Because of this diversionary attack the main group that had been pinned down on the hill was able to surge forward again.

There are many variations of this theory, but perhaps the most prevalent is that the cavalry was re-embarked on the ships, and was to be sent by sea to attack ( undefended ) Athens in the rear, whilst the rest of the Persians pinned down the Athenian army at Marathon.

At 03: 00 on 1 July, 90th Light Infantry Division advanced east but strayed too far north and ran into the 1st South African Division's defences and became pinned down.

The domains do not go back to their original minimum energy configuration when the field is removed because the domain walls tend to become ' pinned ' or ' snagged ' on defects in the crystal lattice, preserving their parallel orientation.

Traditionally, Honduran economic hopes have been pinned on land and agricultural commodities.

Various members of ( Herman's Hermits and The Who ) launched themselves on Keith, pinned him to the floor and successfully pulled his trousers down ... As the teenage girls began gasping and giggling and the cops started grunting their disapproval, Keith, naked from the waist down, made a good-natured dash for it out of the room ... and smashed one of his front teeth out ".

In the early years of the Cold War — when he had been, as described by his later, more conservative self, a " flaming liberal "— Anderson pinned his hopes on the United Nations developing into a true world government.

This document was used in the defence of indulgences after Martin Luther pinned his 95 Theses to a church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517.

He gave an empty briefcase to The Dude ( who would be the fall guy on whom he pinned the theft ), and was content to let the kidnappers kill Bunny.

* The paging supervisor code and drivers for secondary storage devices on which pages reside must be permanently pinned, as otherwise paging wouldn't even work because the necessary code wouldn't be available.

Choiseul had pinned much of his hopes on a French invasion of Britain, which he hoped would knock Britain out of the war and make it surrender the colonies it had taken from France.

" His first doctoral student, Murray Vernon King, pinned the label on him, and it was quickly adopted by other students, who wanted to use an appellation that showed informal respect.

With Abercrombie pinned down at Albany, Montcalm slipped away and led the successful attack on Oswego in August.

The 101st and 10th Mountain troops came under fire almost immediately after landing on their way to their objectives, and remained pinned down by heavy mortar fire and locked in a fierce firefight throughout the day.

" No specific crime was ever pinned on Bestzuhev.

Jiang Qing and her allies pinned Deng Xiaoping as the incident's ' mastermind ', and issued reports on official media to that effect.

A pinned piece can usually no longer be counted on as a defender of another friendly piece ( that is out of the pinning line of attack ) or as an attacker of an opposing piece ( out of the pinning line ).

However, White's rook on the d1 square is pinned against its king in the corner at h1 by Black's rook on c1, making the checkmate unplayable.

If hair is pinned too tightly, or the whole updo slips causing pulling on the hair in the follicle at the hair root are other scenarios that can cause aggravation to the hair follicle and result in headaches.

When his unit was pinned down by grazing fire from the enemy's strong mountain defense and command of the squad devolved on him with the wounding of its regular leader, he made frontal, one-man attacks through direct fire and knocked out two machine guns with grenades.

The Civil War started on 28 June 1922, and the IRA was decisively defeated in the field over the following two months, being largely pinned back to Munster.

Godse was attacked and pinned to the ground by the crowd around him and was subsequently arrested when a small group of police officers arrived on the scene a few minutes later.

By the time General Harmon arrived, French snipers had pinned the assault troops ( most of whom were in combat for the first time ) on Safi's beaches.

The first such plan, for a defence along the Lys Canal, could not be carried out because of German advances on 26 May, with 2nd Division and 50th Division pinned down, and 1st, 5th and 48th Divisions under heavy attack.

In the 18th century, a cockade was pinned on the side of a man's tricorne or cocked hat, or on his lapel.

The Athenian strategy was therefore to keep the Persian army pinned down at Marathon, blocking both exits from the plain, and thus preventing themselves from being outmaneuvered.

The Volkssturm " uniform " was only a black armband with words Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht with a series of silver collar pips pinned to the wearer's collar.

In his final years, he was frail and required a microphone pinned to his collar so that his faint voice could be heard.

# The " horns ," while the enemy Impi was pinned by the " chest ," would flank the Impi from both sides and encircle it ; in conjunction with the " chest " they would then destroy the trapped force.

In the Commedia dell ' arte it was an outline of entrances, exits, and action describing the plot of a play that was literally pinned to the back of the scenery.

It is also known as canovaccio or " that which is pinned to the canvas " of which the scenery was constructed.

The U. S. 109th Infantry Regiment was impeded after by an unexpected minefield, pinned down by mortar and artillery fire and harassed by local counterattacks.

Legions were brought home from abroad and Spartacus was pinned between armies.

The Hope Diamond was placed into the pouch, which was pinned inside Switzer's pants pocket for the flight.

Sometimes a veil of this type was draped over and pinned to the bonnet or hat of a woman in mourning, especially at the funeral and during the subsequent period of " high mourning ".

The blow was so forceful that the peg pinned his head to the ground.

She was pinned by a car and the Sheriff tells Graham that when the car is moved his wife will die.

While Red House pinned their hopes on the CD's success, the band was not in a position to tour the States extensively since the time between 1991 and 1993 found many long-time members leaving the band.

He pinned his hopes of election success on a six-week campaign exposing New Labour's policies to scrutiny, as well as pointing towards a booming economy and falling unemployment.

Much of black America pinned its hopes on the outcome of the fight, seeing Louis ' success as a vehicle for advancing the cause of African Americans everywhere.

His mother now pinned all her hopes for success on her only son.