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 .

The surprise attack Attack in oblique order on the unsuspecting Austrian flank baffled Prince Charles ; the Prince took Conquering several hours to realize Know that the main action was to his left , and not to his right .

To everyone 's surprise , ethnic German Klaus Iohannis won the election Change_of_leadership .

After negotiations Communication broke down Process_end in 1904 , the Japanese Navy opened Process_start hostilities by attacking Attack the Russian Eastern Fleet at Port Arthur , China , in a surprise attack Attack .

But at the Battle of Vimory , Guise took Bringing the Germans by surprise , and routed them .

the attack Attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military strike Attack by the imperial japanese navy air service Supply upon the united Cause_to_amalgamate states ( a neutral country at the time ) against the naval base at pearl harbor in honolulu , hawaii on sunday morning , december 7 , 1941 .

Then they took the castle by total surprise .

The surprise Chinese intervention triggered Causation a retreat Escaping of UN forces back below the 38th Parallel by late December .

Despite overwhelming odds , Frederick employed Employment rapid movement , a flanking maneuver and oblique order Request to achieve Achieve complete Process_end surprise .

at a crucial moment , confederate maj. gen. a. p. hill 's division arrived Arriving from harpers ferry and launched Process_start a surprise counterattack Attack , driving Preventing_or_letting back burnside and ending Process_end the battle Hostile_encounter .

On 3–4 May , Japanese forces successfully invaded Attack and occupied Control Tulagi , although several of their supporting Supporting warships were sunk or damaged Damaging in surprise attacks Attack by aircraft from the U.S. fleet carrier .

The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

The Roman expeditionary force set Placing sail from Constantinople in late June 533 , and after a sea voyage along the coasts of Greece and southern Italy , landed Self_motion on the African coast at Caputvada in early September , to Gelimer 's complete Process_end surprise .

The Soviets scored Hold surprise victories over both Pakistan and England , leaving Departing England in danger of going out of their own tournament in the group stages : however they recovered Recovering to win Earnings_and_losses their final match , against the Dutch .

The U.S Military Military_operation reports Reporting no significant resistance , and also says it achieved Achieve the tactical surprise factor it was seeking .

He decided Deciding to attack Attack them at night , in a surprise nocturnal action .

Having failed to locate Placing the main Ottoman army , whom he believed Know to still be at their capital in Edirne , Hunyadi was caught by surprise on 17 October when the Ottoman army appeared Presence in front of his men at Kosovo Field .

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The onset of the siege took Giving the Castillians by surprise .

Towards evening , the Covenanters and Parliamentarians themselves launched Military_operation a surprise attack Hostile_encounter .

Operation Opera ( ) , also known as Operation Babylon , was a surprise Israeli air strike Attack carried out Military_operation on 7 June 1981 , which destroyed Destroying an Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction 17 kilometers ( 10.5 miles ) southeast of Baghdad .

The Egyptians were caught Self_motion by surprise , and nearly the entire Egyptian air force was destroyed Destroying with few Israeli losses , giving the Israelis air supremacy .

Simultaneously , the Israelis launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip and the Sinai , which again caught Self_motion the Egyptians by surprise , and Nasser ordered evacuation after some initial resistance .

When `` Animalize '' became Becoming a surprise hit in America , a much larger stage set was designed Creating for the American leg of the tour Traveling by Tait Towers .

Because airport security was focused Aiming on the possibility of a Palestinian attack Attack , the use of Japanese attackers took Conquering the guards by surprise .

On April 21 , Houston 's army staged Self_motion a surprise assault Attack on Santa Anna and his vanguard force at the Battle of San Jacinto .

McDowell 's ambitious plan Arranging for a surprise flank attack Attack on the Confederate left Departing was poorly executed by his officers and men ; nevertheless , the Confederates , who had been planning Arranging to attack Attack the Union left Departing flank , found Know themselves at an initial disadvantage .

Two years of surprise attacks and quick escapes followed Motion .

although the offensive met Come_together hardly any resistance in its initial stage , achieving Achieve tactical surprise , the operation was poorly planned Arranging , supported Supporting and executed as a result of limited training and combat experience .

although he lost Earnings_and_losses surprise due to the famously high tides of the bay of fundy , church quickly gained Getting control Control of UNK , and spent Expend_resource three days destroying Destroying the town and attempting to destroy Destroying the dikes and levees that protected its croplands .

