William ( with a fleet of 200 ships ) landed in Epirus with a strong force ( 80, 000 men including 5, 000 knights ), and marched as far as Thessalonica, which he took and pillaged ruthlessly ( 7, 000 Greeks died ).

They marched into England and got as far as Derby.

In 920, the West Frankish king Charles the Simple invaded Germany and marched as far as Pfeddersheim near Worms, but retired on hearing that Henry was arming against him.

In 837, they went up the Rhine as far as Nijmegen, and their king, Rorik, demanded the wergild of some of his followers killed on previous expeditions before Louis the Pious mustered a massive force and marched against them.

Thorfinn, the saga says, then marched south through Scotland as far as Fife, burning and plundering as he passed.

In several successful raids led by Marshal Munich, the Russians broke the resistance of the Crimean Khanate, crossed the Dniester into Moldavia and in 1739 marched as far as the Moldavian capital of Iaşi ( Jassy ), which they captured.

However, Plutarch ( Pompey 36 ) asserts that Afranius marched against the Parthians, drove them out of Armenia, and pursued them as far as the district of Arbela ( modern Arbil, Iraq ) within the borders of the Parthian Empire.

Hugh III of Cyprus, nominal king of Jerusalem, landed in Acre to defend that city, while Baibars marched as far north as Armenia, which was at that time under Mongol control.

Men from the town participated in the French and Indian War of the 1760s — some marched as far as the siege of Montreal — but it was the Revolutionary War that garnered the town ’ s enthusiasm.

Instead of being marched to the same spot where the others had been executed, at the far end of the execution yard, he was tied to a chair and then shot.

The remnant of the force which had been engaged there, with many of its wounded still in the ranks, marched in about noon with so soldierly a bearing that, so far from their depressing the morale of the rest, their appearance actually raised it.

As the Crusader army marched to the far side of the river at Caesarea, Saladin was making his own dispositions.

He passed through the forest tracts of Madhya Pradesh, crossed the Orissa coast, marched through Ganjam, Vishakapatnam, Godavari, Krishna and Nellore districts and may have reached as far as Kancheepuram.

The Regimental Colour Party has marched in events as far afield as Prince Edward Island and the United States, and remains in great demand as a living example of the pageantry and gallantry of the Highland regimental tradition.

Taylor moved into Texas, ignoring Mexican demands to withdraw, and marched as far south as the Rio Grande, where he began to build a fort near the river's mouth on the Gulf of Mexico.

In much distress in the scorching midsummer sands, infantry in the 42nd Division marched very slowly and far in the rear.

Caesar says that the Segusiavi were the " first tribe outside the province " ( Gallia Transalpina ) on " the far side of the Rhône " and that he marched from the Allobroges to the Segusiavi ; that is, the former occupied the east bank of the Rhône and were in the Roman province.

Greece was invaded from the North and the Ottoman armies marched south as far as Lamia before King George I of Greece agreed to an armistice.

One unit even marched as far south as the city of Shanghai.

In November 843, Charles had marched as far as Rennes to compel Breton submission, but to no effect.

In September, Louis the German marched as far as Orléans, where a Breton delegation from Salomon met him and took oaths on Salomon's behalf.

He then marched south and re-established Siamese rule over the Malay Peninsula as far south as Penang and Terengganu.

Alexander never marched far west of his native Macedon and his advances eastward ended at the fringes of India.

Together, these skirmishes primed Pope's army along the river, while Jackson's wing marched via Thoroughfare Gap to capture Bristoe Station and destroy Federal supplies at Manassas Junction, far in the rear of Pope's army.

Charles marched on Brittany in 867, but Salomon sent his son-in-law Pascweten to negotiate a peace at Compiègne in August.

Alerted, Duke Hugh Capet marched to Compiègne with 600 men and dispersed the meeting.

The capital of the Ifat was Zeila, situated in northern present-day Somalia, from where the Ifat army marched to conquer the ancient Kingdom of Shoa in 1270.

