Initially however, these groups were small and conducted little active raiding into Nicaragua.

Initially, they lived near the city docks, in the Gängeviertel quarter of Hamburg, for six months, before moving to a small house on the Dammtorwall, a small city in the Inner Alster.

Initially, Saladin attempted to organize his men into battle order, but as his bodyguards were being killed, he saw that defeat was inevitable and so with a small remnant of his troops mounted a swift camel, riding all the way to the territories of Egypt.

Initially a small branch of the Sturmabteilung ( the " Brownshirts " or Stormtroopers, abbreviated in German as SA ), the SS grew in size and power due to its exclusive loyalty to Adolf Hitler, as opposed to the SA, which was seen as semi-independent and a threat to Adolf Hitler's hegemony over the party.

Initially, Torres was very outspoken in her disapproval of Captain Janeway's decision to destroy the Caretaker's array, which had the ability to send the Voyager back home from the Delta Quadrant, and carried a small grudge against the captain.

Initially signifying only a small coalition of Tiele tribes in Northern China, Mongolia, and the Altay Mountains, it later denoted citizenship in the Uyghur Khaganate.

Initially playing in small gay clubs, his fame spread.

Initially Babylon was a small nation which did not control much territory, and was overshadowed by much older, powerful, and more established kingdoms like Isin, Larsa, Assyria and Elam.

Initially these were small scale attacks launched by refugees often motivated by economic reasons, but they were quickly adopted by the military of the neighboring Arab states, who organized them into semi-formal brigades which mounted larger scale operations from 1954 onwards.

Initially, a small number of institutions ( Barnard College, Yale University, Princeton University ) refused to accept funding under the student loan program established by the act because of the affidavit requirement.

Initially ordered to take his command to the Rhineland for rest and reinforcements, Chill disregarded the order and moved his forces to the Albert Canal, linking up with the 719th ; he also had ' reception centres ' set up at the bridges crossing the Albert Canal, where small groups of retreating troops were picked up and turned into ' ad hoc ' units.

Initially, people thought this gas to be lethal, even in small doses.

Initially they were individually wrapped by hand in squares of foil, and the introduction of machine wrapping in 1921 simplified the process while adding the small paper ribbon to the top of the package to indicate that it was a genuine Hershey product.

Initially, the Nile perch's diet consisted of native cichlids, but with decreasing availability of this prey, it now consumes mainly small shrimp and minnows.

Initially, it was mainly a rural country with small, scattered developments in places like Westport which was founded in 1800 and served as the county seat early on.

Initially, communist parties were small in all countries except Czechoslovakia, such that there existed an acute shortage of politically " trustworthy " persons for administration, police and other professions.

Initially the new St John's College was rather small and not well endowed financially.

Initially located in a small storefront, the Bainbridge Library was expanded considerably upon moving to a new building.

Initially a small mining town, this town has changed noticeably both in its appearance and economic focus.

Initially the hulls were constructed of wood, with lines like those of any other small merchant ship.

Initially a small group of professional soldiers, the druzhina grew in order to control the vast areas under authority of the prince.

Initially called the Gallatin Canyon Basin, the Meadow is braided with small rivers that channel mountain snow run-off.

Initially former car ferries were used, but as of 2 May 2004 the service has been operated by two " small waterplane area twinhulls " ( swaths, similar to catamarans ), built at the Royal Schelde Group in Vlissingen ( Flushing ), and named " Prins Willem Alexander " and " Prinses Máxima ".

Initially they were small estates in the country, which were given to loyal vassals by the Tsar.

* Carthage – Initially a Phoenician city, destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome.

Initially under the political and economic alliance with the Phoenician cities, it was colonised and then conquered by Rome during the First Punic War ( 238 BC ) but strong Punic cultural influences remained until the 1st century AD.

Initially it was thought that the Germans had mistaken this reservoir for the harbour and shipyards, where many ships, including HMS Ark Royal were being repaired.

Initially slate was exported across Abereiddi beach, but later through a tramway to the harbour at Porthgain a couple of miles to the North.

Initially, however, Telemann encountered a number of problems: some church officials found opera and collegium musicum performances to be objectionable ( for " inciting lasciviousness "), and the city printer was displeased with Telemann publishing printed texts for his yearly Passions.

Initially the factions in the city aligned to fight off Hekmatyar but diplomacy inside the capital quickly broke down.

Initially it painted ridiculous graffiti of dwarves on paint spots covering up anti-government slogans on city walls.

Initially he was sent to Turkey on 4 November 1964 where he stayed in the city of Bursa for less than a year.

Initially, the original logo for Super Bowl XXXVI had a style that reflected the host city.

Initially based at the former Azai headquarters in Odani, Hideyoshi moved to Kunitomo, and renamed the city Nagahama in tribute to Nobunaga.

Initially, the Zytglogge tower marked the western boundary of the city from 1191 until 1256, when the Käfigturm took over this role until 1345, which, in turn, was then succeeded by the Christoffelturm ( located close to today's train station ) until 1622.

Initially known as New Lancaster, and later shortened by city ordinance ( 1805 ), the town quickly grew ; formal incorporation as a city came in 1831.

Initially, the city had fewer than 2000 inhabitants and one church.

Initially many Greek city-states seem to have been petty kingdoms ; there was often a city official carrying some residual, ceremonial functions of the king ( basileus ), e. g. the archon basileus in Athens.

Initially, the city was considered to become the capital of the voivodeship created from the former German province east of the Oder-Neisse line, which nevertheless was assigned to Szczecin ( Szczecin voivodeship, 1945 – 1950 ).

Initially a defensive gród founded by Polish ruler Bolesław Chrobry, the settlement adopted Kulm law in 1291 while under the rule of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights and became a city.

Initially he broadcast time signals to Allegheny city business and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Initially, Plan E government in Worcester was organized as a 9-member council ( all at-large ), a ceremonial mayor elected from the council by the councilors, and a council-appointed city manager.

Initially, all of the university buildings were located in the historic city centre of Delft.

Initially GM refused, but after settling an unresolved tax dispute ( GM potentially owed the city of Norwood millions of dollars in back taxes ) GM agreed to demolish the remaining buildings and to donate ownership of the land to the City of Norwood.

Initially the University operated from the inner Sydney city campus at Ultimo ( the current site of the University of Technology, Sydney ).

Initially, prosperity was reduced due to the fact that the city remained only the capital of a powiat, while the capital of the voivodship was moved to Białystok.

Initially, the city was under Spanish influence, as Spain and Portugal were united in the Iberian Union ( 1580 – 1640 ), and in 1588 the city was even renamed Filipéia de Nossa Senhora das Neves after Philip II of Spain.

Initially the official English version of the city's name was assigned to be Xinbei City by the county authority, which is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese city name.