The Germans achieved Achieve a total surprise attack Attack on the morning of 16 December 1944 , due to a combination of Allied overconfidence , preoccupation with Allied offensive plans , and poor aerial reconnaissance Scrutiny due Causation to bad weather .

In the Second Balkan War Military_operation , Bulgaria fought Hostile_encounter against all four original combatants of the first war along with facing Confronting_problem a surprise attack Attack from Romania from the north .

Meanwhile , the garrison had paused Process_end in their retreat Escaping and upon hearing the sound of gunfire from the town , turned Change about and launched Process_start a surprise attack Attack back across the bridge , which caught Hold the rebels , distracted Causation by the unexpected pockets of resistance , completely by surprise .

Meanwhile , the garrison had paused Process_end in their retreat Escaping and upon hearing the sound of gunfire from the town , turned Change about and launched Process_start a surprise attack Attack back across the bridge , which caught Hold the rebels , distracted Causation by the unexpected pockets of resistance , completely by surprise .

Torontonians did not have prior experience with hurricanes , and the storm Catastrophe as whole proved Coming_to_believe to be extremely unpredictable—even the arrival Arriving of Hazel came Arriving as a surprise .

During the middle of December 1879 , the government army conquered Conquering more enemy strongholds and finally gained Getting total victory at dawn on 30 December 1879 after a surprise attack on the enemy 's final redoubt .

the phalangist forces launched a surprise attack Attack on the tigers , a 500-man militia that was the armed force of the national liberal party of former lebanese president camille chamoun .

After taking command Control of the British troops in Portugal on 22 April , Wellesley ( later named Name_conferral 1st Duke of Wellington ) immediately advanced Cause_to_make_progress on Porto and made a surprise crossing Motion_directional of the Douro River , approaching Arriving Porto where its defences Defending were weak .

Hoping to repeat the success of the earlier First Phase Campaign Military_operation , the PVA 13th Army first launched Process_start a series of surprise attacks Attack along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley on the night of November 25 , 1950 at the western half of the Second Phase Campaign Military_operation ( ) , effectively destroying Destroying the Eighth United States Army 's right flank while allowing Preventing_or_letting PVA forces to move Self_motion rapidly into UN rear areas .

Essex reacted Response by making a surprise attack Attack on the Royalist lines at dawn , capturing Conquering several pieces of high ground and leaving Departing Charles on the back foot .

wwf hall of famer bob backlund and extreme championship wrestling manager bill alfonso also made Manufacturing surprise appearances during the event .

The Swedish peasant army attacked Attack on the night between the 18th and 19 May , after the mass of Eric the Saint had been celebrated Social_event in the city , catching the Danish forces Causation by surprise .

Midge Ure also made Creating a surprise appearance Presence at the concert , who introduced Statement Feeder .

On August 13 , 1918 , a small group of Alpini mountain troops ( 308th Company , Battalion `` Monte Ortler '' ) conducted Action a surprise attack Attack on the peak , successfully taking Conquering the fortified position .

In the surprise attack Attack , 16 people were killed Killing and another 14 to 24 were taken captive Conquering .

Harold appears Change_sentiment to have tried to surprise William , but scouts found Know his army and reported Reporting its arrival to William , who marched Self_motion from Hastings to the battlefield Hostile_encounter to confront Harold .

The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created Creating throughout the world : it lacked many of the customary causes of revolution ( defeat at war , a financial crisis , peasant rebellion , or disgruntled military ) , occurred Coming_to_be in a nation that was experiencing relative prosperity , produced Creating profound change at great speed , was massively popular , resulted in Causation the exile of many Iranians , and replaced Change_of_leadership a pro-Western authoritarian monarchy with an anti-Western theocracy based on the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists ( or `` velayat-e faqih '' ) .

On 18 November 1941 , the Eighth Army launched Process_start a surprise attack Attack but the British armoured force became Becoming dispersed and suffered Bodily_harm 530 tank losses against Axis losses of about 100 tanks up to 22 November .

On 21 January , Rommel launched Process_start a surprise counter-attack Attack and drove Motion the Eighth Army back to Gazala , where both sides regrouped .

Given the diversity of personnel , motivations , and material objectives , the raiders did not achieve Achieve full surprise when they entered Arriving the palisaded village .