Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

Despite Van Buren's defeat, Johnson was instrumental in keeping Greene County in the Democratic column.

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

Despite the outstanding victories, Germany was near defeat, which meant that Bulgaria would be left without its most powerful ally.

Despite the significant resources mobilized and self-sacrifice of the participants, a series of missteps by several successive unwilling or incompetent chief commanders appointed by the Polish government ultimately led to the defeat of the insurgents by the Russian army.

Despite this naval defeat, it was on the ground that this war would be won, Napoleon inflicted the Austrian and Russian Empires one of their greatest defeats at Austerlitz ( also known as the " Battle of the Three Emperors " on 2 December 1805 ), destroying the Third Coalition.

Despite the defeat, both sides withdrew, but Shawar remained in control with a crusader garrison in Cairo.

Despite the short-term defeat, the scandal was not a mortal wound to Macdonald, the Conservative Party, or the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Despite Romania ` s change of sides its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany was not recognized by the Paris Peace Conference of 1947.

Despite his army's smaller size, he was able to defeat the Solomonids at the battles of Serjan and Zikr Amhara and consequently pillaged the surrounding areas.

Despite the AFL's New York Jets winning the previous season's Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs ; the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 12. 5 to 13-point favorites.

Despite prolonged negotiations, King was unable to attract the Progressives into his government, but once Parliament opened, he relied on their support to defeat non-confidence motions from the Conservatives.

Despite defeat at nearby Somorrostro, Republic commander Marshal Francisco Serrano, supported by Generals Manuel de la Concha and Arsenio Martínez Campos, brilliantly breaks the siege and Concha then marches on Estella.

Despite the king's death, the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein's army.

Despite the defeat, the Silures continue to fight.

Despite several successful evasions of the blockade by the French navy, it failed to inflict a major defeat upon the British.

Despite a final victory against Napoleon, five of seven coalitions saw defeat at the hands of France.

Despite the defeat at Tours, the Umayyads remained in control of Narbonne and Septimania for another 27 years, though they could not expand further.

Despite home rule under democratic principles Lycia was not a sovereign state and had not been since its defeat by the Carians.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

Despite his earlier association with the left-wing Aneurin Bevan, in 1955 he backed Hugh Gaitskell, who was considered the right-of-centre candidate in internal Labour Party terms, against Bevan for the party leadership He then launched an opportunistic but unsuccessful challenge to Gaitskell in November 1960, in the wake of the Labour Party's 1959 defeat, Gaitskell's controversial attempt to ditch Labour's commitment to nationalisation in the shape of the Party's Clause Four, and Gaitskell's defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.

Despite his high popularity among fans following these memorable wins, Hughton was sacked on 6 December 2010, following a 3 – 1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.

Despite his personal anger over this outcome, which was considered a personal defeat by Luns, the foreign minister nevertheless worked to restore relations with Indonesia in the aftermath of the West New Guinea problem.

Despite this danger, however, we are informed on every hand that ideas, not machines, are our finest tools ; ;

Despite their dedication to their jobs, however, the citizens of Mega Tokyo tend to dislike and distrust members of the A. D. Police, seeing them as corrupt and ineffectual.

Despite everything, however, there are some who support both dates and even some who support dates other than the two major possibilities presented.

Despite this however, the fatality rate per head of population is moderately high, comparable to the United States.

Despite her continuing production and accolades, however, Beaux was working against the current of tastes and trends in art.

Despite incorporating non-Christadelphian hymns however, Christadelphian hymnody preserves the essential teachings of the community.

Despite the support of executive Si Siman, however, he soon was fired for not sounding " country enough.

Despite his immense obesity and impending mortality, however, Louis the Fat remained clear-minded.

Despite the controversy however, EastEnders pulled in rating highs of 9 – 10 million throughout the duration of the storyline.

Despite these stereotypes, however, there are actually quite strict rules governing tackling.

Despite this, however, the country continued to receive aid and investment from capitalist countries such as the U. S ..

Despite the advent of print however, hand-written grimoires remained highly valued, as they were believed to contain inherent magical powers within them, and they continued to be produced.

Despite this almost exclusive focus, however, Greek fire is best understood as a complete weapon system of many components, all of which were needed to operate together to render it effective.

Despite his influence, however, Parsons has yet to be inducted.

Despite those hopes, however, usable land has always been severely limited.

Despite this, however, Italy's alleged 1987 GDP growth of a phenomenal 18 %, it was shortly re-overtaken by both France and the United Kingdom during the 1990s, when Italy's economic growth was particularly stagnant, with an average of 1. 23 % compared to an EU average of 2. 28 %.

Despite this fancifulness, however, Ivanhoe does make some prescient historical points.

Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.

Despite these strains, however, Nigerians had assisted in the halting process of achieving stability in Chad, and both nations reaffirmed their intention to maintain close ties.

Despite Paramount's losses, DeMille would, however, give the studio some relief and create his most successful film at Paramount, a 1956 remake of his 1923 film The Ten Commandments.

Despite the economy's general expansion after 1983, however, inflation threatened its modest gains, as did serious fiscal and balance-of-payments deficits and the growing debt.

Despite the historical meekness of the presidency, however, it has been at the centre of some high-profile controversies.

Despite ongoing and potential disputes, however, it was unlikely in 1989 that Romania's borders would be redrawn in the foreseeable future.

Despite the immense economic growth, however, the standard of living for city laborers and farmers was still low.

Despite their height, however, the mountain system does not create a major barrier between the northern and the southern portions of the Meseta Central because several passes permit road and railroad transportation to the northwest and the northeast.