But in the middle of the last century an island woman named `` Karipo '' seized a spear in the heat of an inter-tribal battle and rallied the women after their men had fled.

But before this came about, 214,938 Americans had given their lives in battle for the two concepts of the sovereign rights of men and of states.

Grigorss overcomes the suitor in battle, delivers the city from its oppressors and marries Sibylla who had fallen in love with the beautiful knight the moment she saw him.

It had been a big battle, and the Confederate forces had won.

The news of battle on Breed's Hill had already seeped through, and New York itself was now left in the hands of the local Provincial Congress.

Before he went into battle Andrei had told Alex, `` I only want to be a Pole.

It happened at the St. Patrick's Day party, a big affair for a regiment which had gone into battle for over three-quarters of a century to the strains of an Irish march.

This damage had been done in the battle of Vientiane, fought less than three months earlier when four successive governments had ruled here in three days ( December 9-11, 1960 ).

Where Acheson had fought a gallant losing battle for the Department, Dulles fed the crocodile with his subordinates.

He could tell the Legislature they had provided the needed funds to carry on the battle.

Alexander guessed that they had planned confusion and turmoil, thinking it the ideal climate in which to begin battle and bloodshed.

The battle had to be fought.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The battle had begun when a force of between 2, 000 and 3, 000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Reinforced by Phocian and Orchomenian troops and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces at Coronea in Boeotia, and in a hotly contested battle was technically victorious, but the success was a barren one and he had to retire by way of Delphi to the Peloponnese.

Shortly before this battle the Spartan navy, of which he had received the supreme command, was totally defeated off Cnidus by a powerful Persian fleet under Conon and Pharnabazus.

According to legend, Castor and Pollux announced to one of their ancestors the victory of the Romans over the Latins at the battle of Lake Regillus, and, to confirm the truth of what they had just said, they stroked his black hair and beard, which immediately became red.

The latter king seems to have fought a sea battle against 32 kings who had gathered against him.

After the battle, according to a tradition reported by Paul the Deacon, to be granted the right to sit at his father's table, Alboin had to ask for the hospitality of a foreign king and have him donate his weapons, as was customary.

Edward sent Ealdred after the death in battle of Bishop Leofgar of Hereford, who had attacked Gruffydd ap Llywelyn after encouragement from the king.

The homeworld was severely damaged by the Dominion, whose Founders ordered a " scorched earth " approach to the Cardassians ' homeworld for their betrayal during the final battle of the war.

Learning that the fleet is losing the battle, the Enterprise crew disobeys orders and heads for Earth, where a single, damaged Borg Cube opposes a group of Starfleet vessels.

The Defiant is badly damaged in the battle with the Borg but is left salvageable.

In the ensuing battle, Exeter was severely damaged and forced to retire ; Ajax and Achilles suffered moderate damage.

Her foremast, already in bad shape before the battle, was struck by several French cannonballs, and her pumps, already overtaxed in an attempt to keep her afloat, were badly damaged by shots " between wind and water ".

Therefore it was easier to repair armor damaged in battle ; however, repaired armor offered less protection as new.

Furthermore, their weapons were damaged by the brief thunderstorm that had preceded the battle, while the longbowmen had unstrung their bows until the rain stopped – Froissart relates that they did not withdraw their bows from their covers or sheaths till the first volley from the Genoese failed: " Les archers anglois découvrent leurs arcs, qu ' ils avoient tenus dans leur étui pendant la pluie ".

R2 is severely damaged during the battle, but is restored before the ceremony at the end of the film.

Liberator is severely damaged during the battle with the Andromedans, forcing the crew to abandon ship.

In the battle that followed, many of the American ships were damaged or destroyed.

The larger town was also damaged in the battle and shared fully in the South's economic sufferings which followed the defeat.

The two-year legal battle that followed became a public relations disaster that damaged Pyle's political career and set a hands-off tone toward the town in Arizona for the next fifty years.

SST's reputation was damaged severely when sound collage group Negativland fought a long legal battle with SST in the wake of its sampling lawsuit over their notorious " cover " of U2's hit " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ", on the 1991 U2 single.

Heavily damaged in the battle, it has been preserved as a symbol of the town's suffering.

A museum dedicated to the siege was opened in the basement of a now rebuilt hospital that had been damaged during the battle.

However, FLUDD becomes damaged during the battle with Bowser, supposedly beyond repair.

In the ensuing battle, they take out three MiG-23 fighters and destroy an airfield, but Chappy's plane is damaged by an anti-aircraft gun.

Although Rupert had counselled the King against accepting battle at Naseby, the opinions of Digby had won the day in council: nonetheless, Rupert's defeat damaged him, rather than Digby, politically.

A skirmish took place at the castle during the English Civil War, in which Stokesay was handed over to the Parliamentarians after a short siege without a pitched battle ( in which it surely would have been severely damaged ).

The battle above Khitomer was one of the last sequences to be shot, which proved fortuitous as the bridge of the Enterprise was damaged by the simulated sparks and explosions.

The Israeli jets are intercepted by Hawker Hunters of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, and an Israeli fighter jet is damaged during the brief air battle.

Examples include Princess Leia's acquisition of the Death Star schematics ; Luke Skywalker using his binoculars to observe the movie's opening battle and trying to convince his friends at Tosche Station of what he saw ; a skyhopper race that results in Luke's vehicle being damaged ( seen in the movie in the background of his Tatooine garage ); Han Solo's encounter with Jabba the Hutt's agent, " Heater "; Vader's interrogation of Princess Leia ; and Admiral Motti's attempts to convince Grand Moff Tarkin to leverage the Death Star as a political tool.

Nürnberg — slower than the other German ships — arrived late at the battle and sighted Monmouth, listing and badly damaged but still moving.

Ten British sailors were killed during the battle and nineteen wounded ; none of the British ships was badly damaged.