Meanwhile, many armies are experiencing a backlash against carbines and lighter rifles in general, and are equipping selected soldiers, usually called Designated Marksmen, or DM, with higher power rifles.

Meanwhile, Kammu's armies were pushing back the boundaries of his empire.

Meanwhile, in Italy, the Pope had used Frederick's excommunication as an excuse to invade his Italian territories ; the papal armies were led by Frederick's former father-in-law John of Brienne.

Meanwhile, the Luftwaffe dropped bombs and leaflets on the Allied armies.

Meanwhile, the lateness of the arrival of Russian troops prevented them from saving the Austrian field armies, so the Russians withdrew to the northeast to await reinforcements and to link up with surviving Austrian units.

Meanwhile, with an extremely cold night settling in, soldiers from both armies lit fires to warm up, while they were resting and consuming their modest rations.

Meanwhile, the two main German armies that had just conquered Belgium continued to advance through France.

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

Meanwhile, in an offensive action against the Song Dynasty, Mongol armies captured Siyang-yang, the Yangtze and Sichuan, but did not secure their control over the conquered sites.

Meanwhile the enemy forces were gathering-both Pākehā and Māori armies were moving towards Lake Taupo from all directions.

Meanwhile, an Allied mission composed of British troops under General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough had arrived in the Baltic to clear the Germans from the region and organize native armies for the Baltic states.

Meanwhile, the armies of John I of Portugal and Nuno Álvares Pereira joined together in the city of Tomar.

Meanwhile no attempt was made to carry out the Allied proposals in practice, and for nearly three months the situation in Asia Minor remained in suspense, no official armistice being concluded, while at the same time active hostilities on the front were limited to small skirmishes between the outposts of the two armies.

Meanwhile, the conquering armies of Alexander the Great refused to cross the Beas River and advance further eastward, deterred by the prospect of battling Magadha.

Meanwhile, Earth's armies fight the three monsters with conventional weapons as they destroy much of Japan.

Meanwhile, the armies of Witchland have attacked Demonland.

Meanwhile, both Waller's and Browne's armies, at Abingdon and Reading respectively, ignominiously collapsed by mutiny and desertion.

Meanwhile, Martín Miguel de Güemes contained the royalist armies sent from the Viceroyalty of Peru at Salta, while San Martín advanced towards the royalist stronghold of Lima by sea, on a Chilean – Argentine campaign.

Meanwhile, in Catalonia and Aragón, the people saw the chance of recovering their foral rights, which were lost after the Spanish Succession War when Philip V defeated the armies that fought for Archduke Karl of Austria, the other candidate to the throne after the death of Charles II of Spain.

Meanwhile, the furious Barraki arrive, and have an all-out battle against the five remaining Mahri, and plot to send their armies after Matoro.

Meanwhile, the situation between Florence and Venice was getting worse and Caterina, who stood in the way of the passage of the two armies, prepared her defenses.

Meanwhile, Xun Linfu, the new commander of the Jin armies, led his forces to relieve Zheng, only to learn of the surrender of Zheng en route, while camped along the northern bank of the Yellow River.

Meanwhile, Songhai ruler Askia Ishaq II assembled a force of more than 40, 000 men and moved north against the Moroccans ; the two armies met at Tondibi in March 1591.

Meanwhile, the corrupt Federation army has unleashed a devastating new airship-mounted weapon in their war against the Elven and Free-born armies.

Meanwhile, Robert, the new member of the team, arrives at the theatre, is civilly received by the stage manager Arthur and quickly falls in love with Lucille, another newcomer.

Meanwhile, the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a spyhunter for Britain in the stories " The Adventure of the Second Stain " ( 1904 ), and " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans " ( 1912 ).

Meanwhile, in the Peninsular War, Arthur Wellesley renewed the Anglo-Portuguese advance into Spain just after New Year in 1812, besieging and capturing the fortified towns of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and in the Battle of Salamanca ( which was a damaging defeat to the French ).

Meanwhile, Robert Stigwood ( manager of Cream ) had suggested Carl Palmer, formerly of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and at that time a member of Atomic Rooster.

Meanwhile, back home Irish pro-Boer fever, whipped up by Arthur Griffith and Maud Gonne in what was the most popular and most violent of the European pro-Boer movements, proved to be a ' dry run ' for 1916.

Meanwhile, Arthur released a solo album, Suitcase, in 1994.

Meanwhile Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, feeling that Holmes was stifling him and keeping him from more worthy literary work, had finished his Sherlock Holmes saga and killed Holmes off in The Final Problem, published in 1893.

Meanwhile, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington finally broke the French power in Spain and forced the French to retreat over the Pyrenees and into France itself.

Meanwhile, Dr Franklin finds out that " Arthur " is David McIntyre, the gunnery sergeant who was a crewmember on the ship that had fired the first fateful shots of the Earth-Minbari War.

Meanwhile, Mina is called away from home by a message telling her to meet Arthur at an address in Karlstadt — the same address Arthur and Van Helsing are told the coffin was bound for — and Dracula is indeed waiting for her ...

Meanwhile, Potter continued to distribute her privately printed edition to family and friends, with the celebrated creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, acquiring a copy for his children.

Meanwhile, Arthur has returned to the area to trace the woman he is obsessed with.

Meanwhile, Franz and Arthur try to seduce Odile.

Meanwhile, the work of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos in Crete had shed light on the Minoan civilisation.

Meanwhile the more radical Arthur Griffith and William Rooney were active in the Irish Fireside Club and went on to found the Leinster Literary Society.

Meanwhile, Cyrus is revealed to be alive, having faked his death in order to lure Arthur to the house and Kalina is his secret partner and lover.

Meanwhile in Manchester, Factory ’ s premier gold machine New Order were scoring worldwide breaking all kind of records with monster hits ; " Blue Monday " and the Arthur Baker produced " Confusion ".

Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Arthur Holland ( Ving Rhames ) finds Perry's actions suspicious and also does not believe Keough killed the man he was charged with killing at the Gun Board hearing.

Meanwhile, Christine, sensing that she is losing Arthur, becomes emotionally erratic, begins to drink heavily, stalks Arthur around the square and attempts to buy the affections of his youngest son, Martin.

Meanwhile, Arthur and Marvin watch the sunset.

Meanwhile, Slartibartfast shows Arthur the vast tract of hyperspace that acts as the Magrathean's " factory floor ", and that they have been brought out of hibernation for a special commission — " the Earth Mk 2, we're making a copy from our original blueprints ".

Meanwhile, Arthur and Lintilla finally find Lintilla's two clones on Brontitall, but they, along with Marvin, are discovered by the Footwarriors as power is restored.