The French attack fought bravely but could not break the English formation, even after several attempts, and they suffered many casualties.

The Boers, well defended in their positions, poured a terrible fire into the attacking British, causing very heavy casualties, with the battle ending in a defeat for the British who had battled bravely against the Boers, and ending the attempts to relieve the town of Kimberley which was besieged by Boer forces ; the siege would not to be lifted until February 1900.

Otto declares his guilt and tries to shoot Father Logan, who bravely attempts to approach him and reason with him.

An examination of his theology of soteriology shows that he regarded salvation as one being free from the powerful fear of death and thus to bravely face martyrdom.

This New Life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust ; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions or power, who accept no homage, neither covet honor nor shun disgrace, and fear no one and nothing ; by those who rely wholly and solely on God, and who love God purely for the sake of loving ; who believe in the lovers of God and in the reality of Manifestation, and yet do not expect any spiritual or material reward ; who do not let go the hand of Truth, and who, without being upset by calamities, bravely and wholeheartedly face all hardships with one hundred percent cheerfulness, and give no importance to caste, creed and religious ceremonies.

Variety said he hit " all the right notes in a star-powered performance that will amuse, if not amaze, anyone who only knows the actor as Tony Blair or David Frost " while Richard Corliss of Time noted that he " tries bravely to keep a straight face "

Simon manages to free Thorn, and bravely defends against the dragon, striking it in the face, but is burned by the dragon's blood.

To rescue his new bride-to-be, Lolo must go through the labyrinth and bravely face off against the forces of evil.

It was thickly settled by fifteen thousand citizens and laid out into pig-infested streets, mostly around the Battery, going bravely north to Wall Street, but giving up and becoming fields and farms in the region of Harlem Heights.

In the second scene of the play, King Duncan describes the brave manner in which Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and Banquo bravely led his army against invaders, fighting side by side.

He reportedly " nimbly and bravely scaled a rock by making use of some tree roots which God had provided for his safety ", and managed to survive the attack.

Nevertheless, the " bellies of leather " ( the nickname given to the legionnaires by the Russians because of their bandolier on their stomachs ), behaved bravely.

On February 22, 1847, Davis fought bravely at the Battle of Buena Vista and was shot in the foot, being carried to safety by Robert H. Chilton.

Accounts note that Richard fought bravely and ably during this manoeuvre, unhorsing Sir John Cheney, a well-known jousting champion, killing Henry's standard bearer Sir William Brandon and coming within a sword's length of Henry himself before being finally surrounded by Sir William Stanley's men and killed.

He fought bravely in the Patriotic War of 1812 but scandalized his family again by marrying a Gypsy singer in 1821.

* December 14 – Sultan Murad, 4th son of Emperor Akbar of the Mughal Empire invades Ahmednagar Sultanate which is bravely defended by Chand Bibi.

The lover ( idolizer ) accepts the independence of his mistress and tries to make himself worthy of her by acting bravely and honorably ( nobly ) and by doing whatever deeds she might desire, subjecting himself to a series of tests ( ordeals ) to prove to her his ardor and commitment.

While in battle with Aeneas, he is critically injured by a spear blow, but his son Lausus bravely blocks Aeneas's final blow.

However, in a test of his true character, he bravely saves Will's kids from being swallowed by the house but is swallowed himself.

Freitag's men withstood the assault bravely despite being vastly outnumbered and the fighting became very protracted, those facing Houchard and Jourdan behind the Yser held out at Bambecque all day, helped by a violent rainstorm.

Queen Victoria decreed over a hundred years ago that soldiers from Ireland should wear a sprig of shamrock in recognition of fellow Irish soldiers who had fought bravely in the Boer War, a tradition continued by British army soldiers from both the north and the south of Ireland following partition in 1921.

There he was attacked by the enemy and fought back bravely, but Ehrensvard was wounded and had to resign his command.

* Picton Street, Montpelier, Bristol was built and named in honour of Sir Thomas Picton who, as mere Captain Picton, in 1783 endeared himself to Bristolians by bravely facing the rebellious 75th Battalion on College Green, Bristol and averting a military mutiny.

He first distinguishes himself by bravely entering the Water Curtain Cave on the mountain ; for this feat, his monkey tribe gives him the title of " Handsome Monkey King ".

Betty bravely proclaims herself as an unmarried mother to protect her sickly roommate Molly ( Priscilla Bonner ) from having her baby taken away by a couple of meddling welfare workers.

The Flores Historiarum, attributed incorrectly to Matthew of Westminster, states that the Britons were still in possession of Exeter in 632, when it was bravely defended against Penda of Mercia until relieved by Cadwallon, who engaged and defeated the Mercians with " great slaughter to their troops ".

He was active in organizing relief for the wounded at the commencement of the war, remained bravely at his post during the siege, and refused to seek safety by flight during the brief triumph of the Paris Commune.

The Thracians and the other auxiliaries who were left in the camp, in total seven cohorts, defended bravely, but they were not able to fend off the enemy assault.

On another level, it is also about trying to live bravely and honestly in a fallen world.

When their love was discovered by the King, Thomas was arrested and tortured but, according to the writings, he bravely stated: “ Gentlemen, do not seek to know more than that the King deprived me of the thing I loved best in the world, and, though you may hang me for it, I can assure you that she loves me as well as I love her, although up to this hour no wrong has ever passed between us.

Peter Colt ( Paul Bettany ), an English professional Tennis Player in his thirties whose ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, considers he never really had to fight for anything as his wealthy but not close family easily put him through studies and allowed him to pursue his Tennis ambitions, he bravely exchanges jokes with his German sparring partner Dieter Prohl ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ), who is in a similar position.

Shortly before she died she is reported as saying: " I came into the world bravely ; I'll go out bravely.

Here he bravely defended himself against the attacks of the Pompeian commander, Marcus Octavius, but in a few months died of illness ( 48 or the beginning of 47 ).

The combined companies fought bravely for a few minutes, as more Confederates came up to press them.

Although the Chian contingent and a few other ships remained and fought bravely against the Persians, the battle was lost.

A few sturdy warriors led by Brand and Dáin fought bravely before the Gate of Erebor, which was not taken.

They became one of the few Welsh clubs to progress past the first round in Europe, beating Swedish outfit Gefle IF, going out bravely in the next round to Danish giants, Odense BK 6 – 1 on aggregate.

EarthForce ships and soldiers fought bravely, but after two years of bloody fighting the Minbari had conquered or destroyed all of the strategically important human colonies, bypassing the remainder and headed straight for Earth.

During his reign of nearly seven years, the Empire was threatened by various dangers which he bravely met and overcame.

Prince Dmitri Vladimirovich Golitsyn ( 1771 – 1844 ) fought bravely during the Napoleonic wars, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and governed Moscow for 25 years.

It is also believed that once 4 Rajapalayams saved the life of their master fighting against a Tiger and killing it bravely many years before near forest in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu.