Having taken Nanking in March ( and briefly visited Shanghai, now under the control of his close ally Bai Chongxi ), Chiang halted his campaign and prepared a violent break with Wang's leftist elements, which he believed threatened his control of the KMT.

Having prepared for this, Anton Philips and his son in law Frans Otten, as well as other Philips family members, fled to the United States, taking a large amount of the company capital with them.

Having returned to Okhotsk with a much larger, better prepared, and much more ambitious expedition, Bering set off for an expedition towards North America in 1741.

#* Having read the book once before makes me more prepared.

Having " prepared for death with serenity and an unwavering concern for the women's cause ," Lucy Stone died on October 18, 1893 at the age of 75.

Having no son, he prepared Jeanne, his eldest daughter, as his successor.

Having gotten a clear picture of the European kingdoms, they brilliantly prepared an attack.

Having unresolved disputes with Serbia over the division of northern Macedonia and with Greece over southern Macedonia, Bulgaria was prepared, if the need arose, to solve the problems by force, and began transferring its forces from Eastern Thrace to the disputed regions.

Having been alerted by Kelt, both Norwegian ships prepared for combat: the guns were loaded and life preservers issued to the crew.

Having prepared his cover identity by learning welding at a Sheffield engineering firm, Reilly obtained a low-level position as a welder at the Essen plant.

He wrote to Thatcher: " Having failed to defeat the IRA you now have capitulated and are prepared to set in motion machinery which will achieve the IRA goal ... a united Ireland.

Having built up such expectations, Ganilau said, the government had better be prepared for a strong backlash if they are not fulfilled.

Having passed all of his Law exams at the State University of Milan ( 1956 – 63 ), he prepared the defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled Judiciary Censorship in the Western World, but its contents and underlying radical ideas provoked so much controversy that it was promptly dismissed.

Having a clear picture of the European kingdoms, he brilliantly prepared an attack nominally commanded by Batu Khan and two other princes of the blood.

Having done this I am prepared to accept nothing but the highest standard of service by way of return.

Having sent his family to safety, Sardanapalus prepared to hold Nineveh.

Having cleared Crimea from 26 September – 16 November, the Romanian 3rd Army and German 11th Army prepared for an attack on the port.

Having just won a war, she prepared to launch a new one, an Eternal Crusade that would exterminate every last illithid once and for all.

Having indignantly refused to do so, and having recovered from the effects of a cordial which had been prepared for her by the astrologer Alasco, she escaped, with the help of her maid, from Cumnor, and started for Kenilworth, escorted by Wayland Smith.

Having not read the book, she is not prepared for the test, and when she asks Bart for advice, he brings her to Nelson, from whom she gets the test answers.

Having heard a rumour that Nader was dead, he had prepared to seize the throne by having the Safavid royal captives, Tahmasp and his son Abbas, executed.

Having come to power, Gabriel immediately prepared war to extend his rule to the Romanian principalities, intending to use the spoils to easily pay off his Hajduk mercenaries.

Having chosen the most suitable characteristics, Beattie prepared a standard design of 2-4-0 well tank with driving wheels and cylinders bore by stroke ; and the LSWR began to take delivery of these in 1863.

Having nothing else prepared though, she decided to improvise a song on the spot with parameters ( tempo, key ) suggested by the audience.

Having banished or murdered some 10, 000 citizens, and thus made himself master of Syracuse, he created a strong army and fleet and subdued the greater part of Sicily.

Having made the proper preparations, he fell upon the triumphant army near Malmedy as it was returning to its own province, and, in the ensuing Battle of Amblève, routed it.

Having consolidated his conquests in Syria ( 1831 – 38 ), Ibrahim Pasha, son of the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, made the fatal mistake of trying to disarm the Christians and Druzes of the Lebanon and to draft the latter into his army.

Having been defeated by a seven nation army at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, he was forced to abdicate after the Six Days Campaign and the occupation of Paris.

Having lost its colonial empire, France saw a good opportunity for revenge against Britain in signing an alliance with the Americans in 1778, and sending an army and navy that turned the American Revolution into a world war.

Having little opportunity to replenish them, in May 1646 he sought shelter with a Presbyterian Scottish army at Southwell in Nottinghamshire.

Having joined Ibrahim in 1534, Suleiman made a push towards Persia, only to find the Shah sacrificing territory instead of facing a pitched battle, resorting to harassment of the Ottoman army as it proceeded along the harsh interior.

Having possessions on six continents, Britain had to defend all of its empire with a volunteer army, for it was the only power in Europe to have no conscription.

Having chosen the army, he obtained, through the assistance of his friends, a cornet's commission in the dragoons.

* December 11 – Having led his army to Salisbury and been deserted by his troops, James VII and II attempts to flee to France.

Having led his army of 8, 000 on a forced march from Denmark to Estonia, Charles XII routs the huge Russian army at Narva.

Having been abruptly recalled into Anjou by a revolt of his barons, he returned to the charge in September 1136 with a strong army, including in its ranks William, duke of Aquitaine, Geoffrey, count of Vendôme, and William Talvas, count of Ponthieu, but after a few successes was wounded in the foot at the siege of Le Sap ( 1 October ) and had to fall back.

Having lost any hope for victory and facing a massacre, the French army disengaged and retreated in a westerly direction, hoping to join other French forces on the other side of the Vosges mountains.

Having ransacked the island and plundered all its wealth, Raynald's army mutilated the survivors before forcing them to buy back their flocks at exorbitant prices with what little they had left.

Having become the second most important general in the Union army, he thus had come full circle to the city where he started his war-time service as colonel of a non-existent infantry regiment.

Having evaded Edward's fleet, which had been sent to intercept them, Isabella and Mortimer landed at Orwell on the east coast of England on 24 September with a small force ; estimates of Isabella's army vary from between 300 to around 2, 000 soldiers, with 1, 500 being a popular middle figure.

Having fled the French Revolution, he had served in Catherine's army against the Turks.

Having taken Carlisle, Charles's army progressed as far as Swarkestone Bridge in Derbyshire.

Having gained the regard of foreigners after helping crush the Boxer Rebellion, he successfully obtained numerous loans to expand his Beiyang Army into the most powerful army in China.

Having obtained divine direction, David led his army against the Philistines, and gained a complete victory over them.

Having reached a certain point in the march, he then had the army down arms, so it appeared they getting ready to camp.

Having followed news of Cú Chulainn's sustained success in single-handedly opposing the Connacht army, Cú Roí once again appears on the scene, this time to fight Cú Chulainn directly.

Liberation Army Daily, a publication thought to represent the views of the CMC majority, printed an article on 11 March 2003 which quotes two army delegates as saying, " Having one center is called ' loyalty ', while having two centers will result in ' problems.