Saxon raids on the southern and eastern shores of England had been sufficiently alarming by the late 3rd century for the Romans to build the Saxon Shore forts, and subsequently to establish the role of the Count of the Saxon Shore to command the defence against these incursions.

Fierce hand-to-hand fighting gradually forced the French towards the village centre, in and around the walled churchyard which had been prepared for defence.

It is suggested that had Elihu appeared in the original source, his spirited and virtuous defence of the divine right to punish would have been rewarded by God in the conclusion, or at the very least mentioned.

In his defence, he pleaded that the wind had been against him and that Brueys had not issued orders for him to counterattack the British fleet.

The Star had always avoided using recognized Canadian spelling, citing the Gage Canadian Dictionary in their defence.

Whiggery had become a dominant ideology following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and was associated with the defence of Parliament, upholding the rule of law and defending landed property.

Central to classical liberal ideology was their interpretation of John Locke's Second treatise of government and " A letter concerning toleration ", which had been written as a defence of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

At various periods, and particularly during the Middle Ages, the citadel-having its own fortifications, independent of the city walls-was the last defence of a besieged army, often held after the town had been conquered.

While the passes were at best a dubious defence of his capture, British admiralty and vice-admiralty courts ( especially in North America ) heretofore had often winked at privateers ' excesses into piracy, and Kidd may have been hoping that the passes would provide the legal fig leaf that would allow him to keep the Quedagh Merchant and her cargo.

Kidd had two lawyers to assist in his defence.

Although Zurvanism had died out by the 10th century the critical question of the " twin brothers " mentioned in Yasna 30. 3 remained, and Haug's explanation provided a convenient defence against Christian missionaries who disparaged the Parsis ( Indian Zoroastrians ) for their ' dualism '.

In another shrewd move, Bacon wrote his Apologie in defence of his proceedings in the case of Essex, as Essex had favoured James to succeed to the throne.

The militia had grown out of a 1961 Democratic Party of Guinea ( PDG ) decision to create workplace ‘ committees for the defence of the revolution .’ These committees were encouraged by party officials to report dishonest practices such as theft and embezzlement of funds which might ‘ endanger the achievements of the revolution .’ The PDG youth arm, the Youth of the African Democratic Revolution ( JRDA ) was especially exhorted to report irregularities and crime to party or police authorities.

MISSANG had a strength of 249 Angolan men ( both soldiers and police officers ), following an agreement signed between the defence ministers of both countries, as a complement to a Governmental accord ratified by both parliaments.

In the English civil war, he made a notable defence of the house at Caldecote, Warwickshire, which he had acquired through marriage.

In 1833, an anonymous English-language writer wrote a poetic defence of Captain Nicholas Nicholls, who had been sentenced to death in London for sodomy:

As such it has never had any military force of its own, and defence have always been the responsibilities of the sovereign power.

The Samanids fled, betrayed at the hands of Faik to whom the defence of Herāt had been entrusted by Nuh III.

On becoming Prime Minister Major had promised to keep Britain " at the very heart of Europe ", and claimed to have won " game, set and match for Britain " – by negotiating the social chapter and single currency opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty, and by ensuring that there was no overt mention of a " Federal " Europe and that foreign and defence policy were kept as matters of inter-governmental cooperation, in separate " pillars " from the supranational European Union.

In the spring and summer of 1939, Ribbentrop used Bonnet's alleged statement to convince Hitler that France would not go to war in the defence of Poland, despite the frequent denials by Bonnet that he ever made such a statement ( which would not have been legally binding even had Bonnet had made the alleged statement ; only a formal renunciation of the Franco-Polish treaty by the French National Assembly would end the French commitment to Poland ).

A disadvantage was that it split apart the integrated military command structure which before had balanced the importance of the navy within overall defence considerations.

The Libyan Air Defence Force was part of the Air Force and had the second largest defence network in the region ( second to Egypt ).

Though his research interests were always in line with those of the German historicists, with a strong emphasis on interpreting economic history, Weber's defence of " methodological individualism " in the social sciences represented an important break with that school and an embracing of many of the arguments that had been made against the historicists by Carl Menger, the founder of the Austrian School of economics, in the context of the academic Methodenstreit (" debate over methods ") of the late 19th century.

It looked like a 3 – 2 win for England with Hurst as the hero with the winning goal but in the last seconds, as the Germans were pushing everyone forward to seek the equalizer, Moore cleared his lines with a long ball over the German defence.

In September 1939, Menzies found himself a wartime leader of a small nation of 7 million people that depended on Britain for defence against the looming threat of the Japanese Empire, with 100 million people, a very powerful military, and an aggressive foreign policy that looked south.

In the late 1960s, the British, German and Italian main defence companies looked at developed a strike aircraft together.

