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Alerted and retreat
Thinking they had an easy target, the enemy attacked the camp with a regiment belonging to 3rd Division NVA at 2: 00 a. m. Alerted by the regiment's commander, Hiếu sent in the reserve forces to cut off the enemy's retreat and join forces with the defenders.

Alerted and fired
Alerted by a noise, one of the Frenchmen " fired a Gun upon which Col. Washington gave the Word for all his Men to fire.

Alerted and at
Alerted by the firing of the guns at Fort Phoenix, the militia gathered, and the British did not come ashore.
Alerted, Priest walks away but one of the detectives follows him down a dark street where Priest is ambushed and held at gun point with Eddie who was already arrested.
Alerted to the accident, Bonham and the FBI team arrive at the scene and the chase begins again.
Alerted on 25 June 1944 for movement to Aitape, New Guinea, the 124th RCT left Oro Bay and landed at Aitape 3 – 6 July 1944.
Alerted to Grant's new book, Greene gave it high praise as did the critics who, at the time, had no idea that Chase was the author.
On January 24, the National Guard of Lamballe made a raid on the castle of GuyoMarch Alerted by a neighbor, La Guyomar hid the marquis at the Gouhandais, a farm, located some hundred meters from the castle.

Alerted and soldiers
Alerted on 7 August, the first soldiers of the division deployed from Hunter Army Airfield in just six days.

Alerted and .
Alerted by a Union reconnaissance on January 14, 1862, Johnston ordered Tilghman to fortify the high ground opposite Fort Henry, which Polk had failed to do despite Johnston's orders.
Alerted to the situation de Guiscard ordered an immediate attack with 14 squadrons of French dragoons currently stationed in the rear.
Alerted, the dog tried to bite Thomas, who killed it with a sword.
Alerted by friend Kevin McCarthy, who witnessed the accident, Taylor raced to Clift's side, manually pulling a tooth out of his tongue as he had begun to choke on it.
In January 2007 its place was taken by Beast Alerted 1, a sculpture by British sculptor Lynn Chadwick.
Alerted to Wittmann's actions, light tanks in the middle of the town quickly got off the road while medium tanks were brought forward.
Alerted by the commotion, he jumped out of bed and, ignoring the pleas of the arresting officers Captain William Bellingham Swan ( later assistant town Major of Dublin ) and Captain Daniel Frederick Ryan to surrender peacefully, FitzGerald stabbed Swan and mortally wounded Ryan with a dagger in a desperate attempt to escape.
Alerted to suspicious military exercises, she boarded the presidential helicopter shortly after midnight.
Alerted to General Clinton's raids on the Hudson, most of the army marched south toward Albany on October 18, while other detachments accompanied the " Convention Army " east.
Alerted by John's shots, Isobel once again causes Kharis to release him.
Alerted to Ace's visit to the School, the Doctor arrives just in time to save Ace using his Dalek Jammer.
Alerted to the possibility of a British attack along the Mohawk, Nicholas Herkimer, the head of Tryon County's Committee of Safety, issued a proclamation on July 17 warning of possible military activity and urging the people to respond if needed.
Alerted to this move, Washington retreated farther, establishing a position in the village of White Plains but failed to establish firm control over local high ground.
Alerted, Duke Hugh Capet marched to Compiègne with 600 men and dispersed the meeting.
Alerted to the danger, Frederick gave Leopold instructions to deploy on Chotusitz and hold until the rest of the Prussians could come up with Frederick, bringing their forces up to 28, 000.
Alerted by Grigsby's cavalry that the enemy had crossed the river in force, Bragg sent Cleburne's division and Wright's brigade to challenge Sherman.
Alerted to the theft, the owner ran out and recognized the two as they got into Breitwieser's mother's car.

