With the hope of capturing Caesarea Mazaca, the capital of Cappadocia, he placed himself at the head of the Turkish cavalry, crossed the Euphrates and entered and invaded the city.

In the month of March in 1147 the fledgling King, Dom Afonso Henriques, defeated the Moors by capturing the city of Santarém.

Ottoman Turks converted nearly all churches, monasteries, and chapels in Constantinople, including the famous Hagia Sophia, immediately after capturing the city in 1453 into mosques.

Once the city of Bursa was captured, Orhan sent cavalry troops towards Bosphorus, capturing Byzantine coastal towns of Marmara.

Odoacer advanced to Ravenna, capturing the city and the young emperor.

The self-funded Cry Freetown depicts the most brutal period of the civil war in Sierra Leone with RUF rebels capturing the capital city ( January 1999 ).

He resolved to cut the city off by capturing its port.

* 1462: Sonni Ali Ber, the ruler of the Songhai ( or Songhay ) Empire, along the Niger River, conquers Mali in the central Sudan by defeating the Tuareg contingent at Tombouctou ( or Timbuktu ) and capturing the city.

Lo, capturing the city.

He attacks the Aksumite garrison at Zafar, capturing the city and burning the churches.

* 1266 – Baibars expands his domain, capturing the city of Byblos ( in present-day Lebanon ) and the important castle of Toron from crusader states, and defeating the Armenians at Cilicia.

The city is heavily damaged, but the defenders ' use of artillery prevents the Turks from capturing the city.

* The Mamluk sultan Baibars expands his domain, capturing the city of Byblos ( in present-day Lebanon ) and the important castle of Toron from the crusader states, and defeating the Armenians at Cilicia.

A small proportion of people in Alghero speak a Catalan dialect, introduced when Catalan invaders repopulated the town after capturing the city from the Genoese in 1353 and subsequently expelling the indigenous population.

Had Fauconberg succeeded in capturing the city, he might also have captured Edward's Queen Elizabeth and their children and released King Henry from the Tower.

The flood prevented the Japanese army from taking the city of Zhengzhou, but did not stop them from reaching their goal of capturing Wuhan, the temporary capital of China at the time.

In September 1995, militia forces loyal to Aidid attacked the city of Baidoa, killing 10 Somalis and capturing at least 20 foreign aid workers.

Nebuchadnezzar soon dealt with these rebellions, capturing Jerusalem in 597 BCE and deposing King Jehoiakim, then in 587 BCE due to rebellion, destroying both the city and the temple, and deporting many of the prominent citizens along with a sizable portion of the Jewish population of Judea to Babylon.

Ugandas relations with Israel remain uneasily strained due to the 1976 capturing of a French airliner hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in an airport in the now-famous city.

It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, in Canada, after successfully capturing two forts and the city of Montreal.

He also captures the Syracusan city of Camarina, but is prevented from capturing Syracuse itself when Corinth and Corcyra interferes in the war.

However, fierce Soviet resistance and harsh local weather conditions prevented the Germans from capturing the city and cutting off the vital Karelian railway line and the ice-free harbor.

Rahab, (; ; ) was, according to the Book of Joshua, a woman who lived in Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in capturing the city.

Military gains made by the monarchist Ethiopian Democratic Union in Begemder were rolled back when that party split just as it was on the verge of capturing the old capital of Gondar.

Since a piece is always owned according to the territory it is in, a player whose piece is captured immediately gains control of the capturing piece.

German forces made significant gains, capturing Armentieres.

By capturing Mouquet Farm, the British hoped that it would destabilise the German position and enable subsequent gains.

In the present day, Hobbes gains notoriety for capturing serial killer Edgar Reese ( Elias Koteas ).

The player gains charisma by performing heroic deeds in the resistance movement against the invading forces, like capturing a base or destroying vital supplies.

Black Geri ( without the glasses ) soon gains the upper hand over White Geri ( with them ), capturing every piece except his king and putting him in check.

An army capturing an 8th face also gains double maneuvers and double saves.

Initially, the German offensive saw spectacular gains with a rapid advance into the Caucasus capturing vast areas of land and several oil fields.

The crossing is done in one night, allowing the troops to attack Trenton at eight o ' clock on December 26, 1776, and gains a stunning victory, capturing almost all the Hessians to their own advantage.

* Mark II: Called the " Valor ", the player gains this fighter after several missions result in capturing more powerful weapons.

However, with the advent of widespread high-speed Internet access, desktop video editing, DVD and Blu-ray Disc ripping, and TV capturing, the original process has largely been abandoned in favor of digital fansubbing ( digisubbing ) and electronic distribution of the resulting digisubs.

He was finally able to gain access to the Adriatic by capturing Lissus and its seemingly impregnable citadel, after which the surrounding territories surrendered.

Early in war, the Confederacy regarded the territory as a valuable route for possible access to the Pacific Ocean, with the specific intention of capturing California.

Azov campaigns of 1695 – 96 ( Азо ́ вские похо ́ ды in Russian ), two Russian military campaigns during the Russo-Turkish War of 1686 – 1700, led by Peter the Great and aimed at capturing the Turkish fortress of Azov ( garrison-7, 000 men ), which had been blocking Russia's access to the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.

Like many games of the Westwood franchise, a player can gain access to other Houses ' special units by capturing an enemy building that can manufacture the desired units.

* 4 ° BPChq Operações Especiais – Commands and Especial Operations, Rural patrolling, rescue in forests, capturing of criminals in places of difficult access, operations in mountain and caves, support to excursions, escorting of valuable armaments.

Georgia first went to Earth to finish Mary Marvel, after Sivana said he was going after Captain Marvel, and Jr going after Jr. Sivana Jr., and Georgia constituted the super-villain group Sivana Family, the evil counterpart to the Marvel Family ( first group appearance: The Marvel Family # 10 ( April 1947 ), where they time travel to Ancient, Modern, and Future Atlantis after gaining access to the Rock of Eternity using faster-than-light spaceships, and attempt to steal materials to make a machine which can prevent the Marvels calling their lightning down by creating a barrier around Earth which deflects the lightning, and succeed in capturing, binding and gagging all the Marvels though releasing them to mock them, although the Marvels stop this when they break into the lab and turn off the machine, then capture the unsuspecting Sivanas ).

The Information Menu gives access to: a History Graph which shows how the player's empire compares with rival empires ; the racial characteristics of all empires with which the player is in contact ; the technologies the player has researched ; and descriptions of all technologies – including the exotic ones the player cannot research – but may gain by beating Orion's Guardian or by capturing an Antaran ship and scrapping it afterwards.

His instincts later proved to be right ; a month later, Indian raiders tried to deny the frontier settlers access to salt by capturing Big Bone Lick, but they were repelled by the militia stationed at the outpost there.

A player can gain access to other Houses ' special units by capturing an enemy Factory and manufacturing the desired units at the captured Factory ( House Atreides ' Heavy Vehicle Factory for Sonic Tank, House Ordos ' Light Vehicle Factory for Raider trikes, House Ordos ' Heavy Vehicle Factory for Deviator tanks, or House Harkonnen's Heavy Vehicle Factory for Devastator tanks ).

Shortly after his metamorphosis, he gained access to the Aquabase by capturing four of the Rangers, enabling him to assume their forms.