over the next 10 days , after its capture Conquering on 7 march 1945 and until its failure Earnings_and_losses on 17 march , the germans used Using virtually every weapon at their disposal to try to destroy Destroying the bridge .

It incurred Causation the destruction Destroying of virtually all of Korea 's major cities , thousands of massacres by both sides ( including the mass killing Killing of tens of thousands of suspected communists by the South Korean government ) , and the torture Bodily_harm and starvation Killing of prisoners of war Hostile_encounter by the North Korean command Control .

German gunfire sank Self_motion , set ablaze Causation or immobilised virtually all the small craft intended to transport the commandos back to England .

The Abbasid campaign was led Causation personally by the Caliph al-Mu'tasim ( reigned 833–842 ) , in retaliation Revenge to a virtually unopposed expedition launched Motion by the Byzantine emperor Theophilos ( r. 829–842 ) into the Caliphate 's borderlands the previous year .

the batavian government , not yet aware Perception_active of the capture Conquering of the cape colony , but worried by rumors of the loss Earnings_and_losses of this and other colonies of the dutch east india company ( which was about to be nationalized Reforming_a_system by the batavian republic , because it was virtually bankrupt ) , in november 1795 decided Deciding to send Sending an expeditionary force to the dutch east indies by way of the cape , and if necessary recapture Conquering the colony .

although iraq hoped to take Getting advantage of iran 's post-revolutionary chaos , it made Creating limited progress and was quickly repelled Defending ; iran regained Recovering virtually all lost territory by june 1982 .

The South African Border War was virtually ended Process_end by the Tripartite Accord , mediated Assistance by the United States , which committed Commitment to a withdrawal Removing of Cuban and South African military personnel from Angola and South West Africa , respectively .

Despite this , Scotland achieved Achieve the draw they needed to go to the next stage of qualifying , while at the same time virtually eliminating Removing Wales from the competition Competition .

since that time , the national liberal party has survived Preserving only as a political party although the tigers were virtually wiped Removing out .

The swollen Brodhead Creek virtually submerged Destroying a summer camp , killing Killing 37 people .

In October 2013 , Congo told Telling the UN that the M23 movement was virtually finished Process_end after being pushed Self_motion back to a small area near Rwanda .

The siege severely damaged Damaging his view of Austria 's allies , principally Britain and the Dutch Republic , who he considered had done virtually nothing to protect Defending Brussels from the French .

The Woodpeckers ( many of whom had been Republican during Reconstruction ) included Cause_to_be_included a number of whites and virtually the entire African-American population of the county .

After winding Motion through of Baltimore , the race Competition ends Process_end at virtually the same point at which it starts Process_start .

Newcastle United , who had been 10 points ahead at Christmas , had suffered Bodily_harm a decline during the previous two months , winning one match out of four in March 1996 , and surrendering Surrendering their lead of the league to Manchester United after spending Expend_resource virtually all of the season top of the table .

When the Provisional Government chose Choosing to continue fighting Hostile_encounter the war with Germany , the Bolsheviks and other socialist factions were able to exploit virtually universal disdain towards the war effort as justification to advance the revolution Change_of_leadership further .

The shootout has come to represent Change_sentiment a period of the American Old West when the frontier was virtually an open range for outlaws , largely unopposed by law enforcement officers who were spread thin over vast territories .

The rebels , supported Supporting by uprisings across the territory , soon took Conquering control over virtually all the Southern Netherlands and proclaimed Statement independence .

Egyptian forces crossed Motion_directional the cease-fire lines , then advanced Cause_to_make_progress virtually unopposed into the Sinai Peninsula .

The crash Catastrophe not only derailed Hindering their title ambitions that year but also virtually destroyed Destroying the nucleus of what promised Commitment to be one of the greatest generations of players in English football history .