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During the 1429 siege of Orleans, the French had planned to abandon the city after they heard rumours ( which were true ) that John Fastolf was coming with a force of men to reinforce the English besiegers.
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During and siege
During the struggle of the Aetolians against Rome, it stood a stubborn siege, including the first known use of poison gas against the Romans ' siege tunnels.
During the Civil War, prior to the siege of Raglan Castle in 1645, King Charles I visited Abergavenny and presided in person over the trial of Sir Trefor Williams, 1st Baronet of Llangibby, a Royalist who changed sides, and other Parliamentarians.
During a siege by Parthian troops in A. D. 257, the buildings in the outermost blocks of the city grid were partially destroyed and filled with rubble to reinforce the city wall.
During the siege of February 1945 the city infrastructure was 65 % destroyed, including most of the historical city center.
During the first siege, Ephrem credits Bishop Jacob as defending the city with his prayers.
During the siege, Gibraltar played a key role as the supply base of the besieged.
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During the siege, on 8 February 1913, the Russian pilot N. de Sackoff, flying for the Greeks, became the first pilot ever shot down in combat, when his biplane was hit by ground fire following a bomb run on the walls of Fort Bizani.
During the siege, he purchased a captaincy in the grenadier company of the 40th Regiment of Foot.
During the lengthy siege, which lasted until 1191, Patriarch Heraclius, Queen Sibylla and her daughters, and many others died of disease.
During this period of French rule, the defences of the fortress were strengthened by the famous siege engineer Vauban.
During this siege, Vauban, the famous French military engineer, developed a new strategy in order to break down the strong fortifications surrounding Maastricht.
During this millennium, fortifications changed warfare, and in turn were modified to suit new tactics, weapons and siege techniques.
During the War of 1812, Nova Scotia ’ s contribution to the war effort was communities either purchasing or building various privateer ships to lay siege to American vessels.
During a summer-long siege which was later to be known as the Siege of Malta, the Ottoman forces which numbered around 50, 000 fought the Knights of St. John and the Maltese garrison which in total numbered around 6, 000.
During the siege of Nagashima, Nobunaga suffered tremendous losses, including the death of a couple of his brothers, to the Ikkō-ikki resistance, a coalition of peasant farmers, monks, Shinto priests and local nobles that opposed samurai rule.
During Childeric's siege and blockade of Paris in 464, the nun Geneviève ( later canonised as the city's Patron Saint ) pleaded with the Frankish King for the welfare of prisoners of war and met with a favourable response.
During the Warring States era of ancient China, there is both textual and archaeological evidence of prolonged sieges and siege machinery used against the defenders of city walls.
During the Renaissance and the Early Modern period, siege warfare dominated the conduct of war in Europe.
During a siege a surrounding army would build earthworks ( a line of circumvallation ) to completely encircle their target, preventing food, water, and other supplies from reaching the besieged city.
During the Renaissance and the Early Modern period, siege warfare continued to dominate the conduct of the European wars.
During the summer of 1172, a Nubian army along with a contingent of Armenian refugees were reported on the Egyptian border, preparing for a siege against Aswan.
During the siege of the Stonewall, Craig Rodwell called The New York Times, The New York Post, and The New York Daily News to inform them what was happening.
During and Orleans
During this time the body of St Benedict was transferred to Fleury, the modern Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire near Orleans, France.
During filming, the New Orleans police would arrive semi-regularly to assess fines for permits the film crew had already procured.
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During this time, the franchise was known as the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets.
During test shooting on location in New Orleans, Hopper fought with the production's ad hoc crew for control.
During the war he lived partly in New Orleans and partly abroad, spending time in Havana ( 1862, 1864 ) and Paris ( 1863, 1867 ).
During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, New Orleans city and state leaders used dynamite to breach a levee at Caernarvon, thirteen miles ( 19 km ) below Canal Street, to save the city of New Orleans from flooding.
During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, city and state leaders used dynamite to breach a levee at Caernarvon, thirteen miles ( 19 km ) below Canal Street, in order to save the city of New Orleans from flooding.
During his service in New Orleans, Beauregard became dissatisfied with life as a peacetime officer.
During the 1950s the chemical industry entered the area congregating around the Mississippi river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
During 1915 – 1931 a New Orleans streetcar line operated between New Orleans and Kenner.
During the 1960s, the construction of Interstate 10 and improvements to Veterans Memorial Highway aided the rapid development of Kenner as a suburb of New Orleans.
During the early 19th century, a group of Pennsylvanian Dutchmen boarded a sailing vessel in New Orleans and ventured into the Bayou Teche.
During the American Civil War, a makeshift shipyard was established on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City after the Confederate loss of New Orleans.
During the War of 1812, Garrett shipped eight large flatboats stocked with food and whiskey to the U. S. Navy in New Orleans.
During Thompson's tenure ( 1965 – 1969 ) a dry sausage plant was built in Algona and distribution centers were built in San Antonio, New Orleans and Atlanta.
During the early 20th century, Shrewsbury Road was an official link in the Jefferson Highway ( State Route 1, and later U. S. Route 61 ) and provided the main automobile route into New Orleans via Metairie Road.
During this time Buffett could be frequently found busking for tourists in New Orleans.
During the 2010 midterm elections, a political ad parody supporting John Hall's opponent, Nan Hayworth, promoted the fictitious organization, Young Voters for an Orleans Reunion Tour, as a means of removing Hall from Congress.
During the war with England from 1812 to 1815, Livingston was active in rousing the mixed population of New Orleans to resistance.
During most of her childhood she spent half of each year in New Orleans, in a boarding home run by her aunts, and the other half in New York City.
During the War of 1812, Shaw commanded the New Orleans naval post as well as the frigate United States.
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