Meanwhile, Spain was forced to accept the independence of the Dutch Republic in 1648, ending the Eighty Years ' War.

Meanwhile, the 22 Floréal-coup in France undermined Delacroix, because it inspired more sympathy by French foreign minister Talleyrand for the Dutch opposition members who demanded the ambassador's recall.

Meanwhile, his settlers had been ravaged by scurvy and the Dutch attacked and burnt a whaling station erected on Nipisat.

Meanwhile other events had convinced the delegation of Dutch animosity.

Meanwhile the English navy tried to gain control over the North Sea also and in the two-day Battle of the Gabbard in June drove the Dutch back to their home ports, starting a blockade of the Dutch coast, which led to an immediate collapse of the Dutch economy and even starvation.

Meanwhile, back in the Netherlands, the Dutch State church had also been transformed by the Enlightenment, a change represented in the minds of those opposed it, by the loss of any meaningful profession of faith as requisite for adult church members, and the singing of hymns ( in addition to psalms ) and other innovations in worship and doctrine.

Meanwhile, also in the 19th century, the plant's seeds and cuttings were smuggled out for new cultivation at cinchona plantations in colonial regions of tropical Asia, notably by the British to the British Raj and Ceylon ( present day India and Sri Lanka ), and by the Dutch to Java in the Dutch East Indies ( present day Indonesia ).

Meanwhile, the Dutch also lost formerly occupied Baia de Todos os Santos, Salvador de Bahia, 12 ° 48 ′ S 38 ° 38 ′ W in Brazil, 1 May 1625, under the heavy attacks of the Spanish – Portuguese Fleet, commanded by the Captain General of the Spanish Navy, since 1617, Admiral Fadrique II de Toledo Osorio y Mendoza ( Naples, Italy, May 1580 – 11 December 1634 ), 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza, and, since 17 January 1624, Knight of the Order of Santiago.

Meanwhile on the Dutch left, the English regiments faced the veteran tercios of Monroy and Villar ; the elite of the Spanish infantry.

Meanwhile, the Queen Mother became increasingly fearful of the unchecked power wielded by Coligny and his supporters, especially as it became clear that Coligny was pursuing an alliance with England and the Dutch Protestant rebels.

Meanwhile, the Dutch were colonizing the rest of the island and the surrounding archipelago that is now Indonesia.

Meanwhile Wyttenbach received invitations from his native city, Bern, and from Leiden, where vacancies had been created by the refusal of professors to swear allegiance to the new Dutch republic set up in 1795, to which Wyttenbach had made submission.

Meanwhile, Dutch friends of Divine gave him two bulldogs in the early 1980s, on which he doted and named Beatrix and Klaus after the Queen Beatrix and her husband Prince Claus of the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, the Dutch begin to organize puppet states in the areas under their occupation, to counter Republican influence utilising ethnic diversity of Indonesia.

Meanwhile on the lower Rhine stood the Elector of Brandenburg who, aided by the celebrated Dutch engineer Menno van Coehoorn, besieged Kaiserswerth.

Meanwhile, the Americans, French, British and Dutch feverishly opened diplomatic channels in an effort to negotiate the reopening of the passage to the Inland Sea.

Meanwhile Dutch missionaries converted many of the Toraja people to Christianity.

Meanwhile, much mutual irritation had arisen between the Dutch populace and the English troops garrisoned in many towns.

Meanwhile the first Dutch frigates to arrive had already begun to move the Edward and Eve away, clearing a channel by nightfall.

Meanwhile, further messages from Trollope reporting the Dutch movements had reached Duncan and he turned his fleet west, following the Dutch coastline.

Meanwhile, the Chen Dynasty was collapsing and could not withstand such an assault.

Meanwhile, the veteran infantry of the Swedish center had continued to follow orders and tried to assault the strongly entrenched Imperial center and right wing.

Meanwhile, Simon's assault and rehabilitation, coupled with Verdell's preference for Melvin, causes Simon to lose his creative muse.

Meanwhile Theodoric, while leading his own men after the disordered enemy, was killed in the assault without his men noticing.

Meanwhile part of Moreau's command held off the assault of the Count of Clerfayt from the north.

Meanwhile reconnaissance by underwater demolition teams revealed clear landing beaches for assault troops on Leyte.

Meanwhile, Sauron sent the Mordor-allied Corsairs of Umbar to attack Gondor's populous southern coastal fiefs, which as a result sent only a fraction of their forces to defend Minas Tirith in northern Gondor, while the rest stayed on the coasts preparing for the Corsair assault.

Meanwhile, despite Harry Luke's lecturing journalists to avoid reporting such material, rumours circulated in both communities, of an imminent massacre of Jews by Muslims, and of an assault on the Haram ash-Sharif by Jews.

Meanwhile, Ayyub died, but Shajar al-Durr and Ayyub's Bahri Mamluk generals, including Baibars and Aibek, countered the assault and inflicted heavy losses to the Crusaders.

Meanwhile, the Tibetan Empire utilized cataphracts as the elite assault force of its armies for much of its history.

Meanwhile von Kirchbach, seeing the progress of the XI corps, had ordered the whole of his command forward to assault the French centre ; away to the right the two Bavarian corps moved against the French left, which still maintained its original position in the woods northeast of Fröschweiler.

Meanwhile, Adams and Parsons engaged in a lengthy feud, which lasted for more than a decade ( the two had feuded earlier in WCCW when Adams was the heel and Parsons was the babyface ), with Parsons frequently referring to Adams as " Jailbird ," a reference to Adams serving jail time in 1986 on an assault conviction.

Meanwhile, U. S. II Corps renewed their assault on Monte Altuzzo, dominating the east side of the Il Giogo pass.

Meanwhile, a large Chinese force of perhaps company strength was detected in the re-entrant south of B Company, moving toward Battalion Headquarters, and Lilley warned Stone of the impending assault.

Meanwhile, Chellak plans an assault on Jek's base, luring him to believe an attack lies elsewhere.

Meanwhile, in New York, Jake and Father Callahan prepare to launch an assault on the Dixie Pig, where Susannah is being held by the soldiers of The Crimson King.

Meanwhile, Tetsuo's Aide stages an unsuccessful Empire assault on Miyako's temple.

Meanwhile, Kaneda, Kai, and their small army of bikers arrive at the Olympic Stadium to begin their all-out assault on the Great Tokyo Empire.

Meanwhile the entire force of the Jin right wing completed its recircling and was supported on its right by Luan Zhi's chariots to join the assault.

Meanwhile, the army has received orders to halt on the far side of the Thames so that Emperor Claudius can arrive and take command in person for the final assault in the British capital at Camulodunum ; this is intended to boost his popularity with the mob in Rome.

Meanwhile, 3 Troop swept forward with the APCs continuing to assault a further before Townsend ordered their return.

Meanwhile, Honnor believed the mortar attack on Nui Dat on 16 / 17 August had actually been used by the Viet Cong to register targets and that D Company had subsequently stumbled across the communist force as it was preparing to launch an assault on the 1 ATF base two days later, with the encounter battle that ensued preventing this from occurring.

Meanwhile, Commandant Hendrik Prinsloo of the Carolina Commando captured Aloe Knoll and Conical Hill with some 88 men, while around 300 Burghers, mainly of the Pretoria Commando, climbed the Kop to launch a frontal assault on the British position.

Meanwhile, General Grievous leads an assault on Coruscant and, despite the best efforts of Yoda, Mace Windu, Shaak Ti and others, kidnaps Supreme Chancellor Palpatine for his master Count Dooku.