During a prolonged skirmish between the troops of these opposing forces, Sun and his wife Soong Ching-ling narrowly evaded heavy machine gun fire and were rescued by gunboats under Chiang's direction.

During prolonged fasting or very low calorie diets, the reduction of blood glucose, the preferred energy source of the brain, causes the body to deplete its glycogen stores.

During her son's prolonged military campaigns, she remained in charge of Kiev, residing in the castle of Vyshgorod together with her grandsons.

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 Dutch Golden Age, it was conceived essentially as the anthem of the House of Orange-Nassau and its supporters-which meant, in the politics of the time, the anthem of a specific political faction which was involved in a prolonged struggle with opposing factions ( which sometimes became violent, verging on civil war ).

During the ten months Patton was relieved of duty, his prolonged stay in Sicily was interpreted by the Germans as an indication of an upcoming invasion of southern France.

During the opening credits the waltz theme is heard along with a prolonged shot of couples dancing.

During prolonged fasting or starvation, acetyl-CoA in the liver is used to produce ketone bodies instead, leading to a state of ketosis.

During any period of prolonged or intense rain, Caltrans snowplows will patrol most canyon roads in the area, clearing mud, rocks, and other fallen debris from the roadways.

During the Reformation, the people of Oudenaarde chose Protestantism and allied themselves with Ghent against Charles V. In 1582, after a prolonged siege by Margaret's son, Alexander Farnese, the city finally gave in, causing most merchants, workers, and even nobles to flee.

During heavy or prolonged mild to moderate activity, other enzymes convert two molecules of ADP into one ATP molecule and one AMP molecule, making more ATP available to supply energy.

During the 16th century, Tournai was a bulwark of Calvinism, but eventually it was conquered by the Spanish governor of the Low Countries, the Duke of Parma, following a prolonged siege in 1581.

During the years that followed all political activity was impossible, but he was fully occupied with his great chronicle of the French Revolution, Geschichte der Revolutionszeit 1789 – 1800, for which he had made prolonged studies in the archives of Paris and other countries.

During breeding, the male's call is heard as an odd, striking series of loud croaks and chattering notes followed by prolonged shrieks.

During Alice in Chains ' hiatus, reports of Staley's addiction began to gain widespread circulation in fan and media communities, in part from changes to his physical condition brought on by prolonged heroin abuse.

During this prolonged silence, Clariti expanded its marketing and sales of the accused eyeglass frames.

During his tenure, he had to deal with problems of bed shortages and overcrowding in hospitals, as well as a prolonged nurses ' strike in 1999.

During a prolonged battle with Octavius and Spider-Man, Carlyle was defeated when Doc Ock ripped open his suit, allowing Spider-Man to fill Carlyle's suit with webbing, although Doc Ock informed his enemy that he only did this to hurt Carlyle rather than to help Spider-Man.

During prolonged outbreaks when stands become heavily defoliated, starvation can be an important mortality factor in regulating populations.

During the match he won a potentially crucial leg and after pumping his fist and shouting " Get in there " he proceeded to a prolonged ourburst at the crowd.

* Takeshi Doll — During a prolonged period when Takeshi was forbidden to appear on television ( his " punishment " for an act of violence against reporters and photos from a scandal magazine ), one of the Emerald Guards filled in by wearing his robe and a giant papier-mâché Takeshi head similar to the ones sports team mascots use over their heads.

During prolonged storms or thunderstorms he would go into the church itself to pray and sing psalms until calm returned.

During his prolonged residences abroad he acquired a thorough knowledge of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages and literatures, which, on his final return to France, enabled him to render valuable assistance to Jean de Thévenot, the keeper of the royal library, and to Barthélemy d ' Herbelot de Molainville.

During the prolonged period of Viking incursions and settlement of Anglo-Saxon England pagan ideas and religious rites made something of a comeback, mainly in the Danelaw during the 9th century and particularly in the Kingdom of Northumbria, whose last king to rule it as an independent state was Eric Bloodaxe, a Viking, probably pagan and ruler until 954 AD.

* During the Peninsular War, contingents from the Gibraltar Garrison were sent to aid Spanish resistance to the French at Cádiz and Tarifa.

During the Napoleonic Wars the regiment saw action in the Peninsular War.

During the Peninsular War in Europe between France and Spain, assemblies called juntas were established to rule in the name of Ferdinand VII of Spain.

During the Peninsular War, Badajoz was unsuccessfully attacked by the French in 1808 and 1809 ; but on March 10, 1811, the Spanish commander, José Imaz, was bribed into surrendering to a French force under Marshal Soult.

During the Napoleonic Wars, they served from 1810 to 1814 in the Peninsular War ; fighting at Albuera, Badajoz, Salamanca, the Pyrenees, Nivelle and Toulouse and took part in the Battle of Waterloo where they fought in the 4th Brigade under Lt-Col. Hugh Henry Mitchell, in the 4th British Infantry Division ( see Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign ).

During the Peninsular War, Astorga was besieged by the French Napoleonic troops.

During the Peninsular War, Napoleon appointed Masséna an army commander in the invasion of Portugal in 1810.

* Alexander, Don W. Rod of Iron: French Counterinsurgency Policy in Aragon During the Peninsular War ( SR Books, 1985 ) ISBN 0-8420-2218-X.

During the Napoleonic Wars battle honours were received for Salamanca, Peninsular and Waterloo.

During the Peninsular War, " Napoleon promoted works such as Gasparo Spontini's Fernand Cortez ( 1809 )," which concerned the Spanish conquest of Mexico under the reign of Charles V. Spontini's later opera Olimpie ( 1819, revised 1820, 1826 ) met with indifference, leading him to leave Paris for Prussia, where he became Kapellmeister and chief conductor at the Berlin Hofoper.

During the Peninsular War, the monastery was burnt to the ground.

During the later stages of the Peninsular War Dalhousie commanded the 7th Division under the Duke of Wellington.

During the Peninsular War the flag could also be found on marine regiments fighting inland.

* Battle of Somosierra ( November 30, 1808 ): During the Peninsular War Napoleon overwhelmed the Spanish positions in a combined arms attack, charging the Polish Chevau-légers of the Imperial Guard at the Spanish guns while French infantry advanced up the slopes.

During the Peninsular War in Spain, Upper Peru ( today Bolivia ) closely followed the reports that arrived describing the rapidly evolving political situation in Spain, which led the Peninsula to near anarchy.

During the American Civil War, the same area became the theater of the Peninsular Campaign of 1862.

During the Napoleonic Wars the Lancashire Fusiliers fought in several early campaigns before serving with distinction in the Peninsular War, their performance was particularly noted at the Battle of Vittoria where they formed part of the " backbone " of the Duke of Wellington's forces.

During the remainder of the Peninsular War he commanded an infantry division under the Duke of Wellington.

During the Peninsular War of 1808 – 1814, French forces regularly used the garrote to execute Spanish guerrilleros, priests, and other opponents to Napoleonic rule.

During the Malayan Emergency, Tengah was used to house Avro Lincolns of the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force which performed bombing missions on communist terrorist bases / hideouts of the Malayan Communist Party deep in the jungles of Peninsular Malaysia.

During the Peninsular War, Rifleman Thomas Plunkett of the 1st Battalion, 95th Rifles, shot the French General Auguste-Marie-François Colbert at a range that may have been even greater.

During the Peninsular Wars a notable siege of French occupied Calatayud led to its capture by guerillas in 1811.

During the Peninsular War the area of Costa del Sol was considered of secondary importance and it was seized by the French forces with little opposition and until 1810 the partisan activity in the region was close to none.