Before dawn.

Before the dawn of civilization, war likely consisted of small-scale raiding.

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, these men were to join up with the main army.

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 dawn the following day, the crack Highland regiments were ordered to advance in close order.

Before dawn of the 9th seven Japanese naval bombers struck Nichols Field.

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, November 24, Bouchard ordered his men to board the boats.

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 dawn, the Akechi army had Honnō-ji surrounded in a coup.

* 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 the women awoke to say their morning prayers.

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 the next day, Ghori attacked the Rajput army before dawn.

Before production, John Ford shopped the project around to several Hollywood studios, all of which turned him down because big budget Westerns were out of vogue, and because Ford insisted on using John Wayne in a key role in the film.

Before withdrawing from the area, Wayne began the construction of a line of forts along the Maumee, from its mouth at present-day Toledo to its origins in present-day Indiana.

Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St.

Before Rick Moranis was cast as " nutty " inventor Wayne Szalinski, the script was written with Chevy Chase in mind because of his popularity in National Lampoon's Vacation.

Before the realignment, Wayne Hills had competed in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League ( NBIAL ) as the only team outside Bergen County participating in the league.

Before going to Temple University, and playing under college coach Wayne Hardin ( the former Navy coach who coached two Heisman Trophy winners in Joe Bellino ' 60 and Roger Staubach ' 63 ), Klecko played semi-pro football for the Aston ( Pa .) Knights of the Seaboard Football League and kept his eligibility by playing under the assumed name " Jim Jones " from fictional " Poland University.

Before Skinner, Wayne Fullwood was playing drums and singing.

Gary Wayne Goldman ( born November 17, 1944 in Oakland, California ) is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor, he is well known for working on films with Don Bluth such as Anastasia, An American Tail, and The Land Before Time.

Before joining First Tennessee, Bies was Associate Professor of Economics, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee ( 1977-79 ); Assistant Professor of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan ( 1972-77 ); and Chief Regional and Banking Structure Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ( 1970-72 ).

Before playing for the Globetrotters, Kline played at Wayne State University during the 1950s.

Before the creation of Auglaize County in 1848, Noble Township and the southern part of neighboring Salem Township were part of what was then Wayne Township in Mercer County.

Before any cannon had been installed at the newly constructed Fort Wayne, the United States and Britain peacefully resolved their differences, eliminating the need for a fort on the Detroit River.

Before making the news public Sherman sent an officer with the note to Thomas.

Before the Trojan War, Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack Troy.

Before she sent Jacob to his father, she dressed him in Esau's garments and laid goatskins on his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin.

Before the war Nazi German state sent undercover operatives to spy on Polish organisations and created lists of people that were to be executed and sent to concentration camps.

Before 1700, London brewers sent out their beer very young and any aging was either performed by the publican or a dealer.

Before Garissa is destroyed by illegal antimatter bombs called planet busters, sent from Omuta, several Garissan ships are sent to attack Omuta with a superweapon called the Alchemist.

Before the introduction of postage stamps, mail in the UK was paid for by the recipient, a system that was associated with an irresolvable problem: the costs of delivering mail were not recoverable by the postal service when recipients were unable or unwilling to pay for delivered items, and senders had no incentive to restrict the number, size, or weight of items sent, whether or not they would ultimately be paid for.

Before 1839 the number of letters sent was 76 million.

* Before the Chiefs ' first touchdown, he sent in the play " 65 toss power trap.

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail listsThe term " e-log " has been used to describe journal entries sent out via e-mail since as early as March 1996.

Before settlers arrived, the federal government also sent teams of negotiators to meet with the Native peoples of the region.

Before Persephone was released to Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds, ( six or four according to the telling ) which forced her to return to the underworld for some months each year.

Before they were sent to reservations, they migrated often chasing herds, so they had to design their tipis so that they could be transported easily.

Before the group began the operation, Israeli agent Avri Elad ( Avraham Zeidenberg ) was sent to oversee the operations.

Before his death, Leo IX had sent a legatine mission under Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida to Constantinople to negotiate with Patriarch Michael I Cerularius in response to his actions concerning the church in Southern Italy.

Before Richard is sent to his death, he " un-kings " himself by giving away his crown, sceptre, and the balm that is used to anoint a king to the throne.

Before then, the area traditionally voted Democratic and sent Democrats to the House of Representatives and the state legislature until 1994 when the incumbent Earl Hutto declined to run for reelection.

Before the trade deadline, the Spurs decided to part ways with Richard Jefferson and sent him to the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Jackson, who had been a member of the 2003 championship team.

Before he was killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother.

Before they were killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying, or swimming, ram with golden wool sent by Nephele, their natural mother ; their starting point is variously recorded as Halos in Thessaly and Orchomenus in Boeotia.

Before he was killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother.

Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother.

Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother.