Although an expedition to seize the strategic French settlement of Louisbourg was launched by New Englanders in 1745, no further attacks were attempted on Spanish possessions.

Another piece of work which attempted to justify the retreat maneuver and to present it as a highly strategic calculation was Berthier's Relation de la bataille de Marengo, published in 1804.

In July 1941, during World War II, the town was the primary target of an unsuccessful German-Finnish offensive which attempted to cut the strategic Murman Railway.

Espionage efforts remained a high priority as defectors, reconnaissance satellites, and signal intercepts measured intentions and attempted to gain strategic advantage.

At this time, the division's artillery assets included two artillery field regiments, a medium regiment, and a divisional locating battery, and although on paper the division was a large, combined arms formation, in reality many of its units were hollow and inadequately equipped, and in the decades following this the division, and indeed the CMF in general, underwent a period of uncertainty as the government attempted to solve the issues that the organisation faced, the most pressing of which was the question of its role and strategic relevance, as well as those concerning conditions of service, centralisation of training and access to equipment.

Despite their depleted state, the Regia Aeronautica attempted a strategic attack on Gibraltar on 19 July with 10 SM. 79GAs, but only two managed to reach their target, again without achieving any result.

Even with the loss of Jing province, Zhuge Liang may have attempted to carry out a modified version of the Longzhong Plan in the form of the Northern Expeditions, although it is arguable that those campaigns had different tactical and strategic goals.

Shortly thereafter, electoral legislation was passed that attempted to ensure that a party that won 50 percent of the two-party-preferred vote would gain office, through a compulsory strategic redrawing of electoral boundaries before each election, making South Australia the only state to do so.

In 2003, the Batswana government attempted to privatise the airline, with Air Mauritius and Comair put forward by the government as strategic partners for the airline.

In 2008, China emerged as the largest trading partner of India and the two countries have also attempted to extend their strategic and military relations.

Ltd. attempted to gain Seven Network affiliation rights prior to Seven Darwin's launch, in a strategic move to dominate and force the incoming competitor to align with Network Ten.

A variety of strategic plays can be attempted during kickoffs, punts, and field goals — to surprise the opposition and score points, gain yardage or first downs, or recover possession of the kicked ball.

From this point onward, Lee attempted no more strategic offensives.

The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was responsible for long-range strikes and strategic air defense and it was not until the later stages of the Pacific War that both services attempted anything like integrated air defense.

The Axis forces were divided into those of Panzergruppe 1 that had suffered significant loses in matériel, but retained combat effectiveness, and the large infantry formations of the German and Romanian armies that attempted to advance from the West to meet the armored troops north of Crimea, the initial strategic objective of Army Group South.

The government attempted to broker a deal with Chinese firm Shanghai Automotive to continue the firms ' strategic alliance and buy Rover out.

During the Seven Years ' War ( 1756 – 1763 ), Britain attempted to leverage its existing island bases along the Spanish Main and the Spanish West Indies, briefly occupied Havana and Manila, but in each case the British hold was tenouous and practical and strategic considerations led to their return in exchange for Florida.

The decisive year was 1315, when Uguccione della Faggiuola attempted to lay siege to Montecatini, considered a strategic stronghold, but thanks to its excellent location and to the allies of Florence, the attempted siege failed.

The AI was based on three basic measures of the game state: the strategic situation which attempted to take and hold cities, the tactical situation which attempted to block player movements, and the overall arrangement of the front line.

Certain towns or cities have deliberately attempted to put forward a presence in which culture ranged high above other achievements in military strength, or in manufacturing, or in strategic importance.

Although the Wehrmacht feigned moves toward Switzerland in its offensives, it never attempted to invade.

On the middle Rhine front in July General Michaud's Army of the Rhine attempted two offensives in July in the Vosges, the second of which was successful, but not followed up allowing for a Prussian counter-attack in September.

Occupying and quisling forces, however, were quite aware of the Partisan threat, and attempted to destroy the resistance in what Yugoslav historiographers defined as seven major enemy offensives.

The German's eventually attempted to use it in their own offensives.

In 1833 coordinated offensives by Juan Manuel de Rosas in Buenos Aires Province and other military leaders in the Cuyo region attempted to exterminate resistant tribes, but only Rosas had any success.

The victim was beaten when he attempted to stop the bandit.

It was when he attempted to end the relationship that the murder took place.

Many scholars consider modern anthropology as an outgrowth of the Age of Enlightenment, a period when Europeans attempted to study human behavior systematically, the known varieties of which had been increasing since the fifteenth century as a result of the first European colonization wave.

* Leucates, who threw himself off a rock when Apollo attempted to carry him off

Apollo killed the Aloadae when they attempted to storm Mt.

Alcott had high expectations but was often away when the community most needed him as he attempted to recruit more members.

Alcott was one of several who attempted to storm the courthouse ; when gunshots were heard, he was the only one who stood his ground, though the effort was unsuccessful.

In 1069, when the northern thegns rebelled against William and attempted to install Edgar the Ætheling as king, Ealdred continued to support William.

However, when campaigning against Germanic tribes of Germania, Alexander attempted to bring peace by engaging in diplomacy and bribery.

His veto message objected to the measure because it conferred citizenship on the freedmen at a time when eleven out of thirty-six states were unrepresented in the Congress, and the bill also attempted to fix, by federal law, " a perfect equality of the white and black races in every State of the Union.

Another example is when a few passengers and flight attendants teamed up to subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted to detonate explosives sewn into his underwear aboard Northwest Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

Arnulf, however, failed to conquer the whole of Great Moravia when he attempted it in 892, 893, and 899.

The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert ; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como.

Only when the side-effects have become too severe and / or a patient has been symptom-free for a long period of time is discontinuation carefully attempted.

The British army at least once attempted to use smallpox as a weapon, when they gave contaminated blankets to the Lenape during Pontiac's War ( 1763 – 66 ).

According to Charles Aaron, power ballads came into existence in the early 1970s, when rock stars attempted to convey profound messages to audiences.

The Bandanese were, however, hostile to such a plan, and their warlike antics were both costly and tiresome to Garcia whose men were attacked when they attempted to build a fort.

It is said that, in 1038, they were dispersed in winter quarters in the Thracesian theme when one of their number attempted to violate a countrywoman, but in the struggle she seized his sword and killed him ; instead of taking revenge, however, his comrades applauded her conduct, compensated her with all his possessions, and exposed his body without burial as if he had committed suicide.

But only when a more centralized English monarchy emerged following the Norman invasion, and when the kings of England attempted to assert power over the land and its peoples, did the modern concept emerge, namely of a crime not only as an offence against the " individual ", but also as a wrong against the " State ".

Second, there were a few incidents when Polish cavalry was trapped by German tanks, and attempted to fight free.

The opening of Korea to foreign Christian missionary activity in the late 19th century saw some improvement in the status of the baekjeong ; However, everyone was not equal under the Christian congregation, and protests erupted when missionaries attempted to integrate them into worship services, with non-baekjeong finding such an attempt insensitive to traditional notions of hierarchical advantage.

The Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991 when Boris Yeltsin seized power in the aftermath of a failed coup that had attempted to topple reform-minded Gorbachev.

As the two search for Daken, Wolverine reveals that when he first joined the X-Men he attempted to assassinate Xavier due to some unknown programming.

His love for numerous styles of music can be traced from his early recording of stride-pianist James P. Johnson's " Johnson Rag ," all the way to the rock stylings of Eric Johnson, an invited guest on Atkins's recording sessions who, when Chet attempted to copy his influential rocker " Cliffs of Dover ," led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of " Londonderry Air ( Danny Boy ).