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 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 Lancaster's defeat, however, discontent continued to grow.

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 being epileptic, Charles achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army.

Despite this, aircraft today are much more extensively used as the primary tools for both army and navy, as evidenced by the prominent use of helicopters to transport and support troops, the use of aerial bombardment as the " first strike " in many engagements, and the replacement of the battleship with the aircraft carrier as the center of most modern navies.

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

Despite the fact that their actions were ultimately fruitless, the Eretrians and in particular the Athenians had earned Darius's lasting enmity, and he vowed to punish both cities.

Despite several army mutinies and increasing civic concern both at his erratic style and arbitrary, corrupt method of governing he was re-elected for another 6-year term in September 1999.

Despite this papal condemnation, both Catholicism and Protestantism permit the use of ambiguous and equivocal statements in specific circumstances.

Despite both forces having similar numbers, the Japanese were easily defeated due to the Ming cannon.

Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject, which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.

Despite its initial recklessness, the alliance was very prestigious for both families.

Despite this, there is a substantial number of chamber works that incorporate the double bass in both small and large ensembles.

Despite being characterized as unreliable, the work is valued as both a study of Turkish culture and the lands he reports on.

Despite considerable popularity amongst the people, Madero ´ s administration soon encountered opposition both from more radical revolutionaries and from remnants of the former regime.

Despite the Roman victories at sea, the Roman Republic lost countless ships and crews during the war, due to both storms and battles.

Despite its many faults, the wheellock was a significant improvement over the matchlock in terms of both convenience and safety, since it eliminated the need to keep a smoldering match in proximity to loose gunpowder.

Despite Davies ' unequivocal statement that the two wars are distinct, Lance Parkin, in his Doctor Who chronology AHistory, suggests in a speculative essay that the two destructions of Gallifrey may be the same event seen from two different perspectives, with the Eighth Doctor present twice ( and both times culpable for the planet's destruction ).

Despite its status as beneficiary of both the Caribbean Basin Initiative ( CBI ) and the Generalized System of Preferences ( GSP )-- both of which confer duty free status on Honduran imports to the United States — Honduras has run a long-standing trade deficit with the United States.

Despite this, Honduras and El Salvador both officially recognised the Palestinian state on 26 August.

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 the losses, the Manufactory served as a playground of innovation, both in turning a large amount of cotton, but also developing the water-powered milling structure used in Slater's Mill.

Despite the promising off-season moves, the team suffered critical bullpen injuries while the newly signed Davis hurlers both experienced lackluster performances throughout the 1990 campaign.

Despite being an idealization of the real world, the “ vortex system ” set up around a wing is both real and observable ; the trailing vortex sheet most noticeably rolls up into wing-tip vortices.

Despite border ( both territorial and nautical ) tensions and the forced migration of 270, 000 Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist Burma in 1978, relations with Bangladesh have generally been cordial, albeit tense at times.

Despite the occasional recurrence of a border conflict over Lete Island in the Niger River, Benin and Niger, both former French subjects of French West Africa, relations are close.