On 18 July , the British I Corps conducted Action an advance Cause_to_make_progress to secure Getting a series of villages and the eastern flank of VIII Corps and to the west , the II Canadian Corps launched Process_start Operation Atlantic , synchronised with Goodwood , to capture Conquering the rest of Caen south of the Orne River .

On 19–20 November , many towns and villages in Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway were affected Influence .

By 1 August 2008 , South Ossetian separatists had begun Process_start shelling Use_firearm Georgian villages , with a sporadic response Response from Georgian peacekeepers in the area .

The South Ossetians destroyed Destroying most ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia and were responsible for an ethnic cleansing of Georgians .

1399 people and 5302 animals lost Death their lives and nearly 29 million people were affected Influence in 30 districts , 382 blocks , 6,112 panchayat , and 24,518 villages .

The island of Martinique received Receiving a record 12 inches ( 305 mm ) of rain over a 24-hour period , causing severe river flooding throughout northern villages and communes .

The objectives of the offensive Military_operation have been stated Statement to be the taking over Military_operation of all strategic observatories , government villages and the Mediterranean coast .

It began Process_start the Strategic Hamlet Program in which scattered Dispersal rural populations in South Vietnam were uprooted Removing from their ancestral farmlands and resettled Placing into fortified villages defended Defending by local militias .

The winds caused Causation extensive damage to villages in northeastern Mexico , with about 25,000 people left homeless .

Ten people died Death after a tornado wiped away six villages near Cagayan De Oro .

In this period , the English and their Indian allies were involved Cause_to_be_included in similar raids against French villages along the northern area between the spheres of influence .

Belgian resistance and German fear Change_sentiment of francs-tireurs , led Bringing the Germans to implement Action a policy of terror Terrorism ( ) against Belgian civilians soon after the invasion Military_operation , in which massacres Killing , executions Rewards_and_punishments , hostage Kidnapping taking and the burning Bodily_harm of towns and villages took place Process_start and became Becoming known as the Rape of Belgium .

the kenyan counter-insurgency general service Supply units forced Hostile_encounter civilians into `` protected Defending villages '' ( essentially concentration camps ) as well as killing Killing many livestock kept by the pastoralist somalis .