He remembered every detail of his pre-assault movements but nothing of the final, desperate rush to come to grips with the enemy.

Then was it a final desperate plea from her, to whom??

Though some explain Housman's unexpected failure in his final exams as a result of Jackson's rejection, most biographers adduce a variety of reasons, indifference to philosophy, overconfidence in his praeternatural gifts, a contempt for inexact learning, and enjoyment of idling away his time with Jackson, conjoined with news of his father's desperate illness as the more immediate and germane causes.

The media were desperate to speak one-on-one with Hurst and they found him the day after the final, back home in London.

The Battle of the Ebro in July – November 1938 was the final desperate attempt by the Republicans to turn the tide.

See the sacrifice of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadar who on the final desperate and heart-rending pleas of the Kashmiri Pandit, agreed to put up a fight for their right to practise their religion in which he was executed so another religion besides his own could have the freedom to practice there religion against the tyrant moghul empire who were forcing people to accept Islam.

When Toybox faces Andy alone, she unleashes all of her toys to protect herself, and then reveals the final thing left in Pandora's Box that can heal Andy Soames desperate mind: Hope.

The final stages of the war involved increasingly desperate attempts by the Idirans to stave off their defeat, the withdrawal of the Homomdan from the Idiran side ( after suing for a separate peace with the Culture ), and the confinement of the Idirans to limited, carefully watched zones.

During the final days of World War II in Europe, Captain America and Bucky were assigned to England to prevent desperate Nazi efforts at sabotaging Allied supply bases there.

Suddenly Chávez stepped around Taylor, positioning him so that Taylor was trapped in the corner, with no way to escape from Chávez ' desperate final flurry.

Constantine's response to this tightening circle of enemies was a final desperate gamble: he marched on Italy with the remaining troops left to him, encouraged by the entreaties of one Allobich who wanted to replace Honorius with a more capable ruler.

After one final, desperate visit to Sue in freezing weather, Jude becomes seriously ill and dies within the year.

A final desperate cavalry charge of around 500 horsemen was utterly destroyed.

Scott believes that Claverhouse's death in victory as he led the Jacobite charge down the hill at sunset was the final desperate act of a man who was aware that he had been betrayed by Melfort the King's adviser and was trying to overcompensate for their lack of support.

In a final desperate attempt to overcome his drug addiction, partially prompted by his inability to obtain drugs through his usual channels ( the authorities had imposed a strict monitoring of the medical institutions in order to prevent illicit drug distribution during the 1980 Olympics ), he switched back to alcohol and went on a prolonged drinking binge ( apparently consuming copious amounts of champagne due to a prevalent misconception at the time that it was better than vodka at countering the effects of drug withdrawal ).

On February 11, Stewart led the final stages of the Budweiser Shootout by passing Australian Marcos Ambrose on the final lap, but was passed in a desperate charge to the finish line by Kyle Busch who beat him to the line in what was said the closest finish in Budweiser Shootout history ( It would have been 2011 with Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin but Hamlin was black-flagged for being below the yellow line ).

These ill omens have led to a general consensus that an Apocalypse is nigh, in which a final desperate battle will be waged by all sides.

He broke away from Pirie with a final, desperate sprint, having briefly surrendered the lead and admitted later that had Pirie stayed with him on that sprint, he would probably have dropped out as he was then so tired.

In the final stages of the war, both sides resort to desperate tactics.

In the final stage of the war, the Masters, desperate to retrieve the protoculture matrix from the ruins of the SDF-1 at any cost, launch a diversionary assault.

Realizing his nation's poor strategic position, Admiral Thomas Theisman of Haven resolves to launch one final massive, desperate strike on the Manticore system itself, hoping to end the war before Apollo can be widely distributed in the field to all units by the Royal Manticoran Navy.

The girls grab Cannon and run as Vana makes a desperate suicidal final move.

Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack.

At the time of the attacks, present in the restaurant were 72 restaurant staff members ( including acting manager Christine Olender, whose desperate calls to Port Authority police represented the restaurant's final communications ), 16 Risk Waters employees, and 76 other guests / contractors.

The Aricaras made one last desperate charge.

Amok originated from the Malay word mengamuk, which roughly defined means “ to make a furious and desperate charge ”.

But the charge succeeded and with their cavalry in headlong flight, the remaining nine French infantry battalions fought with desperate valour, trying to form square.

To stop the siege and go on the attack, Grant, injured from a recent horse fall in New Orleans, personally rode out to Chattanooga and took charge of the Union Army's desperate situation.

A desperate Royalist cavalry charge down Sidbury Street and High Street, led by the Earl of Cleveland and Major Careless amongst others, allowed King Charles to escape the city by St. Martin's Gate.

Despite several ferocious assaults, the 15th was ultimately unable to dislodge the Union troops, and was ultimately forced to retreat after a desperate bayonet charge led by the 20th Maine's commander, Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain.

The political situation after Suez, which had contributed to Eden's resignation, was so desperate that on taking office on 10 January he told the Queen he could not guarantee his government would last " six weeks "-though ultimately he would be in charge of the government for more than six years.

Valerius won the first battle, fought at Mount Gaurus near Cumae, only after a last desperate charge by Romans in fading daylight finally routed the Samnites after a day of hard fighting.

It allows for capturing more consumer surplus as it allows price discrimination, a process whereby a seller can charge a higher price to one buyer who is more eager ( by being richer or more desperate ).

Recent research has found claims by Lt. Holman S. Melcher that he initiated the charge, although Col. Chamberlain has been credited by most historians for ordering the desperate attack.

Montgomerie launched a desperate bayonet charge, while a section under Corporal Donald Davie broke-in on the right.

Upon hearing Sauron call him " Elessar ", he leads them in a desperate charge against the army of Mordor.

At the same time, Hunyadi started a desperate charge out of the fort to take the cannon positions in the Ottoman camp.

While making another desperate charge he was killed when within a few yards of his objective after throwing a grenade which destroyed the enemy position immediately after.

He tells Del that he is desperate to solve this final case and end on a high as he is retiring from the police force, despite being begged by the Commissioner to stay ( in reality he was being forced out as he had tried to pin a charge of being a voyeur on a registered blind person ).

As he gets more desperate, Alex enlists Karen's help again: she seduces Dimitri Vasilikov ( Sam Neill ), the KGB man in charge of the hunt for Alex, in order to obtain information.

He was also one of a small band which, by a desperate charge against overwhelming numbers, saved the Colours of the battalion from capture.

The remains of Francisco Peñúñuri and Luis Martínez de Castro, two army officers who led their men to perish in a desperate bayonet charge after running out of ammunition during the battle, were interred inside.

Saigo with the last remnants of the Satsuma army, leads a desperate suicide charge.

For they broke the desperate charge of Pickett, saved the day and with it, the whole North from invasion and devastation.

Not only was he unable to turn the tide of success but was himself unhorsed though finally brought off by a desperate charge of his followers.