

Musically and technically superior to her previous initiative , the Who 's That Girl Tour incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate multimedia components to make Manufacturing the show more appealing .

The primary cause Causation of the Central Powers victory Earnings_and_losses was their superior artillery firepower .

The defenders were able to hold off Defending the numerically superior besieging force through exploiting Gibraltar 's geography and the small town 's fortifications , though they were frequently short of manpower and ammunition .

The Serbs , although initially militarily superior due to the weapons and resources provided Supply by the JNA , eventually lost Earnings_and_losses momentum as the Bosniaks and Croats allied Collaboration themselves against the Republika Srpska in 1994 with the creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the Washington agreement .