Instead of attempting to defend all of southern China, Li ordered what remained of the Nationalist armies to withdraw to Guangxi and Guangdong, hoping that he could concentrate all available defenses on this smaller, and more easily defensible, area.

Instead, they ordered that he be pilloried and whipped through both London and Bristol, branded on his forehead with the letter B ( for blasphemer ), bored through the tongue with a red-hot iron and imprisoned in solitary confinement with hard labour.

Instead, he ordered the national budget slashed by 30 percent, dismissed the Italian military advisers, and nationalized Italian-run Roman Catholic schools in the northern part of the country.

Instead, Pei ordered a hole cut through a nearby mountain, connected to a major road via a bridge suspended from ninety-six steel cables and supported by a post set into the mountain.

Instead, Santa Anna ordered the army inland to Bexar, the political center of Texas and the site of Cos's defeat ; Santa Anna wanted to restore the reputation of his family after his brother-in-law's embarrassing surrender.

Instead of attacking straight ahead, as ordered, one of his right wing brigades went astray, heading over to help the left wing.

Instead they moved on Baghdad, and on that day, Colonels Abdul Karim Qassim and Abdul Salam Arif seized control of the country and ordered the royal family to evacuate the palace.

Instead, Brown ordered an advance north, intending in turn to force the British to recall Tucker's column to protect Fort George.

Instead, Mahathir ordered what Wain calls " the biggest crackdown on political dissent Malaysia had ever seen ".

) Instead of continuing the evacuation, von Schwerin opted to surrender the city to Allied forces ; however, on 13 September, before he could deliver a letter of capitulation he had written, von Schwerin was ordered to launch a counterattack against American forces penetrating southwest of Aachen, which he did, using elements of his panzergrenadier forces.

Instead, Chabrias ordered his men to stand at ease.

Instead he was ordered by the nuncio to add Hans Hermann Groër onto the terna, or list of candidates.

Instead, the architect was ordered to reuse the stone to build a steeple, which fundamentally altered the plan of the church.

Instead, the Government ordered the suspension of more than 300 teachers and threatened further sanctions.

Instead, he ordered his officers to concede, later saying to his brother-in-law, " As a Japanese soldier, I must obey my Emperor.

Instead, he moved through a celebration of Dionysus to declare he was in favour not of an ordered socialism but of an anarchic movement.

Instead, Liaden's practice contract marriages, where two individuals from different clans are ordered, or allowed, by their Delm's to create a progeny for one of the two clans.

Instead of marching on Wehlau, as was expected, he ordered his forces to cross the Pregel River in safety, near the village of Gross-Jägersdorf ( Abandoned in 1945 and away 5 km southwest from Mezhdurechye ( Norkitten ) and placed on municipality of Svoboda ( Jänischken, Jänichen between 1938 – 1945 ) in Chernyakhovsky District ).

Instead, Boniface ordered the king in December 1301 to free the bishop to go to Rome to justify himself.

Instead of killing his victims like he is ordered to, he merely uses Hades ( his orichalcum gun ) to stop them instead.

Instead, the writes are carefully ordered and flushed to disk at appropriate intervals so that the on-disk structure always remains consistent, no matter if the operation is interrupted.

Instead he ordered his ships to ensure control of their prizes and to return to Britain.

Instead of executing them as at first ordered by the Judicator Conclave, Executor Adun gave them abandoned Xel ' Naga ships and ordered them to never return.

Instead of reviewing music videos, they reviewed ( custom-made ) pages from other Marvel Comics — in one with Ghost Rider, Beavis tries to avoid using the word " fire " to describe the character's fiery skull.

Instead, Franz was sent to the front in Italy, joining Field Marshal Radetzky on campaign on 29 April, receiving his baptism of fire on 5 May at Santa Lucia.

Instead, oil fires must be extinguished via fire extinguisher or by smothering.

Instead, a majority of the budget was spent on drugs, alcohol, and food so thus the band was forced to fire their original producer and produce the album themselves.

Instead of initially contracting with Columbia Heights, Hilltop opted to contract its fire protection from Fridley and establish its own police department by hiring a retired highway patrolman as police chief and three part-time officers.

Instead, he once again found himself under fire from De Salaberry and was forced to retreat through the woods to his starting-place.

Instead of a flamethrower, this version of Pyro keeps a Zippo lighter on him at all times to provide him his fire, and habitually flicks it open and shut ( the Zippo sports a cartoon shark on it as a reference to one of Singer's favorite films, Jaws ).

Instead of the fire tube boiler of Rocket, Sans Pareil had a double return flue.

Instead of selling at the slightly lower price, Buffett decided to buy more of the stock to take control of the company and fire Stanton ( which he did ).

Instead the emergency call came via the captain of a ship located out at sea who radioed HM Coastguard and said " It looks as if the whole of the Isle of Man is on fire ".

Instead, they fire by moving the pump back and forth.

Instead of dropping specialized rapid fire pistols, manufacturers designed new pistols, such as the Walther SSP, conforming to the standard pistol requirements, but optimized for the rapid fire event.

Instead, even though the President could not directly fire the independent counsel, the person holding that office was still an Executive branch officer, not under the control of either U. S. Congress or the courts.

Instead of reading the name of the winner, who happened to be John Denver, he set fire to the envelope with a cigarette lighter, before announcing the award had gone to " My friend Mr. John Denver.

Instead of striking fear in their adversaries, the yells served to direct their attention to where the British were, helping the rousing troops to focus their attention and musket fire and making it near impossible for officers ' orders to be heard above the din.

Instead of fire, a cooper may use steam to heat up the staves but this tends to impart less " toastiness " and complexity to the resulting wine.

Instead, Frankie has Al Capone and his men setting up an ambush and opening fire on Lonergan, Aaron Harms, James " Ragtime " Howard, Paddy Maloney, Cornielius " Needles " Ferry, and James Hart.

Instead he emerged from the fire, unharmed and blessed by the power of the Creator God of the Elves.

Instead, their authority flows directly from the Fire Chief of their parent Fire Department ; however, this authority relates only to fire drills, emergencies within the fire district, and mutual aid situations.

Instead of relying on the use of smaller, lighter weapons with a higher rate of fire to hit a target, these programs place greater emphasis on marksmanship training, allowing the DM to take advantage of the greater range and power of heavier weapons.

Instead, soldiers should be trained to consider fire as a means to facilitate movement in progress.

Instead, he asked for a fire in which he burned the scroll.