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Once siege guns were developed the techniques for assaulting a town or a fortress became well known and ritualized.
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Once in Gaul, the Huns first attacked Metz, then his armies continued westwards, passing both Paris and Troyes to lay siege to Orléans.
At the siege of Harfleur, Henry utters one of Shakespeare's best-known speeches, beginning " Once more unto the breach, dear friends ..."
Once again Perkin attempted to lay siege to Waterford, but this time his effort lasted only eleven days before he was forced to flee Ireland, chased by four English ships.
Once Malta had been supplied with Spitfire fighters carried to the Island by HMS Furious during Operation Pedestal, these fighters along with the other vital supplies of material lifted the siege of Malta.
Once it became clear the Ottomans had enough forces to lay siege to Kut, Townshend ordered his cavalry to escape south, which it did, led by Lieut.
Once they had retreated to their defences, Herod laid siege to the camp and over time some of the defenders surrendered.
Once siege operations had begun against the city of Vicksburg and Grant called for all available forces, Washburn led a detachment of the XVI Corps during the siege of Vicksburg.
Once it endured a siege, and when it was taken the conquerors ran riot in the cathedral and, in their fury, caused great damage which could never be repaired.
Once the enemy force was routed, the threat of siege, civilian deaths, and the like often forced the enemy to the bargaining table.
Once Rey was captured, Abdullah marched 230 miles southeast against the city Isfahan and laid siege to it ; there the Muslim army was reinforced by fresh troops from Busra and Kufa under the command of Abu Musa Ashaari and Ahnaf ibn Qais.
Once the siege began in late March 1799, Smith anchored HMS Tigre and Theseus so their broadsides could assist the defence.
Once in Gaul, the Huns first attacked Metz, then his armies continued westwards, passing both Paris and Troyes to lay siege to Orléans.
Once the siege began in June 1864, African Americans continued working for the Confederacy.
Once the bill was validated, General Anthony Wayne gathered the resources that were necessary for the Pennsylvania Line to march to Yorktown to engage in the historic siege.
Once the army settled down in trenches or base camps, the operators would disassemble the siege weapon by placing the launching pad on the top.
Once the siege was lifted, the campaign continued in Oaxaca, it was surrounded in November 25 of 1812.
Once and guns
Once the front lines stabilised, a combination of barbed wire, machine guns and rapid fire rifles proved deadly to horse mounted troops.
Once destroyers became more than just catchers guarding an anchorage, it was realized that they were also ideal to take over the role of torpedo boats themselves, so they were fitted with torpedo tubes as well as guns.
Once again, the anti-tank defences were overwhelmed and about 380 New Zealanders were taken prisoner including Captain Charles Upham who gained a second Victoria Cross for his actions including destroying a German tank and several guns and vehicles with grenades despite being shot through the elbow by a machine gun bullet and having his arm broken.
Once the U-boat was vulnerable, the Q-ship's panels would drop to reveal the deck guns, which would immediately open fire.
Once in the city, they are nearly run over by Arabs shooting guns, led by the sheik Mullay Kasim ( Anthony Quinn ).
Once the guns stopped, the defenders had time to emerge and were usually ready for the attacking infantry.
Once in position they opened fire on the battery with their mortars, Bren machine guns and sniper rifles.
Once the P-47 caught up to its prey, one burst from its eight 0. 50 machine guns would obliterate anything it got an aim on.
Once the great shallow trough worn down by traffic since ancient times along the Old Road or Pilgrims ' Way appeared, the guns and ammunition wagons travelled on the firm middle way while the mounted units rode on either side.
Once you add ray guns and power armor to the game, you have a fundamentally different experience.
Once the rattle of his guns was heard, the advantage of surprise was gone, so it was best to make that first shot most effective.
Once Quark is ready to discuss business, he is surprised to hear she is looking to acquire weapons: She wishes to acquire a continuous supply of " guns, phaser banks, photon torpedoes, troop transports, and a number of cobalt thorium devices ", among others.
Once the plane was approaching the British coast, they drew their guns and approached the cockpit, demanding entrance.
