He fought several battles of attrition against Lee through the Overland Campaign to seize Richmond, though in the face of fierce resistance he altered his plans and led the Siege of Petersburg which nearly finished off the rest of Lee's army.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

However, it is likely that fewer fought in the actual battle on the Italian side: Harold Marcus notes that " several thousand " soldiers were needed in support roles and to guard the lines of communication to the rear.

It was one of the several other commissions in the country that fought against counterrevolution, speculation, banditry, and other activities perceived as crimes.

Nevertheless, several important wars were fought in Gaul, against the Chatti, and across the Danube frontier against the Suebi, the Sarmatians, and the Dacians.

His father, Diego Laínez, was a courtier, bureaucrat, and cavalryman who had fought in several battles.

After liberation from the fascist occupation on 29 November 1944, several Albanian partisan divisions crossed the border into German-occupied Yugoslavia, where they fought alongside Tito's partisans and the Soviet Red Army in a joint campaign which succeeded in driving out the last pockets of German resistance.

From 1882 until his capture, Samori Ture, ruler of the Wassoulou Empire, fought the French colonial army, defeating them on several occasions, including a notable victory at Woyowayanko ( 2 April 1882 ), in the face of French heavy artillery.

He fought several battles in which he used guerrilla tactics to overcome superior forces.

For several centuries, Brabant, Holland, Zeeland, Friesland, Gelre and the others fought intermittently amongst themselves, but at the same time trade continued and grew, land was reclaimed, and cities prospered.

Of the several border-settling conflicts that ensued, the Polish – Soviet War of 1919-1921 was the confrontation fought on a very large scale.

When Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca fought the Romans, he recruited several Gaulish mercenaries who fought on his side at Cannae.

On the Eastern Front the USSR was lacking pilots and several French pilots joined the Soviet Union and fought the Luftwaffe in the Normandie-Niemen squadron.

The term " Inquisition " can apply to any one of several institutions which fought against heretics ( or other offenders against canon law ) within the justice system of the Roman Catholic Church.

The two countries have fought several declared wars over the territory.

In modern times and in several genres, she is compared with the figure of the Virgin Mary, La Llorona ( folklore story of the woman weeping for lost children ) and with the Mexican soldaderas ( women who fought beside men during the Mexican Revolution ) for their brave actions.

Nobles avoided killing each other, rather preferring capturing them alive, for several reasons — for one thing, many were related to each other, had fought alongside one another, and they were all ( more or less ) members of the same elite culture ; for another, a noble's ransom could be very high, and indeed some made a living by capturing and ransoming nobles in battle.

It presents facts and seeks to help viewers better understand the several peoples who fought the War.

Post-independence, it has fought three wars against India, several border skirmishes with Afghanistan and against the Soviet Union which occupied Afghanistan in 1979, and an extended border skirmish with India in 1999 ( Kargil War ) and is currently conducting anti-terrorist operations along the border areas of Afghanistan.

For several years a brutal campaign was fought to quell the insurgent natives.

In Japan, during the Sengoku era from the fifteenth to 17th century, the great struggle for feudal supremacy was fought, in part, by coastal fleets of several hundred boats, including the atakebune.

These traits, along with his courage and leadership, would serve him well in the Dominion War, during which he fought in several battles, including the battle to retake Deep Space Nine, and the First and Second Battle of Chin ' toka.

The First Samoan Civil War was fought roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between rival Samoan factions though the rival powers intervened on several occasions with military forces.

However Jamal upon hearing of Yeshaq's plan to send several large armies to attack three different areas of Adal, including the capital returned to Adal where he fought the Solomonic forces at Harjai and according to al-Maqrizi this is where the Emperor Yeshaq died in battle.

Thus, no two nuclear powers have yet fought a conventional war directly, with the exception of brief skirmishes between for example, China and Russia in the 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict and between India and Pakistan in the 1999 Kargil War.

Ismail Khan's forces even fought skirmishes with the Afghan National Army, in which his son, Mirwais Sadiq was killed.

The Japanese also fought skirmishes with Soviet – Mongolian forces in Manchukuo in 1938 and 1939.

Following the Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820, and after several battles and skirmishes were fought in Pará and in Bahia, the heir apparent Pedro, son of King John VI of Portugal, proclaimed the country's independence in 1822 and became Brazil's first emperor ( He later also reigned as Pedro IV of Portugal ).

A significant portion of the regiment had previously served four-and-a-half years at Ft. Riley, Kansas, during which time it fought one major engagement and numerous skirmishes, experiencing casualties of 36 killed and 27 wounded.

Nevertheless, after a few skirmishes, the battle of Agrigentum is fought and won by Rome, and the city falls.

There were some minor skirmishes in the city, but no major battle was fought.

Some skirmishes were fought here.

Numerous skirmishes were fought between the North and the South.

In the years prior to its establishment as an independent county, many skirmishes were fought between native Indians and hunters and trappers in the area.

Two skirmishes were fought in Clarke County in 1864, during the American Civil War, one near Barber's Creek and the other near Mitchell's Road.

Two skirmishes were fought by Loyalist and Continental forces over Wright's Fort, and both times American troops failed to rout the Loyalists from the area.

Though most battles were fought in the South, skirmishes between Kansas and Missouri continued until culmination with the Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863.

Mooresville was occupied by the Union Army several times during the Civil War, and a number of skirmishes were fought in the vicinity.

During the Civil War, several small skirmishes were fought around Monticello.

Ozark became the scene of fighting later that year and again in 1864, where many skirmishes were fought in the vicinity.

Three Civil War skirmishes were fought near West Liberty, and much of the town was burned during the war, including the courthouse.

Early on Tyngsborough residents fought a series of small and bloody skirmishes with local Native American tribes.

Along with as many as 100 other southern men, they fought several skirmishes with Confederate units sent to crush the rebellion.

Several engagements were fought in and around Neosho, Newtonia, and Granby, at some places more than once ; frequent skirmishes took place between small units and raids by predatory parties who belonged to no one's army were a frequent occurrence.

The Battle of Monmouth as well as a number of skirmishes were fought in and around Marlboro Township during the American Revolutionary War.

A handful of Revolutionary War skirmishes were fought in what is now Cayce.

Between 9 and 12 August, the French from Eugène's " Army of Italy " clashed with Archduke John's forces in a series of skirmishes and pushed them back into Hungary, while Masséna caught up with and fought the Austrian rearguard in a several actions, most notable of which was the one at Hollabrunn.

Blind Harry mentions a number of battles or skirmishes fought by Wallace which are now regarded by historians as unhistorical.