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Before dawn on March 16, 1916, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa led several hundred of his rebel soldiers across the Mexican border into the southern county village of Columbus.
Before the dawn, then, the light infantry disarrayed the Gallic defenses and, subsequently, the heavy infantry and the pikemen of the Romans finished their enemy.
Before dawn on March 15, the battering ram Grond smashed into the Great Gate three times while the Witch-king spoke words of power.
Before the dawn of the third day, the Pope, exhausted by grief and the long vigil he had kept, dozed off.
Before dawn on 19 June, his little army was taken by surprise and almost destroyed, because Bruce had accepted Valence at his word and failed to take the precaution of placing pickets around the camp.
Before the dawn of the next day, the Indians attacked, but Harrison's men held their ground, and the Indians withdrew from the village after the battle.
Before dawn on the morning of 16 April 1945 the 1st Ukrainian Front under the command of General Konev started the attack over the river Neisse with a short but massive bombardment by tens of thousands of artillery pieces.
Before dawn, Wayne sent a brief dispatch telling Washington, " The fort and garrison, with Col. Johnson, are ours.
Before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos existed within an extradimensional entity known as The One.
Before dawn on 10 July, as Rommel focused his efforts on the southern flank of the battlefield, the 9th Division attacked the north flank of the enemy positions and captured the strategic high ground around Tel el Eisa.
* Before the gold rush: flashbacks to the dawn of the Canadian sound by Nicholas Jennings, ( Yorkville ON: Viking, 1997 ) ( ISBN 0-670-87381-0 )
Before dawn he used to go from the Eastern coast of sea to the Western coast and from the Northern coast of the sea to the Southern coast to pay his homage to Surya-the sun-god.
Before Pentecost festivities, before the dawn broke, young Seto men held a ritual fight until the first drop of blood was shed.
Before dawn and after sundown these birds often congregate in large numbers in a particular area, for example roofs and tree branches.
Before dawn on October 15, Confederate artillery opened up and Shelby's troops advanced on Glasgow, forcing the defender to fall back toward their fortifications on nearby Hereford Hill, where they formed a defensive line in the face of the relentless Confederate advance.
Before the dawn of history, in the time of myth, it is said that Semuanya had a mate, Kecuala by name.
Before and .
Before they could guess his intention Rankin stepped forward and swung the guard's own gun against the uncovered head, hard.
Before long the atmosphere reverted to its old normalcy, and insects hummed and birds occasionally called.
Before merging them into a common profile it is well to remember that their separate careers were extraordinary.
Before leaving for America, he happened to see his old friend Jean Arp and confided to him his new resolutions.
Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.
Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.
Before he made that retreat, he telephoned Earl Blackman in Kansas City and asked him to come to Europe with him.
Before his departure, a group of his friends, the Reverend Stidger among them, had given him a luncheon, and Stidger had seen advance sheets of Elmer Gantry.
His first book, Before The Brave ( 1936 ), is a collection of poems that are almost all Communistic, but after publication of this book he rejected Communism, and advocated a pacifistic anarchy, though retaining his revolutionary idiom.
Before them stalked the beadle, proclaiming as he went, `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws -- adulterers, thieves, murderers, and lewd persons.
Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.
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