The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Porto , also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Douro or the Crossing Motion_directional of the Douro , was a battle Hostile_encounter in which General Arthur Wellesley 's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Conquering Marshal Nicolas Soult 's French troops on 12 May 1809 and took Conquering back the city of Porto .

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 .

The plan called Request for Imperial Japanese Navy troops to capture Conquering Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate .

Without the means to effectively resist Defending the Japanese offensive in the Solomons , the British Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands protectorate and the few Australian troops assigned Choosing to defend Defending Tulagi evacuated the island just before the Japanese forces arrived on 3 May .

Nevertheless , the Japanese troops successfully occupied Control Tulagi and began Process_start the construction Building of a small naval base .

After this string of victories , the Vendeans turned Becoming to a protracted siege of Nantes , for which they were unprepared and which stalled Hindering their momentum , giving Giving the government in Paris sufficient time to send Sending more troops and experienced generals .

The success of Operation Uranus , launched Process_start on 19 November 1942 , had trapped 250,000–300,000 troops of General Friedrich Paulus ' German 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army in Stalingrad .

The battle Hostile_encounter ended Process_end in a victory for the United Nations after large numbers of United States Army ( US ) and Republic of Korea Army ( ROK ) troops repelled Defending a strong Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) attack .

The urgency of the threat to Pusan Perimeter prompted Causation the US Marine Corps 1st Provisional Marine Brigade to be brought in to reinforce the US Army troops .

The Siege of Antwerp ( , , ) was an engagement Forming_relationships between the German and the Belgian , British and French armies around the fortified Cause_change_of_strength city of Antwerp during World War I. German troops besieged Besieging a garrison of Belgian fortress troops , the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area , after the German invasion Attack of Belgium in August 1914 .

The Siege of Antwerp ( , , ) was an engagement Forming_relationships between the German and the Belgian , British and French armies around the fortified Cause_change_of_strength city of Antwerp during World War I. German troops besieged Besieging a garrison of Belgian fortress troops , the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area , after the German invasion Attack of Belgium in August 1914 .

the belgian forces in antwerp conducted Action three sorties in late september and early october , which interrupted Hindering german plans to send Sending troops to france , where reinforcements were needed to counter the french armies and the british expeditionary force ( bef ) .

On 9 October , the remaining Presence garrison surrendered Surrendering , the Germans occupied Control the city and some British and Belgian troops escaped Escaping to the Netherlands to the north and were interned Education_teaching for the duration of the war .

Belgian troops from Antwerp withdrew Escaping to the Yser river , close to the French border and dug in , to begin Process_start the defence of the last unoccupied part of Belgium and fought Quarreling the Battle of the Yser against the German 4th Army in October and November 1914 .

They also remained Placing a dangerous enemy and on a number of occasions they had scored Getting victories against British troops .

One reason for the continued Boers successes was the poor quality of some of the British troops in the theatre .

Herbert Kitchener had over 16,000 troops operating Being_in_operation in the Western Transvaal , but many of them were not regulars , but poorly trained Education_teaching Imperial Yeomanry .

Indeed , the British troops suffered Bodily_harm a reverse at Boschbult , taking Getting 178 casualties Death .

American government film footage showed victorious Chinese troops with Japanese prisoners and captured Conquering Japanese flags and equipment Supply on display after the battle Hostile_encounter .

In addition , an American newsreel titled Name_conferral `` Chinese troops drive Motion Japs from Changteh '' showed Protest Chinese troops firing Use_firearm , with dead Death and captured Conquering Japanese on display .

In addition , an American newsreel titled Name_conferral `` Chinese troops drive Motion Japs from Changteh '' showed Protest Chinese troops firing Use_firearm , with dead Death and captured Conquering Japanese on display .

The operation commenced Process_start after large numbers of Belgian , British , and French troops Hostile_encounter were cut off Removing and surrounded Surrounding by German troops during the six-week long Battle Hostile_encounter of France .

This gave Giving trapped Allied forces Hostile_encounter time to construct Creating defensive Defending works and pull Hold back large numbers of troops Hostile_encounter to fight Defending the Battle Hostile_encounter of Dunkirk .

