During the Second Boer War on 15 November 1899, Winston Churchill, then a war-correspondent, was travelling on board an armoured train when it was ambushed by Boer commandos.

During the second russification period, at the start of the First World War, the Dowager Empress, travelling by her special train through Finland to Saint Petersburg, expressed her continued disapprobation for the russification of Finland by having an orchestra of a welcoming committee to play the March of the Pori Regiment and the Finnish national anthem " Maamme ", which at the time were under the explicit ban from Franz Albert Seyn, the Governor-General of Finland.

During the economic panic of 1893, the Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages as demands for their train cars plummeted and the company's revenue dropped.

During a train ride to New York, the conductor told her to move into the smoking car.

During 1944, while Malraux was fighting in Alsace, Josette died, aged 34, when she slipped while boarding a train.

During World War II, Rennes suffered heavy damage from just three German aircraft which hit an ammunition train parked alongside French and English troop trains and near a refugee train on the yard: 1, 000 died.

During this time, Nasser became highly concerned with Amer's inability to train and modernize the army, as well as the state within a state he created by transforming the army and the intelligence apparatus — the latter was led by Salah Nasr — into " a separate fiefdom loyal to him personally ," according to Aburish.

During a game, players must establish settlements to gain resources, defend against other players, and train units to explore the map and attack computer controlled foes.

During this tree period that may last two years, young bears train their inner claw outward, allowing an opposable grip.

During the Liberation, the American Air Force heavily bombed the city and the train station, causing much damage.

During the forbidden drinking and partying on the train with all the women in the band, " Josephine " and " Daphne " become intimate friends with Sugar, and continually have to struggle to remember that they are " girls " and cannot make a pass at her.

During President John F. Kennedy's term, while McNamara was Secretary of Defense, America's troops in Vietnam increased from 900 to 16, 000 advisers, who were not supposed to engage in combat but rather to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

" During this campaign, a PC game known as Cap ' n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure was released with the cereal to raise a Crunchling and train it to defeat the leader of the Crunchium Thieves in a skateboarding, jumping, or throwing contest.

During the Civil War, John S. Mosby, " the Gray Ghost " of the Confederacy, raided General Sheridan's supply train in the summer of 1864, in Berryville.

During the 2012 Olympics, 200 Brazilian athletes will be based at the NSC to prepare and train for their events.

During the Confederate withdrawal, the railroad bridges in Barren County, the Bowling Green train depot and other railroad buildings were destroyed to hinder Union pursuit.

During the early years it had a train ride that covered the back end of the property, where zebras, elephants, and other zoo animals roamed.

During World War II, Sahuarita was home to the Sahuarita Airstrip which was used to train bomber pilots for service in the war.

During World War II, Sahuarita was home to the Sahuarita Airstrip which was used to train bomber pilots for service in the war.

During the 1990s, the city became famous as a spot for boxing champions who need to train, Oscar de la Hoya, Fernando Vargas and Shane Mosley being among the famous boxers who have trained at Big Bear.

During Summer months a special train called an excursion train would come from Valdosta, Georgia over the southern rail way, through Jennings, in early morning.

During the trip, a Fireman ( Crispin Glover ) warns Blake against the enterprise while passengers shoot buffalo from the train windows.

During the return trip, Barco kept muttering to himself in meaningless phrases, such as: `` They're under sand dunes They're better off, I tell you I saved their souls ''.

During the second week of operations, Fogg received a telegram from the Post Office Department, asking him to `` put on two airplanes and make two flights daily, plus one Sunday trip ''.

During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red River and that the United States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England.

During this trip he also met Bernard van Orley, Jean Prevost, Gerard Horenbout, Jean Mone, Joachim Patinir & Tommaso Vincidor, though he did not, it seems, meet Quentin Matsys.

During the trip, Stans killed two bongos, and after this, their desirability among wealthy hunters rose substantially.

During this trip, he further conceived the character of Conan and also wrote the poem " Cimmeria ", much of which echoes specific passages in Plutarch's Lives.

During his trip in Russia, Chiang met Leon Trotsky and other Soviet leaders, but quickly came to the conclusion that the Russian model of government was not suitable for China.

During his fourth trip to New York in 1953 Thomas became gravely ill and fell into a coma from which he did not recover.

During a trip to Iraq in June 2011, he said that Iraq should pay back the U. S. for all the money it had spent since the invasion, when it becomes a wealthy country.

During a trip to the Mediterranean, Haeckel named nearly 150 new species of radiolarians.

During his trip, a tempest forced him to stop on an island near Guangzhou, China where he saw the rich merchant Diogo Pereira, an old friend from Cochin, who showed him a letter from Portuguese being held prisoners in Guangzhou asking for a Portuguese ambassador to talk to the Chinese Emperor in their favor.

During this trip Douglass became legally free, as British supporters raised funds to purchase his freedom from his American owner Thomas Auld.

During the standards committee battle over whether the " minimum trip count " for the FORTRAN 77 < CODE > DO </ CODE > statement should be zero ( allowing no execution of the block ) or one ( the " plunge-ahead " < CODE > DO </ CODE >), another facetious alternative was proposed ( by Loren Meissner ) to have the minimum trip be two — since there is no need for a loop if it is only executed once.

During his second trip to America, in November 1493, Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Guadeloupe, while seeking fresh water.

During a sightseeing trip to Egypt ( not a regular province, but the personal property of the Emperor ) he seems to have unwittingly usurped several imperial prerogatives.

During his first trip he had encountered a holy man, Shaykh Abul Hasan al Shadili, who prophesied that he would only reach Mecca by travelling through Syria.

During the trip, he ran out of money.

During a trip to Key West, a companion wrote in a newspaper article, " Mr. Audubon is the most enthusiastic and indefatigable man I ever knew ... Mr. Audubon was neither dispirited by heat, fatigue, or bad luck ... he rose every morning at 3 o ' clock and went out ... until 1 o ' clock.

During his trip to Moscow, Ribbentrop's talks with Stalin and Molotov proceed very cordially and efficiently with the exception of the question of Latvia, which Hitler had instructed Ribbentrop to try to claim for Germany.

During the first part of the trip, Lönnrot returned to Akonlahti in Russian Karelia, where he gathered 80 poems and a total of 800 verses.

* 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

During the trip, artificial gravity would be generated by tethering the Habitat Unit to the spent upper stage of the booster, and setting them rotating about a common axis.

During his eventful trip he barely escaped drowning during a typhoon in the East China Sea.