attempted and retreat
In 1095, Henry attempted to reverse his fortunes by seizing Matilda's castle of Nogara, but the countess's arrival at the head of an army forced him to retreat.
The Confederates, who were surrounded by Grant's Union Army attempted a break out pushing the Union Army's right flank into disorganized retreat eastward on the Nashville road.
Rather than retreat as his Union predecessors had done, Grant flanked Lee's Army of Virginia to the southeast and attempted to wedge the Union Army between Lee and Richmond at Spotsylvania.
Again and again, they attempted to lift the siege held by the Spanish and their native allies but each time they were forced to retreat.
Necho attempted to assist this remnant immediately upon his coronation, but the force he sent proved to be too small, and the combined armies were forced to retreat west across the Euphrates.
A Confederate force attempted to repel the invaders but was forced to retreat because of superior federal artillery.
FSB Colonel Konstantin Vasilyev attempted to enter the patio of the TC, but was shot at while approaching the building and forced to retreat.
Many defenders were killed and the remaining Dutch infantry attempted to escape across the mill bridge, but it collapsed during the retreat and hundreds of Allied troops drowned.
Another piece of work which attempted to justify the retreat maneuver and to present it as a highly strategic calculation was Berthier's Relation de la bataille de Marengo, published in 1804.
Three of Freire's divisions, 4, 000 horsemen, attempted to clear a route of retreat for the Spanish army.
Over 6 weeks of relentless pounding by planes and helicopters, the Iraqi army was almost completely beaten but did not retreat, under orders from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and by the time the ground forces invaded on 24 February, many Iraqi troops quickly surrendered to forces much smaller than their own ; in one instance, Iraqi forces attempted to surrender to a television camera crew that was advancing with coalition forces.
Tank battles, including the Battle of Medina Ridge and the Battle of 73 Easting, flared as the Republican Guard attempted to retreat.
They attempted the summit on June 28 but poor weather and route conditions on the final tower forced them to retreat, from the top.
Auffenburg attempted a retreat to the southwest, but he was not quick enough: the Austrians were decimated, losing nearly their entire force, 1, 000 to 2, 000 of which were prisoners.
The British attempted to save their artillery but the militia also charged, and Mawhood gave the order to retreat.
He attempted to convince Pompey to face Caesar in Italy and not retreat to Hispania ( Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal ) to regroup, in his claims that Caesar ’ s army was thin and weakened after his campaign in Gaul.
Guan Yu's army was severely depleted due to the desertions so he attempted to retreat to Yi Province in the west but was surrounded and besieged by Sun Quan's forces at Maicheng ( southeast of present day Dangyang, Hubei ).
After several defeats and near misses, the Mexican Army of the North, about 2, 638 men ( 1st, 4th and 10th Line, two companies of the 6th and 2d Light Regiments, Mexico and Morelia Activos, 7th, 8th and Light Cavalry Regiments, and 13 pieces of artillery ) attempted to retreat south and refit before engaging United States forces under General Zachary Taylor.
Zhang and Ma attempted to trick Cao Hong into believing that they were planning to attack his retreat route by overtly threatening Cao Hong's rear, but Cao Xiu saw through the ruse, and Zhang Fei's forces suffered a defeat that absolved him from continuing the campaign — Lei Tong and Ren Kui were killed in action, while Wu Lan fled to take shelter from the Di tribes, where he was subsequently killed by a Di leader, Qiangduan.
Hideyori's commander at the castle, Gotō Matabei attempted to retreat into the fog, but the battle was lost and he was killed.
Late in the afternoon, the king's own battalion attempted to retreat, but was unsuccessful and David II was captured ( though not without difficulty ), while the rest of the Scottish army was pursued for more than twenty miles.
Hideyori's commander at the battle, Gotō Matabei, attempted to retreat into the fog, but the battle was lost and he was killed.
In the subsequent counter-attacks, Second Lieutenant G. R. D Moor of the 2nd Hampshires was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting four of his own men who attempted to retreat.
On his escape in 747, his maternal great-uncle Duke Odilo of Bavaria provided support and assistance to Grifo, but when Odilo died a year later and Grifo attempted to seize the duchy of Bavaria for himself, Pepin, who had become sole major domo of the Frankish ( Merovingian ) Empire upon Carloman's resignation and retreat into a monastery, took decisive action by invading Bavaria and installing Odilo's infant son, Tassilo III, as duke under Frankish overlordship.
" Stonewall " Jackson's corps of the Army of Northern Virginia attempted to cut off the line of retreat of the Union Army of Virginia but was attacked by two Union divisions.

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