Once again the Italian forces attempted to get away in the hours of darkness but 1, 000 prisoners were taken and 43 guns captured.
Once Indian trader Joe Lamont ( John McIntire ) gets a look at the rifle, he raises the price of his guns high enough that Dutch and his men can not afford to buy any.
Once again the Afrika Korps demonstrated their superior tactics in combining tanks and anti-tank guns as an attacking weapon.
Once the reporter has left, Dawes tosses his guns out the window and sets off his explosives, destroying the house with himself inside.
Once the British had moved close enough, the guns of the fort and the Douglass Battery ( loaded with canister ) and several hundred U. S. Infantry opened fire, causing horrific losses to the British who were jammed into a narrow front between an embankment and the lake.
Once all were inside, they pulled guns on the twenty employees present and forced them to lie on the floor in the back of the store where they bound them with tape and electrical cord.
Once the guns were in effective range, the artillery opened fire in earnest.
Once he has gained Howie's trust, however, he pulls out the torn pocket and demands that Howie return the guns.
Once only found in expensive custom shotguns, overbored barrels are now becoming common in mass marketed guns.
Once the war was over, all Vickers GO machine guns were declared obsolete and subsequently removed from service.
Once the trackers sensed that the SWAPO fighters were close, they would often call in close air support and retreat to the safety of the Casspir armoured personnel carriers to face an enemy typically armed with RPG-7 rocket launchers, rifle grenades, AK-47s, SKS carbines, mines and RPK and PKM machine guns.
Once and were
Among the musicals, Camelot came from T. H. White's The Once And Future King, and novels were the sources of the less than momentous Tenderloin and Do Re Mi.
Once, they were at Easthampton for the summer ( again, Fritzie said, a good place, even though they were being robbed ).
Once on the road ( and especially if the passengers were all regulars and masculine ), the schedule meant nothing.
Once again, both anti-A and anti-B activities were found in the insoluble material precipitated during dialysis.
Once more, Juet's complaints were the loudest.
Once the abolition of slavery in the rebel states became a military objective, as Union armies advanced south, more slaves were liberated until all three million of them in Confederate territory were freed.
Once they were gone, Abd a-Rahman and Bedr immediately set off westwards.
Once " stand off " nuclear weapon designs were developed, bombers did not need to pass over the target at high altitude to make an attack ; they could fire and turn away to escape the blast.
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 the account exceeded its quotas, it was automatically disabled, but the messages were still saved as they arrived.
Once the price of inkjet printers dropped to the point where they were competitive with dot matrix printers, dot matrix printers began to fall out of favor for general use.
Once this islands were covered with savanna on the plains and arid shrubland on the mountainsides, but over 500 years of human habtitation, since colonisation by the Portuguese in the 15th century, nearly all the original vegetation has been cleared by widespread agriculture including the grazing of goats, sheep and cattle and the planting of imported crop species.
Once the toads were established, a 1963 study concluded, as the toad's diet included both harmful and beneficial invertebrates, it was considered " economically neutral ".
Once the bombardment had disordered the infantry formation, cavalry were able to rout and pursue the scattered foot soldiers.
Once at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.
* The songs " A Very Strange Agony " and " To Die Only Once " of the Spanish symphonic metal band Döxa were inspired by " Carmilla ".
Once the round has ended, surviving players retain their equipment for use in the next round ; players who were killed begin the next round with the basic default starting equipment.
Once Chuck Peddle had taken over engineering at Commodore, he convinced Jack Tramiel that calculators were already a dead end and that they should turn their attention to home computers.
Once again his spirits were raised when the unit under his command received orders overseas to France ; this time his wishes were thwarted when the armistice was signed, just a week before departure.
Once in office, when the Chinese began a buildup in the Kaesong sanctuary, he threatened to use nuclear force if an armistice were not concluded.
Once captured, he was humiliated by Hernando Pizarro and his requests for appeals to the King were ignored.
Roger Ebert approves of the use of the label in unsuccessful films that had been tampered with by studio executives, such as Sergio Leone's original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, and the moderately successful theatrical version of Daredevil, which were altered by studio interference for their theatrical release.
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