The Dauphin attacked Salisbury and pressed his advance in spite of heavy shot by the English archers and complications of running into the retreating vanguard of Clermont's force.

Orwell was a heavy smoker, rolling his own cigarettes from strong shag tobacco, in spite of his bronchial condition.

He held the trenches gained in spite of heavy machine gun fire.

When it appeared that, in spite of heavy pressure, non-communist parties might receive in excess of 40 percent of the vote in the August 1947 Hungarian elections, an all-out repression was instituted to suppress independent political forces.

In spite of inflicting heavy German casualties and destroying two tanks with sticky bombs ( explosives stuffed into socks and then coated with axle grease ), most of the Americans — including Jackson, Mellish, and Horvath — are killed.

Yet, the Welsh retained their language and culture in spite of heavy English dominance.

Citroëns still sold in large quantities in spite of not changing the body design, but the car's low price was the main selling point and Citroën experienced heavy losses.

When it appeared that, in spite of heavy pressure, non-communist parties might receive in excess of 40 % of the vote in the August 1947 Hungarian elections, repressions were instituted to liquidate any independent political forces.

Beethoven's heavy use of sforzando notes, together with just a few strategically located fortissimo passages, creates the sense of a very powerful sound in spite of the predominance of piano markings throughout.

Schwarzschild concluded the letter by writing: " As you see, the war treated me kindly enough, in spite of the heavy gunfire, to allow me to get away from it all and take this walk in the land of your ideas.

In spite of heavy initial bomber casualties of 1940, the British built up RAF Bomber Command which was capable of delivering many thousands of tons of bombs onto a single target.

In spite of heavy government monitoring, however, Chinese media has become increasingly commercialized, with growing competition, diversified content, and an increase in investigative reporting.

On 29 May 47, 000 British troops were rescued in spite of the first heavy aerial attack by the Luftwaffe in the evening.

Many Sub-Saharan African's economies failed to take off during the 1990s, in spite of efforts at policy reform, changes in the political and external environments, and continued heavy influx of foreign aid.

The proximity to Prague helped to keep the local economy stable in spite of the heavy industrial decline after the collapse of the communist regime.

a number, subscribed for in advance, and in spite of the heavy expense of preparing the plates, Gould succeeded in making his ventures pay and in realizing a fortune.

In spite of heavy taxation and frequent harshness, the French introduced representative assemblies and new laws that were the same for all parts of the country.

* Current event description, as the Publication Committee of the New York Charity Organization Society wrote in Charities and the commons: a weekly journal of philanthropy and social advance, Volume 19 ( 1908 ): In spite of a heavy " nor ' easter ," the worst that has visited the New England coast in years, the hall was crowded.

Traditionally, the Shield winners only rarely made it to the league championship, in spite of usually being the heavy favorites going into the playoffs.

Redcaps are very fast in spite of the heavy iron pikes they wield and the iron-shod boots they wear.

In spite of being a heavy smoker ( reputedly consuming at least one bag of pipe tobacco per day after the age of 14 ) and an avid coffee-drinker, he died at the age of 96.

Palmer showed unwavering and public devotion to Roman Catholicism, in spite of heavy legal and social penalties and also staunchly supported the Stuart monarchy.

In spite of the heavy presence of the Star Alliance airlines, a Delta Air Lines pilot passes Viktor in a scene during the last five minutes of the film.

In spite of heavy fighting, the Kongolese were unable to break the Portuguese formation and António was killed in the final attempt.

His style, it is true, is often heavy, yet in spite of the scholastic form in which his works are cast, passages of great beauty often occur.

In 1800, libraries were established in King's College, Nova Scotia, and at Niagara, where the first public library in Upper Canada operated for twenty years, in spite of losses during the War of 1812.

Probably not insignificant to begin with, their population increased in spite of the crypteia, other massacres of helots ( see below ), and losses in war.

An example in which one side used attrition warfare to neutralize the other side's advantage in maneuverability and unit tactics occurred during the latter part of the American Civil War, when Ulysses S. Grant pushed the Confederate Army continually, in spite of losses, confident that the Union's supplies and manpower would overwhelm the Confederacy even if the casualty ratio was unfavorable ; this indeed proved to be the case.

In spite of huge losses they kept advancing, creating the chance to open a gap between army forces.

In spite of these disadvantages, Argentine air units bore the brunt of the battle during the six-week war, and inflicted serious damage and losses to the naval forces of the United Kingdom.

He, along with Pastors Roy Hicks, Jr. in Eugene, Oregon, Jerry Cook in Gresham, Oregon, Ronald D. Mehl of the Beaverton Foursquare Church in Beaverton, Oregon, and John Holland in Vancouver, British Columbia, have been credited by the church with setting a plan for the denomination's growth in spite of its staggering financial losses under Paul Risser .< ref >

The year after, BP and Alfa Group merged all their oil and gas interests into a 50 / 50 joint venture, in spite of BP's legal and financial losses in the Yugraneft disputes since 1999.

In spite of terrible losses, Soviet resistance was fierce and self-sacrificing.

Compositions intended for instruction, correction and edification were very numerous in the south of France as well as elsewhere, and, in spite of the enormous losses sustained by Provençal literature, much of this kind still remains.

In spite of the 5 years of recurrent losses under his management ($ 84 million cumulative losses ) and in large part due to the wealth bought about by the sale of his father ’ s spice business sold for 240 millions Euros ($ 360 million ) in 1992, Michel Ducros buys out most of the other shareholders, private and institutional.

War represents a crisis in the development of the idea which is embodied in the different States, and out of this crisis usually the State which holds the more advanced spirit wins out though it may also suffer a lost, lick its wounds yet still win in the spiritual sense, as happened for example when the northerners sacked Rome, its form of legality and religion all " won " out in spite of the losses on the battlefield.

Even in spite of the ability to keep the UK business afloat, Chrysler was still making losses both in Europe and at home, and facing the possibility of complete bankruptcy, decided to sell Chrysler Europe to the French PSA.

Dauntlessly advancing in spite of rapidly mounting losses, the Marines fought a gallant battle against crushing odds, clearing the limited beachheads of snipers and machine guns, reducing powerfully fortified enemy positions and completely annihilating the fanatically determined and strongly entrenched Japanese forces.

In spite of the losses, in 1247 Bulgaria was forced to aid Nicaea against the Latin Empire.

In spite of a success sustained over many years, his musical ambition took him to Madrid, where zarzuela had a higher profile.

This he achieved by the end of June, in spite of a reverse sustained at Francis Rawdon's hands at Hobkirk's Hill ( 2 miles north of Camden ) on April 25.

In spite of a sustained campaign by Bekkos to defend the union intellectually, and vigorous and brutal repression of opponents by Michael, the vast majority of Byzantine Christians remained implacably opposed to union with the Latin " heretics ".

From 1958 to 1960, he played for Norwood, in spite of a serious knee injury sustained in a car accident in Tasmania in 1959.

After some years spent in retirement, he was appointed in 1704 to command the allied forces in Portugal, a post which he sustained with honour and success until the Battle of Almanza in 1707, in which Galway, in spite of care and skill on his own part, was decisively defeated by the Duke of Berwick.

In spite of crumbling defenses, Murarbaji and his troops sustained a dogged defense.