The scoring play was a 12-yard toss to Clermont on a play fake that drew away the Toronto defence, which looked bewildered on the whole series.

Venison remained a crucial part of the Newcastle defence as they returned to the top flight in 1993 – 94, and helped them hit the ground running as they secured a third place finish ( though they never really looked like catching up with the leading pair that consisted of champions Manchester United and runners-up Blackburn Rovers.

After 3 minutes of the extra period Hunt opened the scoring for Liverpool but the lead lasted just 2 minutes as Lawrence's goal was breached as Billy Bremner scored the equaliser, the score remained 1-1 and the game looked to be heading for a replay until the 113th minute when Ian St John headed home past a tiring Leeds defence.

Bieber's defence was that it was his friend who looked like him, also from Florida, that committed the offences and had asked him to look after the murder weapon.

The tourists looked set for victory and retention of The Ashes at the start of the final day, but time-wasting and defiant defence from the English batsmen left Australia a target of 177 in the last two hours.

Powell joined League Two side Bournemouth on a trial basis in July 2008. whilst the club looked to see if he could bring much needed experience to their defence.

After achieving independence from France in 1960, Cote d ' Ivoire maintained strong links with France through bilateral defence agreements.

Majid stressed that Pakistan has formed strong defence infrastructure both in defence production and in shape of military academies to provide help and cooperation to the Military of Cuba.

One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

The Army is 15, 000 strong, according to the IISS, with six military regions, two camel corps battalions, one battalion of T-54 / 55 battle tanks, one armoured reconnaissance squadron, eight garrison infantry battalions, seven motorised infantry battalions, one commando / para battalion, 3 artillery battalions, 4 air defence batteries, one engineer company, and one guard battalion.

In 2004 polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes published a biography which was a strong defence of Scott and an equally forthright rebuttal of Huntford ; the book is dedicated " To the Families of the Defamed Dead ".

This advantage in manpower was vital in seizing larger vessels, which themselves often lacked enough crewmembers to put up a strong defence.

The Ardennes Offensive came to a complete halt in early January when German forces in the northern shoulder of the bulge were blocked by a strong American defence, American engineers destroyed bridges and by a German lack of fuel.

This advantage in manpower was vital in seizing larger vessels, which themselves often lacked enough crewmembers to put up a strong defence.

Norway supports international cooperation and the peaceful settlement of disputes, recognizing the need for maintaining a strong national defence through collective security.

Balfour-Melville in 1936 and continued the theme of James as the strong upholder of law and order and when describing Albany's trial and execution he writes ' the King had proved that high rank was no defence for lawlessness ; the crown was enriched by the revenues of Fife, Menteith and Lennox '.

However, his support of public housing for veterans was part of his support of a strong defence, which he considered a legitimate use of public money.

He took much interest in public affairs and supported the National Liberal Party – being gradually more of a conservative – both as an MP for some periods between 1854 and 1871 and as a strong supporter of the case of defence.

Adams's strong discipline of the defence was considered a factor in Arsenal winning the League Cup in 1986 – 87 and then the First Division championship twice ; the first in 1988 – 89 after a win over Liverpool in the final game of the season ; the second in 1990 – 91, losing once all season.

George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, once said, “ The best defence against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists .” This quote portrays the mentality that militaries have all around the world.

However, the strong defences built up during WW1 had fallen into disrepair: defence against air attack was inadequate ; the blockships sunk to stop U-boats from penetrating had largely collapsed ; and, while there were anti-submarine nets in place over the three main entrances, they comprised only single-stranded looped wire.

Dublin Castle was first founded as a major defensive work by Meiler Fitzhenry on the orders of King John of England in 1204, some time after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

France was led by a rejuvenated Zinédine Zidane and by a strong defence which kept the Brazilian strikers under check for the duration of the game.

Domestically, Udinese started strong but with their quality shown in defence, conceding the least of all teams after 15 games, only seven.

The position which Saxe had chosen to make his defence was naturally strong: the right of his army rested on Antoing, the centre on Fontenoy, and the left was covered by the Wood of Barry.

During and following World War II, the United States and Britain developed an increasingly strong, if one-sided, defence and intelligence relationship.

As early as 1834 he published a strictly theological work, Gegensatz des Katholicismus und Protestantismus nach den Prinzipien und Hauptdogmen der beiden Lehrbegriffe, a strong defence of Protestantism on the lines of Schleiermacher's Glaubenslehre, and a vigorous reply to J. Möhler's Symbolik ( 1833 ).

Another important example was the massive aerial attacks in 13 May 1940 against strong French defence positions at Sedan in the Battle of France, which allowed the German forces a fast and ( for the Allies ) unexpected breakthrough through the French lines, eventually leading to the German advance to the Channel and the cutting off of large parts of the Allied army.

During his time in the Senate he advocated a strong defence and foreign policy based on anti-Communism.