including a triumvirate of battles launched after the italians ' successful seizure of gorizia in august 1916 to extend Change_event_time their bridgehead to the left of the town , it ended Process_end in further failure for the italian chief of staff luigi cadorna .

By 1829 this area of Hancock County had grown Expansion sufficiently so that a post office was needed , and in 1832 the town , now called Name_conferral `` Venus '' , was one of the contenders for the new county seat .

In late 1839 , arriving Mormons bought Commerce_buy the small town of Commerce , and in April 1840 it was renamed Name_conferral `` Nauvoo '' ( a Hebrew word meaning `` beautiful place '' or `` city beautiful '' ) by Joseph Smith , the latter day prophet of the Latter Day Saint movement .

In the early and mid 20th century Nauvoo was primarily a Catholic town , and the majority of the population today is Catholic .

The event Social_event is a combination of live music and surfing/skateboarding competitions Competition in and around the town of Newquay .

In early March 2013 , government forces launched Process_start an assault into several rebel-controlled neighborhoods , but the rebels , reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by units that arrived Arriving from the nearby rebel-controlled town of al-Qusayr , managed to repel the attacks .

On Monday 4 September 2000 , a chartered Renting Beechcraft 200 Super King Air departed Departing Perth for a flight Self_motion to the mining town of Leonora , Western Australia .

The Great Blue Heron Music Festival is an annual music festival Social_event held Hold the first or second weekend of July in Sherman , New York , a small town in the Amish country side of Western New York , United States .

The Persian force then sailed Motion for Attica , landing in the bay near the town of Marathon .

Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country gathered Come_together in Rajshahi town to participate Participation in the Long March .

The British fired Use_firearm 26,554 cannonballs and more than 200,000 cartridge rounds in defence Defending of the town .

Actual athletic events were played Participation in venues scattered throughout Chicago and its suburbs , all participating Participation in the Gay Games Competition through special permissive votes in their respective town or village councils .

The Cavalese cable car disaster Catastrophe of 1998 , also called Name_conferral the Strage del Cermis ( `` Massacre at Cermis '' ) occurred Presence on 3 February 1998 , near the Italian town of Cavalese , a ski resort Motion in the Dolomites some 40 km ( 25 mi ) northeast of Trento .

The Italians penetrated Attack a few miles into French territory against strong resistance but stalled Hindering before its primary objectives could be attained , the coastal town of Menton being the most significant conquest Conquering .

On 7 September the French caught Motion up with the Russian army , which had dug Hiding_objects itself in on hillsides before the small town of Borodino , seventy miles west of Moscow .

The 2009 Nevsky Express bombing Terrorism occurred Presence on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded Attack under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing Causation derailment near the town of Bologoye , Tver Oblast ( approximately from Moscow ) , on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway .

During the Roaring Motion Twenties , Galveston Island emerged Coming_to_be as a popular resort town , attracting Influence celebrities from around the country .

Prior to the Second Battle of Gaza , the town had been developed Coming_to_be into a strong modern fortress , with entrenchments , wire entanglements and a glacis on its south and south–eastern edges .

After a month , only the fortified Cause_change_of_strength town of Malmö remained Presence under Swedish control .

The campsite is located at km 159 on the N-340 national road , 2 km south of the town of Sant Carles de la Ràpita .

The Mahdia campaign of 1087 was an attack Attack on the North African town of Mahdia by armed ships from the northern Italian maritime republics of Genoa and Pisa .

Soon afterwards they attacked Attack a van , killing Killing two Israeli Arab women while injuring Bodily_harm a third and entered Arriving an apartment building Building in the town of Ma'alot , where they killed Killing a couple and their four-year-old son .

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 .

, Ethiopia still occupies Control the territory near Badme , including the town of Badme .

The storm Catastrophe affected Influence the town of Norfolk , where it became Becoming the most damaging Damaging storm Catastrophe since 1879 .

In a single town , between 2,000 and 5,000 people were killed Killing overnight after a massive flood Motion inundated Destroying the area .

The Dirt n Dust Festival Social_event is an annual sporting and music festival Social_event held Giving in the rural town of Julia Creek , west of Townsville , Queensland , Australia .

It features an 800-metre creek swim Self_motion , a 25-kilometre bike ride Self_motion on the Flinders Highway and a five-kilometre run Motion around the town .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between 3 and 5 August 1916 near the Egyptian town of Romani and the site of ancient Pelusium on the Sinai Peninsula , east of the Suez Canal .

On 4 July it was engaged Participation by the Spanish galleys , of which some managed Control to enter the port of the town during a fierce action .

The earthquake Catastrophe was especially destructive Destroying in the epicentre town , Pichilemu , capital of Cardenal Caro Province .

The conflagration Catastrophe , which originated Coming_to_be outside of town as a forest fire Catastrophe , was quickly pushed Motion past fire barriers designed Creating to protect the town by winds .

The conflagration Catastrophe , which originated Coming_to_be outside of town as a forest fire Catastrophe , was quickly pushed Motion past fire barriers designed Creating to protect the town by winds .

No casualties Bodily_harm were reported Reporting amongst the town 's population , but a pilot was killed Killing when his helicopter crashed Catastrophe while he was battling Hostile_encounter the fires Catastrophe around the community .

The fire Catastrophe destroyed Destroying roughly one-third of Slave Lake ; 374 properties were destroyed Destroying and 52 damaged Damaging in the town , and another 59 were destroyed Destroying and 32 damaged Damaging in the surrounding Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No .

The town hall was completely gutted Destroying by the fire Catastrophe , as was the library and radio station .

The provincial government promised Commitment $ 50 million in immediate aid Assistance to the town .

The first highland colonial town in Chiapas , San Cristóbal de los Llanos , was established Creating by Pedro de Portocarrero in 1527 .

Whether or not the battle Hostile_encounter actually took place Process_start near the modern-day town of Cedynia is disputed Quarreling in modern scholarship .

Lord Methuen advanced Self_motion up the railway line in November 1899 with the objective Aiming of relieving the besieged city of Kimberley ( and the town of Mafeking , also under siege Besieging ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Loznica involved Cause_to_be_included an attack Attack on the German garrison of that town by the Jadar Chetnik Detachment on 31 August 1941 .

The 2005 Jaunpur train bombing occurred Presence on 28 July 2005 , when an explosion destroyed Destroying a carriage of Shramjeevi Express train near the town of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Machias ( August 13–14 , 1777 ) was an amphibious assault Attack on the Massachusetts town of Machias ( in present-day eastern Maine ) by British forces Causation during the American Revolutionary War .

That afternoon the town itself was cleared Emptying by the remaining elements of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade without opposition Defending .

The fire appeared Coming_to_be to be caused by human activity near the Druze town of Isfiya .

On 6 December a 14-year-old resident of the town told Telling police that he had inadvertently started Process_start the fire with a nargila coal .

Supported Supporting by 280,000 shells and grenades from 1,360 assault guns , the army crossed Motion_directional the river north of the town .

On that day , 242 Japanese aircraft , in two separate raids Attack , attacked Attack the town , ships in Darwin 's harbour and the town 's two airfields in an attempt to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Allies from using Using them as bases to contest Military_operation the invasion Attack of Timor and Java during World War Military_operation II .

On that day , 242 Japanese aircraft , in two separate raids Attack , attacked Attack the town , ships in Darwin 's harbour and the town 's two airfields in an attempt to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Allies from using Using them as bases to contest Military_operation the invasion Attack of Timor and Java during World War Military_operation II .

The festival Social_event was supposed to happen Presence simultaneously with the competing Competition 2014 edition Publishing of the Calibash , across town at the Staples Center .