[...] I must not however conceal from Your Excellency, that the Gentry, well disposed, and heartily desirous as they are, to serve the Crown, and to serve it with Zeal, when formed into regular Corps, do not relish commanding a bare Militia, they never were used to that Service under the French Government, ( and perhaps for good Reasons ) besides the sudden Dismission of the Canadian Regiment raised in 1764, without Gratuity or Recompence to Offices, who engaged in our Service almost immediately after the Cession of the Country, of taking any Notice of them since, tho ' they all expected half pay, is still uppermost in their Thoughts, and not likely to encourage their engaging a second Time in the same Way ; as to the Habitants or Peasantry, ever since the Civil Authority has been introduced into the Province, the Government of it has hung so loose, and retained so little Power, they have in a Manner emancipated themselves, and it will require Time, and discreet Management likewise, to recall them to their ancient Habits of Obedience and Discipline ; considering all the new Ideas they have been acquiring for these ten years past, can it be thought they will be pleased at being suddenly, and without Preparation embodied into a Militia, and marched from their Families, Lands, and Habitations to remote Provinces, and all the Horrors of War, which they have already experienced ; It would give appearance of Truth to the Language of our Sons of Sedition, at this very Moment busily employed instilling into their Minds, that the Act was passed merely to serve the present Purposes of Government, and in the full Intention of ruling over them with all the Despotism of their ancient Masters.

This was a momentous event, and was unforeseen by Marius, as no Roman army had ever marched upon Rome — it was forbidden by law and ancient tradition.

Across this plain ( also known as the Plain of Megiddo ), several armies from the ancient Egyptians, to the French under Napoleon had marched and fought towards Nazareth in the Galilean Hills.

When the invaders landed, they formed ranks and at low tide marched to the mainland, where they were promptly defeated at the ancient settlement of Knocknagin, north of Balbriggan.

The next exponents of combined operations in the ancient world of the Mediterranean Basin were the Carthaginians who introduced two entirely new dimensions to the use of naval forces by staging not only operations that combined naval and land troops, but also eventuated in combining strategic multi-national forces during the land phase of the operation when Hannibal in his most famous achievement at the outbreak of the Second Punic War marched an army that included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy.

But undaunted Prithviraj marched on to Bhatinda and met his enemy at a place called Tarain ( also called Taraori ) near the ancient town of Thanesar.

This campaign, which included the burning and destruction of part of the countryside that the royal forces marched through, is usually known as the " Harrying of the North "; it was over by April 1070, when William wore his crown ceremonially for Easter at Winchester.

* The Roman army marched east to repel a Parthian invasion of Mesopotamia, they loot the royal palace at Ctesiphon and capture an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves.

On 5 October 1789, an angry mob of Parisian working women was incited by revolutionaries and marched on the Palace of Versailles, where the royal family lived.

Summoning a group of tradesmen, the Provost marched at the head of an army of 3, 000, entered the royal palace and had the crowd murder two of the Dauphin's marshals before his eyes.

They marched north into the Midlands, and on 10 July, they defeated the royal army at the Battle of Northampton ( through treachery among the King's troops ), and captured Henry, who they brought back to London.

Then, after the Battle of Leipzig ( October 1813 ), King Frederick deserted the waning fortunes of the French emperor, and by a treaty made with Metternich at Fulda in November 1813 he secured the confirmation of his royal title and of his recent acquisitions of territory, while his troops marched with those of the allies into France.

When the Syrian king Hazael marched against Jerusalem, Joash bribed him with the gold of the royal and sacred treasuries to turn back ( ( AV 17-18 )); this proved fruitless () for the Syrian army persisted to destroy all the princes of Judah and the soldiers " executed judgment against Joash ," and they left him severely wounded.

Awarding royal robes and honours, Babur then marched back to Kabul.

Led by Lwanga, the royal pages declared their fidelity to their religion, upon which the king ordered them bound and condemned them to death, directing that they be marched to the traditional place of execution.

During the night, the royal army quietly marched away through the gap between Waller's and Manchester's troops.

They then marched south attacking castles, royal officials, priests, lepers but most of all Jews.

Between 1807 and 1808, thousands of French troops marched into Spain to support a Spanish invasion of Portugal orchestrated by Napoleon, who used the opportunity to initiate intrigues against the Spanish royal family.

Their leader, Melanos, took the royal hat and marched on the streets of Bucharest, wanting to set Bucharest on fire, which was prevented by the intervention of a Turkish unit from Cotroceni.

Cyrus marched against the country Ecbatana ; the royal residence he seized ; silver, gold, other valuables of the country Ecbatana he took as booty and brought to Anšan.