The operation commenced Process_start after large numbers of Belgian , British , and French troops Hostile_encounter were cut off Removing and surrounded Surrounding by German troops during the six-week long Battle Hostile_encounter of France .

Many troops were able to embark Self_motion from the harbour 's protective Preventing_or_letting mole onto thirty-nine British Royal Navy destroyers , four Royal Canadian Navy destroyers , at least three French destroyers , and a variety of civilian merchant ships Sending , while others had to wade Self_motion out from the beaches , waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water .

The Demyansk Pocket ( ; ) was the name given Giving to the pocket of German troops encircled Besieging by the Red Army around Demyansk , south of Leningrad , during World War II on the Eastern Front .

Within a year , the Federal Government troops surrounded Surrounding Biafra , capturing Conquering coastal oil facilities and the city of Port Harcourt .

By August 2008 , the dispute had expanded Expansion to the 13th century Ta Moan temple complex west of Preah Vihear ( ) , where Cambodia has accused Judgment_communication Thai troops of occupying Hold a temple complex it claims Statement is on Cambodian land .

The Thai foreign ministry denied Statement that any troops had moved Motion into that area until several were killed Killing in an encounter in April 2011 .

An agreement Communication was reached Arriving in December 2011 to withdraw Departing troops from the disputed area .

It ended Process_end in a victory for the North Korean forces Causation after they were able to push Motion troops of the United States and South Korea out of the area .

The regiment , composed mostly of African-American troops , was criticized Judgment_communication by the Army for being quick to panic and retreat Escaping .

The Union troops followed Self_motion it and brushed Motion with it at Davis 's Cross Roads .

Australian , British and French troops nearly restored Recovering the original front line by 27 April .

He used Using all methods he could , including ladders and a siege tower to get Getting his troops up .

This left a hole in the Parliamentarian line , dividing the army into two wings through which the Royalists hoped to pass Motion_directional , splitting Destroying the Parliamentarians and allowing Preventing_or_letting Charles 's troops to encircle Besieging and defeat Conquering the enemy .

The encircled troops were forced Motion to capitulate Response due Causation to lack of supplies Supply on 11 December .

Barely 900 Bolivian troops escaped Escaping .

Subsequently , the Paraguayan troops expelled Removing the Bolivian army from the eastern region of Chaco by the end of 1933 , forcing the resignation of German General Hans Kundt to the Bolivian High Command .

Flores was aided Assistance by Argentina , whose president Bartolomé Mitre provided Supply him with supplies , Argentine volunteers and river transport for troops .

In a combined offensive against Blanco strongholds , the Brazilian–Colorado troops advanced Cause_to_make_progress through Uruguayan territory , taking Conquering one town after another .

The Ottomans maintained Preserving their troops along their territorial gains until Spring 1919 .

The battle Hostile_encounter was unusual in that an Irish force won a minor battlefield victory Earnings_and_losses over a force of New Model Army troops , although the long-term strategic consequences Influence of this victory were insignificant .

The outbreak of the First World War proved significant , with the withdrawal of troops for service in France compounded by the loss of more than 600 French killed at the Battle of El Herri .

Lyautey reorganised Cause_to_amalgamate his available forces into a `` living barricade '' , consisting of outposts manned by his best troops protecting the perimeter of French territory with lower quality troops manning the rear-guard positions .

Lyautey reorganised Cause_to_amalgamate his available forces into a `` living barricade '' , consisting of outposts manned by his best troops protecting the perimeter of French territory with lower quality troops manning the rear-guard positions .

Around 180,000 Iranian troops participated Participation in this offensive , which targeted Aiming the central front in the region of Mehran .

However , withering Iraqi firepower in support of deeply entrenched troops slaughtered Killing the advancing Iranians .

although iranian troops were highly motivated Influence , they were poorly trained Education_teaching and equipped Supply for this battle .

Other Sardinian troops were captured Conquering in Sanluri , and much of the local Sardinian population was slaughtered Killing in a plain which has taken Giving the name of `` s'occidroxiu '' ( `` the slaughter '' ) ever since .