Once the front lines stabilised, a combination of barbed wire, machine guns and rapid fire rifles proved deadly to horse mounted troops.

Once one of the lines broke, the troops would generally flee from the field, sometimes chased by psiloi, peltasts or light cavalry.

Once the Army of Humayun had made its charge and Sher Shah's troops made their agreed-upon retreat, the Mughal troops relaxed their defensive preparations and returned to their entrenchments without posting a proper guard.

" Once the troops were in place Cromwell entered the assembly.

Once the city of Bursa was captured, Orhan sent cavalry troops towards Bosphorus, capturing Byzantine coastal towns of Marmara.

Once the troops from Buenos Aires had withdrawn, the Banda Oriental appointed its first autonomous government.

Once ashore, the Union troops set fire to the plantations, destroying infrastructure and seizing thousands of dollars worth of food and supplies.

Once they had wandered to the crater, instead of moving around it as the black troops had been trained to do, they thought it would make an excellent rifle pit and it would be well to take cover.

Once the army arrived, however, Gongsun Yuan betrayed them, killing Sun Quan's officials Zhang Mi ( 張彌 ) and Xu Yan ( 許晏 ), whom Sun had sent to grant the bestowments and seized their troops.

Once in the city, Charles II removed his armour and found a fresh mount ; he attempted to rally his troops but it was to no avail.

Once promoted to Captain, Weygand chose not to attempt the difficult preparation to the Advanced War College (' Haute Ecole de Guerre ') because of his desire, he said, to keep contact with the troops.

Once arrived, the troops forced Decius to assume the imperial dignity himself instead.

Once Junot realised that British troops occupied the ridge, he sent Solignac's brigade to the right to assist Brenier's attack.

Once inside they signalled to the rest of Gelo ’ s troops, who were stationed in the mountains overlooking the camp, by setting fire to Hamilcar ’ s ships.

Once there, they made contact with the Cuban rebels, who were headed by the Maceo brothers, and started fighting against Spanish troops.

Once they had that experience, which often included their first combat, they were further recruited into battalions of irregular troops called Special Guerrilla Units.

Once inside Yaitsk, they opened the gates for the rest of the troops to enter and occupy the city.

Once the French groups were disorganized, the rest of the Italian troops would attack.

Once the headquarters staff and accompanying airborne troops had been gathered together, the headquarters was moved to the Le Bas de Ranville area and set up there.

Once the barricades went up, he led Habsburg troops to crush the insurgents.

Once the Great Powers ' troops left the island along with the their representatives, then the union with Greece would be easier to achieve.

Once armed rioters began to fire on troops from concealed positions, the soldiers were ordered fire on the crowds, immediately causing them to disperse.

Once on the other side of the Saint Lawrence, Arnold moved his troops onto the Plains of Abraham, about 1. 5 miles ( 2 km ) from the city walls.

Once the Shu troops had begun to show signs of fatigue, Lu Xun, after several months of inactivity, suddenly struck, first tricking the Shu commanders with a mock attack on one of their camps, then ordering his troops to move forward with torches and set fire to all the other camps of Liu Bei's army.

Once again, he shook his head, kept his face expressionless and his voice very calm, and had a strongly supported alibi ready.

Once Todman thought he had spotted a tank and went down to investigate while Greg covered him.

Once I had a religious emotion.

Once out of the gate they had charged straight up the narrow lane.

Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.

Once there had been big glittering rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies' hands as they flirted from behind their fans.

Once the full extent of this Russian military penetration of Cuba was clear, President Kennedy announced we would take whatever action was appropriate to prevent this, even if we had to go it alone.

Once the soldiers from the barracks had to hold the ship from blowing away while Fogg revved the engine and got the tail up.

Once, after the Discovery lay for a week in rough weather, Hudson ordered the anchor raised before the sea had calmed.

Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst, once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense, there wouldn't be very much for Mae to do.

Once, in New York, he had gone flying with some friends in a small private airplane with a single engine.

Once the Old Man had had a wife.

Once the soft, pretty moth found the bright light she had always wanted??

Once before I had been to Paris, long before I married Valery.

Once burned -- scalded, really, because Vivian had given him every encouragement -- forever shy.

Once, like you, I had one head, two hands, ten fingers on my hands.

Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill.

Once again Abd al-Rahman had to be concerned with developments in the Upper March.

Once he had established himself as sole ruler of the Roman state in 30 BC, Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Augustus inaugurated a strategy of advancing the empire's southeastern European border to the line of the Danube from the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and Macedonia.

Once war had begun, Hitler urged his economic experts to abandon caution and expend all available resources on the war effort.

Once the keys had been pressed they were locked down until mechanical contacts in a distributor unit passed over the sector connected to that particular keyboard, when the keyboard was unlocked ready for the next character to be entered, with an audible click ( known as the " cadence signal ") to warn the operator.

Once again, though, the team's pitching was a glaring weakness, as the staff had an ERA of 6. 02.