* 1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.

* 1898 – After over two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with U. S. troops led by General Nelson Miles landing at harbor of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

After the bombardment, certain British gunboats attempted to slip past the fort and effect a landing in a cove to the west of it, but they were turned away by fire from nearby Fort Covington, the city's last line of defense.

After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Sherman hesitated about committing to military service and ridiculed Lincoln's call for 75, 000 three-month volunteers to quell secession, reportedly saying: " Why, you might as well attempt to put out the flames of a burning house with a squirt-gun.

After three days of British bombardment in which 350 bombs partially destroyed the cathedral, the Jesuit school and several civilian buildings, Vernon assumed the impasse in which he was and ordered the withdrawal day 21, leaving the Castle and Greenwich Windsord vessels in the vicinity with a mission to intercept a Spanish ship to approach.

After a massive eight-hour artillery bombardment, the Germans did not expect much resistance as they slowly advanced on Verdun and its forts.

After a Confederate artillery bombardment on September 14 and 15, the Federal garrison surrendered.

After two days of defending against an enemy with an overwhelming numerical superiority, enduring heavy artillery fire and aerial bombardment, and with many of his troops in open flight, it became obvious to Tang that a general retreat was inevitable.

After the Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden to U. S. authorities for his suspected involvement in the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D. C., a US-led international coalition was formed ; after several weeks of aerial bombardment by coalition forces and military action on the ground, including Afghan opposition forces, the Taliban was officially ousted from power on November 17, 2001.

After earlier bombardment of the city, the Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.

After four days of bombardment, little damage was done, and the gunboats retired down river.

After less than a year under the new command, the 28th ’ s mission changed from that of strategic bombardment to one of worldwide conventional munitions delivery.

After a bombardment by the Spanish, the papal troops abandoned their positions and the Spanish put the town to the sack on 15 September.

After an intense bombardment by the grande batterie of Napoleon's artillery and hours of heated fighting, the French overpowered the first defensive lines and seized the town of Bautzen.

After a short artillery bombardment, Davout sent the divisions of Friant and Morand across the Russbach stream, in a flanking attack from the east, while his other two divisions, under Gudin and Puthod were ordered to attack frontally, through the village of Grosshofen.

After initial preparations, the Americans and French built their first parallel and began the bombardment.

After several postponements due to weather, the operation began on July 25, 1944 with a short, very intensive bombardment with lighter explosives, designed so as not to create greater rubble and craters that would slow Allied progress.

After several days of bombardment the British surrendered and the French entered the city.

After numerous JNA armored columns failed to take the city, the Serbs began to concentrate their efforts on weakening it by using continual bombardment from at least 200 reinforced positions and bunkers in the surrounding hills.

After the surrender of the Italian fleet, naval operations in the Mediterranean became relatively mundane, consisting largely of supporting ground troops by bombardment, anti-submarine missions, covert insertions of agents on enemy coast and convoy escort.

After four days of preliminary bombardment with significant casualties for both sides, the Mongols assembled their mangonels around the castle in preparation for a direct siege.

After another bombardment, Rukn al-Din descended from Maymundiz on the 19th day of November.

After two days of bombardment without effecting a breach, Despard ordered a frontal assault.

After Coblenz failed to surrender, Boufflers put it under heavy bombardment, causing much damage, but it did not fall to the enemy.

After the evolution of armoured warfare, mechanised infantry were mounted in armoured fighting vehicles and replaced light infantry in many situations.

After hard lessons early in the war, machine guns were mounted for use against infantry but the limited traverse of the mounting meant that they were still less effective than those used on turreted tanks.

After a short pause at midday, Teuton units were able to push the Poles back ; however, they found themselves under very heavy fire from crossbows of the Polish infantry, which caused huge losses and withdrawal.

After World War II, the USSR would adopt a similar weapon, the AK-47, which became the standard Soviet infantry weapon.

After graduation in 1915, Lieutenant ( 2nd ) Eisenhower put in for assignment in the Phillipines which was denied, and served with the infantry, initially in supplies, until 1918 at various camps in Texas and Georgia.

After tremendous casualties and the start of negotiations between the two, Vir Singh Deo handed over 5000 Bundela infantry and 1000 cavalry but he feared Mughal retaliation and remained a fugitive until his death.

After the war, CMF units continued to form the bulk of the peacetime army, although the creation of standing infantry units — such as the Royal Australian Regiment — from 1947, meant that the regular army grew in importance.

After throwing their javelins they would retreat through the gaps between the maniples, screened from the attack of the enemy by the heavy infantry lines.

After an initial success in which William's forces destroyed the Angevins ' Welsh infantry, the battle went badly for Stephen.

After a near mutiny, Burleson sent Bowie and William H. Jack with cavalry and infantry to intercept the supplies.

After the Second World War, the infantry regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire were organised in the Mercian Brigade ( 1948 – 1968 ).

After passing his final exam at Abassia, he was posted to the town of Mankabad, near his native Beni Mur, and was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the infantry.

After a confused fight lasting two hours, Parliamentarian cavalry under Oliver Cromwell routed the Royalist cavalry from the field and annihilated the remaining Royalist infantry.

After September 2007, when the current reforms have been completed, the infantry will consist of a total of 18 separate regiments.

After an initial success in which William's forces destroyed the Angevins ' Welsh infantry, the battle went badly for Stephen.

After the nearby Battle of Antietam in Maryland, September 17, 1862, General Robert E. Lee's infantry crossed the Potomac at Pack Horse Ford.

After the battle the militia units were broken up to provide reinforcements to depleted regular infantry battalions.

After the Allied attempts on the left had failed the French had become more and more focussed on the British infantry, and on the retreat of the Dutch all the guns of Fontenoy had been turned to face Cumberland's men.

After the French right wing was in position ( commanded by Luxembourg himself ), their artillery opened fire at about 10: 00, striking the Allied infantry with great effect.

The battle opened with an Austrian cannonade causing an attack by the French right wing on the Austrian left wing under Pál Kray After several attacks against the key position on the Austrian right near the village of Bendorff, the French infantry, aided by several squadrons of chasseurs, were able to dislodge the Austrians from this position.

After the successful crossing of the Danube early on 5 July, the French light cavalry launched reconnaissance missions as they preceded the advance of the infantry columns.

After the European knights detached from the main body of allied forces in pursuit of the fleeing Mongols, the invaders were able to separate the knights from the European infantry and defeat them one by one.

After suffering casualties during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon of June 1982, the PLA was quietly re-organized and expanded late that year by Walid Jumblatt, who turned it into a disciplined fighting force structured along conventional lines, with ‘ Commando ’, armoured, mechanized infantry and artillery units provided with Soviet-made armoured vehicles, field guns, Howitzers and MBRLs.

After numerous musket designs in the late 17th and early 18th century, the infantry musket was standardized in what would become the Model 1717.