Before unveiling the logo Bob McNair described the colors as " Deep Steel Blue ", " Battle Red " and " Liberty White ".

Before the gates of the city the Romans defeated the Persians ( Battle of Ctesiphon ), driving them back into the city.

* Before the Battle of Marathon, the Athenians send a runner, Pheidippides, to seek help from Sparta.

Before this, Nuno Álvares Pereira, constable of Portugal, had gained his popular title of " The Holy Constable " by twice defeating the invaders, at the Battle of Atoleiros and at the Battle of Trancoso in the district of Guarda.

Before the treaty reached the Senate for ratification, and even before news of its signing reached New Orleans, a massive British invasion force was utterly defeated at the Battle of New Orleans, which made a national hero out of General Andrew Jackson.

Before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, " three hundreds of gallant green-clad men " came from this land to Minas Tirith .</ div >

Before they left the city, the Confederates under General Alfred Mouton, later killed in the Battle of Mansfield in De Soto Parish, burned the depot, the bridges, sugar, and supplies that they could not otherwise carry with them.

Before the Battle of Brunanburh, possibly located further north than Beverley, King of England at the time Athelstan visited Inderawuda, he prayed all night and saw a vision saying he would be victorious: in return he helped the town to grow greatly.

Before 1066 the manor of Wakefield belonged to Edward the Confessor and it passed to William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings.

Before that time, he helped to relieve the vanguard at the Battle of Dorylaeum after it had been pinned down by the Seljuk Turks under Kilij Arslan I, with the help of the other crusader princes in the main force and went on to sack the Seljuk camp.

Before the Battle, he controlled Anfauglith, with Lothlann, Dorthonion and the Pass of Sirion more or less secure.

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* " Just Before the Battle, Mother " by George F. Root

Before his demise at the Battle of Bosworth Field pennies were produced for him, inscribed, at London, York and Durham, but they are very rare — only one penny is known which was produced in the London mint.

Before testing commenced, the U. S. exhumed the bodies of United States servicemen killed in the Battle of Enewetak and buried there and returned them to the United States to be re-buried by their families.

Before he was president of Central America he was head of state of Honduras, He rose to prominence at the legendary Battle of La Trinidad on November 11, 1827.

Before the Battle of Leipzig ( October 1813 ), Napoleon reproached him with not being the Augereau of Castiglione ; to which he replied, " Give me back the old soldiers of Italy, and I will show you that I am.

* Before Washington's crossing of the Delaware River at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, " Victory " was the password and " Or Death " was the response

Before Hampton's reply could reach Wilkinson, the latter's own force was defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm on 11 November.

* " Before the Battle of Yavin ", a system of measuring Dates in Star Wars.

Before moving to Mississippi Sumner had served in the 22nd AL Volunteer Infantry, Company A in the Confederate States of America Army and was wounded during the operations before the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee the evening of December 31, 1862.

* A Hymn Before Battle, by John Ringo.

Before the Battle of Changban, Wei Yan tried to revolt against Cai Mao, who had already surrendered to Cao Cao, to give the city of Xiangyang to Liu Bei.

As his ship was readied for battle, Nelson held a final dinner with Vanguard < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s officers, announcing as he rose: " Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey ," in reference to the rewards of victory or the traditional burial place of British military heroes.

Before his theft of fire, Prometheus played a decisive role in the Titanomachy, securing victory for Zeus and the other Olympians.

Before becoming a judge, Marshall was a lawyer who was best known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education.

" After the war, he wrote: " Before Alamein we never had a victory.

Before the Tripartite Dinner Meeting of November 29, 1943 at the Tehran Conference, Churchill presented Stalin with a specially commissioned ceremonial sword ( the " Sword of Stalingrad ", made in Sheffield ) commemorating the victory in the battle of Stalingrad, as a gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad and the people of the Soviet Union.

Before their 2010 Stanley Cup victory, the team had not won the Cup since.

Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, he was one of the few who formally taught philosophy at the Religious Seminary at Qum.

Before travelling to Argentina for the World Cup, Platini won the first major trophy of his playing career, captaining Nancy to victory in the 1978 French Cup final against Nice and scoring the only goal of the game.

Before the Polish victory at the Vistula, both the Bolsheviks and the majority of foreign experts considered Poland to be on the verge of defeat.

Before opening the Abbey with a victory over Cambridge University Press in a friendly on 31 August 1932, United had played matches at a number of venues around the city.

Before the battle, chronicler Theophanes the Confessor says, the Emperor dreamed of being at Thessalonika, this dream predicted his defeat against the Arabs because the word Thessalonika is similar to the sentence " thes allo niken ", that means " gave victory to another ( the enemy )".

Before the battle, William Brown said two of his most memorable quotes: " Comrades: confidence in victory, discipline, and three hails to the motherland!

Before the expansion, the host of the previous year's Melodifestival would host the Eurovision Song Contest in the event of a Swedish victory.

Before the game, country music singer Tim McGraw, the son of the late Phillies closer Tug McGraw ( who had recorded the last out in the Phillies ' World Series victory in ), took a handful of his dad's ashes and spread them on the pitcher's mound just before handing the ball used in throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in the game to Steve Carlton.

Before the Nine Years War, in the Franco-Dutch War, it managed to score a decisive victory over a combined Spanish-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Palermo.

Before the Labour victory of 1997, Mullin had attained a reputation for campaigning on behalf of victims of injustice and opposition to the curtailing of civil rights.

Before the establishment of standard military awards, e. g., the Medal of Honor, it was common practice to have a medal specially created to provide national recognition for a significant military or naval victory or accomplishment.

Before the final victory, Perrin marries Faile, and drives out Lord Luc after discovering that Luc is indeed Slayer.

Before the final stage, a short time trial of 24. 5 km, the time difference between LeMond and Fignon was still 50 seconds, which seemed enough for the victory.

Before the end of June he added a win in the Dwyer Stakes at odds of 1 / 10, although the lack of effective opposition ( Whichone missed the race through injury ) made the victory a " hollow " one.

Before expiring he succeeded, however, in setting fire to the hostel, thus contributing decisively to the Costa Rican victory at Rivas.

Before his WSOP victory, he worked as an advertising executive.

Before their May mini-camp, Burress and his teammates were invited by former President George W. Bush to the White House on April 30, 2008 to honor their victory in Super Bowl XLII.

Before any victory can be sung, a mysterious, legendary silver Nissan 350Z challenges the player for a last run through the Market Street circuit.