Having been the first major city in Greece to fall to the occupying forces just two days after the German invasion, it was in Thessaloniki that the first Greek resistance group was formed ( under the name « Ελευθερία », Eleftheria, " Freedom ") as well as the first anti-Nazi newspaper in an occupied territory anywhere in Europe, also by the name Eleftheria.

Having briefly occupied the city and taken hostages and supplies from the city they returned to their ships at Riccall.

Having begun to push back the feeble French forces from Marmont's VI's Corps the day before, Blücher occupied Champaubert early on 14 February, sending his vanguard forward, as far as the village of Fromentières and then Vauchamps.

Having the same rhythm, the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was then used as the call-sign by the BBC in its foreign language programmes to occupied Europe for the rest of the war.

Having led the U. S. to victory, Theodore Roosevelt now faces a challenge to his third-term bid by the Socialist candidate Upton Sinclair, and struggles to maintain order in the occupied territories as rebels and terrorists strike.

Having occupied the land for 30 years, the Englishmen presumably felt entitled to a steep discount.

Having published his translation of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz's System of Theology in 1850, he was occupied on his Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti which appeared in 1858.

Having failed to locate the recordings, he occupied the NHK Building in an attempt to prevent the speech from being broadcast.

Having a population of some 4, 000, they occupied at least nine villages and were presided over by a paramount chief, known as the Great Sun, who wielded absolute power.

Having received an offer to be the principal of the Summerside school in the fall, Anne is keeping herself occupied over the summer when she learns that Gilbert is gravely ill with typhoid fever.

Having almost to be called France 8 or France Prime, the channel is finally renamed France 4, joining the series of the declensions of France Télévisions, by skipping into a place still not occupied between France 3 and France 5.

Having friends on all sides involved in the conflict, there was a general thought that their passage through the city and its infamous Sniper Alley, under constant fire from hills occupied by the Serbs, could be a safe one.

Having appointed himself prophet, Reverend, pastor and founder, he occupied the highest office of the movement he had just founded.

Having defended the city against the French in 1758-1759 and occupied Pondicherry on behalf of the company, he resigned his office in November 1763 and returned to the Kingdom of Great Britain, being made a baronet in 1764.

Having dislodged the defenders from Hill 504, the 354th Regiment of the Chinese 118th Division would attempt to capture the dominating heights of Hill 677 held by the Canadians.

Having persisted too long in deliberate ignorance and denial of the forces that threatened her, Pamela was relieved now to admit their potency and to be taking definite steps toward grappling with them.

Having worked with many Hollywood stars, Cronenberg says that he did not get to make a film with an actor he wanted to work with for a long time, Burt Reynolds.

Having been for a long period in history a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today one of the greatest immigrant-receiving regions in the country, with 454, 453 foreigners ( 9. 30 % of the regional population ) in 2008, the most recent of which are Romanian and Moroccan.

Having been released from jail, Dulipo then discovers that he is Cleander's long lost son.

One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively to the virtues of loyalty and filial piety .... Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die.

Having been taken along to a computer fair, he became enamored of the first model of the Macintosh, the start of a long love-affair with the brand ( he claimed to have bought two of the first three Macintosh in the UK — the other being bought by his friend Stephen Fry ).

Having lived long under constant threat of deposition-or worse-by the Lekapenoi family, Constantine VII was extremely resentful of them.

Having spent a long time in the Tercera División, the club made consistent progress, reaching the first division on three occasions: 1999, 2004 and 2008.

The words, " Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may ( the emperor ) lead a long and prosperous life.

Having long resisted offers from MTV to reform to do an Unplugged show, they finally accepted as part of a deal that also allowed them to visit Morocco to record new material.

Having long been the poorest part of Spain, Extremadura is a largely rural region known for the Portuguese influence on its music.

Having been on the land for such a long time, Derr had befriended the local Native Americans of the area.

Having established dominance in the area by the eighteenth century, the Oglala Sioux had long considered the Black Hills as sacred land.

On 23 December he appeared in Congress, then sitting at Annapolis, and returned his commission as Commander-in-Chief: " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action ; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.

Having written several long stories, Harper Lee found an agent in November 1956.

Having left behind all the traces of his past, Ibn ‘ Arabī began his long journey to the East from Marrakesh where he had a marvelous vision of the Divine Throne.

Having existed for over 600 years, Gray's Inn has a long list of notable members and honorary members.

Having hammered a hole into the wood the prey is excavated by a long barbed tongue.

Having suffered long from syphilis, which he had inherited from his father, he died in 1540 at his villa at Marmirolo.

Having infected and killed an insect, they continue to grow on the carcase and release spores for as long as any resources remain.

Having examined the soundscape, Arnold turns to the action of the tide itself and sees in its retreat a metaphor for the loss of faith in the modern age, once again expressed in an auditory image (" But now I only hear / Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar ").

Having a fossil record that was assumed to extend back at least 60 million years, the Procellariiformes was long considered to be among the older bird groupings, other than the ratites, with presumably distant ties to penguins and loons.

* Having had his philosophy condemned by the University of Utrecht, René Descartes begins his long correspondence with Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Having long been subordinate to English culture, Welsh musicians in the late 20th century had to reconstruct traditional music when a roots revival began.

Having the border further north than demanded by the Russians in the initial talks turned out to be fortunate for Sweden in the long run as major findings of iron ore were discovered in these areas later.

Having cost the Canadians 1, 349 men and with the heavily-defended ridge firmly in German hands, Atlantic was closed down on 20 July.

Having extricated his forces from the woods and forced back the pickets, Rawdon arranged his forces and slowly advanced up the ridge towards the waiting Continentals.

Having turned north within a break in the subtropical ridge, Yunya brushed the southern tip of Taiwan late on June 16 before dissipating the following day within the westerlies.

Having met Harry Hess he was fully aware of his theories on sea floor spreading where the ocean bed effectively acts as a ' conveyor belt ' moving away from the central ridge.