Many civilians sought refuge by taking to the roads of France: some 2 million refugees from Belgium and Holland were joined by between 8 and 10 million French civilians, representing a quarter of the French population, all heading south and west.

Many civilians fled to the area of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Many soldiers and civilians tried to open the gate and escape.

Many civilians remained in their homes and hid, and were not seen by the soldiers.

Many civilians and members of the security forces were killed or injured over the course of the Troubles.

Many Serb civilians living in Sarajevo were killed during the siege by Bosnian Serb rocket and sniper-fire.

Many civilians were killed as part of this conflict such as the Navaly church bombing in which over 125 civilians died.

Many people in the Commonwealth observe a moment of silence, often two minutes, at 11: 00 am on 11 November each year ( Remembrance Day ) to remember sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war.

Many officials and civilians of Xiangyang followed Liu Bei as he left, as he was greatly respected by the people.

Many of the civilians present attended to support the protest, but there is evidence that the PAC also used intimidating means to draw the crowd there, including the cutting of telephone lines into Sharpeville, the distribution of pamphlets telling people not to go to work on the day, and coercion of bus drivers and commuters.

Many of the bases, such as Yokota Air Base, Naval Air Facility Atsugi and Kadena Air Base, are located in the vicinity of residential districts, and local citizens have complained about excessive aircraft noise as well as various crimes perpetrated against local civilians.

Many fugitive European officers and civilians had congregated at the Flagstaff Tower on the ridge north of Delhi, where telegraph operators were sending news of the events to other British stations.

Many were civilians working for the military.

Many of these civilians were then taken to the interrogation centers where some were tortured in an attempt to gain intelligence on VC activities in the area.

Many German civilians were deported to labor camps like Vorkuta in the Soviet Union, where a large number of them perished or were later reported missing.

Many thousands of civilians on both sides were killed in the resulting carnage, with estimates varying but generally agreed to be above 100, 000.

Many officers felt that it was not the role of the military to dictate policy though many ships refused to obey illegal orders ( only two ships fired on civilians at Proxima ).

Many guerrillas had apparently slipped out amongst the fleeing civilians, leaving a force of 5, 000 still remaining in the city out of a force of what had grown to 10, 000 insurgents ( according to estimates ).

Many civilians were killed.

Many Lebanese civilians were killed by heavy Israeli shelling and air strikes which also caused extensive property damage and internal displacement.

Many civilians also died in the sack.

Many violent clashes took place here between security forces and civilians during the 2010 – 2011 Ivorian crisis and Second Ivorian Civil War.

Many of the inhabitants fought, escaped to the jungle, or fled to the safety of passing Dutch ships This Spanish action was counterproductive as English, Dutch, and French pirates were now free to establish bases on the island's abandoned northern and western coasts, where wild cattle were now plentiful and free.

The Tarikh-i-Firishta further states: " Many of the Brahmins, rather than abandon their religion or their country, poisoned themselves ; some emigrated from their native homes, while a few escaped.

Many wealthier women married to satisfy their familial obligations, and others escaped to Europe to live as expatriates.

Many of the sika deer which escaped from British parks were probably already hybrids for this reason.

Many were enslaved blacks who escaped to Union lines.

Many of the French escaped to Puerto Rico via what is now the Dominican Republic and settled in the west coast of the island, especially in Mayagüez.

Many of those who escaped arrest fled to Germany, where they were incorporated into the Charlemagne Division of the Waffen SS.

Many pets have escaped or been released into the Everglades from the surrounding urban areas.

Many were from Pensacola ; some were free citizens though others had escaped from United States territory.

Many families escaped Baltimore's summer heat by coming to one of the fine guest houses on Tilghman's Island ; husbands came over on the weekends.

Many of the refugees who escaped enslavement ultimately became part of the Creek and Cherokee nations.

Many slaves escaped to the British on Tangier and were given their freedom.

Many thousands of Norsemen beyond number died although King Anlaf escaped with a few men.

Many of the camels were sold to private owners, others escaped into the desert.

Many of the colonists died shortly afterwards of an epidemic, and the colony was abandoned, leaving the escaped enslaved Africans behind in what is now South Carolina.

Many of the survivors of the firestorm escaped the flames by immersing themselves in the Peshtigo River, wells, or other nearby bodies of water.

Many European wild boar populations are also partially descended from escaped domestic pigs and are thus technically feral animals within the native range of the ancestral species.

Many escaped birds which are recovered, are found to have been clipped.

Many French soldiers, as well as those of other occupied countries, escaped to Britain.

Many who escaped the carnage inflicted by the archers were cut down by the cavalry.

Many members of Hizbul Muslimin escaped the purge of the British and joined UMNO.

Many of those troops escaped and alerted Lieutenant General Charles-Armand de Gontaut, duc de Biron, who commanded the vanguard, of the presence of Allied troops on the west bank.

Many Senators, fearing for their lives, commandeered bits of the fleet and escaped to their sectors as the battle progressed.

Many who managed to escaped the dragnet joined the armed rebellion coordinated by the Communist Party of Malaya.

Many members of this force were sent to concentration camps in the Third Reich ; others escaped and joined partisan units or returned home.