They were in turn defeated and slain by Harold's army five days later at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harold having led his army north on a forced march from London in four days and caught them by surprise.

McLaglen's career took a surprise turn in the 1920s, when he moved to Hollywood.

A new turn in the narrative — extension of Frodo's journey southwards — led to elaboration of Ithilien, which was " proving a lovely land " to Tolkien's surprise.

This turn of events was a major surprise, as not only did the media hype Stefan as a franchise player, but hockey experts also considered Thrashers general manager Don Waddell to be a man with excellent scouting ability.

To Cornelia's surprise, the pearls do not turn up, even when she suggests they check Godfrey's bed.

While addressing both Houses the King first emphatically denied the existence of the Treaty of Dover and then produced the peace proposal to the great satisfaction of the members — who in turn had to pretend surprise although Parliament had been informed beforehand by the Dutch of the full content.

She remarks sarcastically to Jerry ( after he expresses surprise that she would date Puddy, who is a mechanic ) that it's " such a huge turn off " for her when Puddy comes home " dripping with animal sexuality like Stanley Kowalski ".

Upon its discovery in the 19th century, Warren's shaft, part of a system which connects the spring to the city, has been cited as evidence for the plausibility of such a line of attack ; however, the discovery, at the turn of the 21st century, of a set of heavy fortifications, including towers, around the base of the Warren's shaft system and the spring, has made archaeologists now regard this line of attack as implausible, as it would be an attack against one of the most heavily fortified parts, and hardly a surprise.

Kenai goes to Koda's aid out of love, prompting Sitka to appear and turn him back into a human, much to Denahi and Koda's surprise.

In a surprise turn in 2004, Dave Mustaine requested Poland to record guitar solos for the Megadeth record The System Has Failed, the first Megadeth album not to feature original bass player and founding member David Ellefson.

In a surprise move, Napoleon took the first turn instead of allowing the Turk to make the first move, as was usual ; but Mälzel allowed the game to continue.

In a surprise campaign, Jaromír in turn managed to depose Oldřich ( 1033 ), but his second reign was short-lived.

Chester's fortunes began to take a turn for the better after the surprise appointment of South African Peter Hauser as manager in 1963 who put Chester in contention for promotion from Division Four.

Yugi shows surprise when Paradox summons " Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon " and " Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon " in the same turn.

Sverre then decided to turn west, attempting to take Bergen by surprise.

Nelligan, Nicholson's wife, has a surprise development ( no, she doesn't turn into a werewolf ) that's nothing more than plot-convenient.

Taken by surprise at this strange turn of events and, some chroniclers say, paralyzed by some inexplicable fear, the Ottomans took flight.

") The commandant is a skilful billiards player, once clearing an entire pool table in a single turn, much to the surprise of local bar players.

But on a surprise turn, an album was released on 13 July ( shortly after the release of single " Kalokairi ").

" In April 2011, he appeared in Portal 2 as the voice of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson, a performance that was lauded as the " surprise star turn " of the game.

He attacked Count Raymond's encampment across the river, and though caught by surprise Count Raymond was able to recover and turn Yaghi-Siyan's men back.

Max and Paddy turn up unannounced at his birthday party and surprise ' The Wolfster ', as well as several other old faces from home present for the party.

His courageousness could easily turn to waspish indignation ; it is thus no surprise that a common catchphrase of his was, " Now listen to me!

" Homer then escorts him to see a steel mill to show Bart a manly environment, however, much to his surprise and dismay, the entire workforce is gay, and during their breaks they turn the mill into The Anvil, a gay disco.

To Nimoy's great surprise Spock became a sex symbol, and teenagers asked questions about current events such as the Vietnam War and LSD as if he were the Vulcan scientist.

German reaction by the General Staff to the first day's events was one of surprise ; they did not expect such a big attack by the British.

" The English had found the Antwerp money market short of funds since earlier in the year, and now made use of Cologne and Augsburg as well, but as events unfolded in the next year, and the personal position of some leading lenders became precarious, the English found to their surprise that repayments were no longer pressed for, probably as the lenders were happy to keep their money abroad on loan to a secure borrower.

Although the communists were severely depleted by the heavy fighting at Khe Sanh when their conventional assaults were battered by American firepower, as well as tens of thousands of deaths in the Tet Offensive, American political opinion and the panic engendered by the communist surprise sapped US support for the war, even though the events of early 1968 put the US and South Vietnam into a much stronger military position.

Essex is often looked upon as a surprise appointment to his key treasury role, but, based on his experience in Ireland and his ability to go ' toe to toe ' with Danby on financial matters, it was in fact a sensible choice for Charles, and gave him the best option for balancing his financial options as the events leading to the Popish plot and Exclusion began to unfold.

The Fore were told brief stories about emotional events ( happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust ).

These memories were rated as having the same level of consequentiality and surprise as memories for events of high national importance.

Smilingly observed Pilots Thaden and Noyes last week when they found they had won one of the two most important events of the Races: " Well, that's a surprise!

The result was that the announcement of his death was met with widespread shock and surprise, particularly given that Kon had shown no signs of illness at relatively recent public events, as the cancer progressed to a terminal state a matter of months after being diagnosed.

His surprise victory provided the impetus for a cult-like fanbase, composed of many people who had not been previously attracted to golf, and from that point onwards, Daly became one of the most popular players on Tour ; he proved able to swell the attendance at events he played.

Compositional timing is used to determine when to reveal events in the story for maximum effect ( e. g., surprise ), whereas internal timing is used to suggest short or long periods of time within a panel ( e. g., using a dripping faucet ).

By 1984, Quarrie was no longer among the world's best in the individual sprint events, and it was therefore no surprise he was eliminated in the heats of the 200 m event at the Los Angeles Olympics.

A number of events — particularly the surprise Tet Offensive, and later the 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers — helped to confirm public suspicion that there was a significant " gap " between the administration's declarations of controlled military and political resolution, and the reality.

In 1987 The Intifada caught the ( PLO ) by surprise, the leadership abroad could only indirectly influence the events., A new local leadership emerged ; the UNLU comprising many leading Palestinian factions.

He needed to prepare his domestic audience for France's departure from the war without in any way releasing France to do so ; in his subsequent speech of 18 June immediately after the French had sued for peace Churchill said: " The military events which have happened during the past fortnight have not come to me with any sense of surprise.

Firstly, that Gowrie and his brother, Alexander Ruthven, lured King James ( at that time king only of Scotland ) to Gowrie House for the purpose of either murdering or kidnapping him, that James paid a surprise visit to Gowrie House with the intention of murdering the two Ruthvens, or that the events were the outcome of an unpremeditated brawl between the king and the earl or his brother.

Like most of the senior military leadership, he was caught by surprise at the events, but he quickly moved to support the coup.

Morrison has expressed surprise at the various retcons and explanations for the events of the story that emerged after his departure from Marvel.

After his revival through Destiny during the events of Necrosha, Proteus is shown to be able, to his surprise, to possess multiple individuals simultaneously.