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The Aricaras broke under the devastating fire, wheeled and retreated.
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The Aricaras treated us like friends.
For, unlike the Sioux and the Crows, the Aricaras are not great horsemen, nor are they aggressive like the savage Blackfeet.
The pall of dust they raised made it difficult to see when the Aricaras charged again.
The Aricaras made one last desperate charge.
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The tines broke off under Jess's twisting, and he swung the handle in an attempt to knock Curt's brains out.
It was a dinner party, Lewis had been drinking during the afternoon, and long before the party really got under way, he was quite drunk, with the result that the party broke up even before dinner was over.
The Danes, however, broke their word and, after killing all the hostages, slipped away under cover of night to Exeter in Devon.
During the English Reformation the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first temporarily under Henry VIII and Edward VI and later permanently during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Jews secretly started putting aside arms from the Roman munitions workshops ; soon after, a revolt broke out under Simeon ben Kosiba.
However, Chad has not recognised the State of Israel since former Chadian President François ( Ngarta ) Tombalbaye broke off relations in September 1972 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, and other Arabs under Israeli occupation.
As Portugal broke the ties with the Spanish king in 1640, Casablanca came under fully Portuguese control once again.
Later insurrections broke out under the leadership of Bernard of Foix, Aimery of Narbonne and Bernard Délicieux ( a Franciscan friar later prosecuted for his adherence to another heretical movement, that of the Spiritual Franciscans ) at the beginning of the 14th century.
On 24 August 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the surrounding cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under metres of ash and lava ; the following year, a fire broke out in Rome which lasted three days and which destroyed a number of important public buildings.
Her health broke under the stress of the 17-hour work day and she returned home in April 1839.
Orwell and his wife were under threat and had to lie low, although they broke cover to try to help Kopp.
In the meantime, under Theodemir, the Ostrogoths broke away from Hunnic rule following the Battle of Nedao in 454, and decisively defeated the Huns again under Valamir at Bassianae in 468.
The cellars under the Houses of Parliament continued to be leased out to private individuals until 1678, when news of the Popish Plot broke.
While the French settlers debated how new revolutionary laws would apply to Saint-Domingue, outright civil war broke out in 1790 when the free men of color claimed they too were French citizens under the terms of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
In February, a revolt broke out in the city of Gonaïves, which was soon under rebel control.
They formed a unified empire under Attila the Hun, who died in 453 ; their empire broke up the next year.
The plan failed as the Greek ships quickly broke contact, while at the same time the Mecidiye came under attack by the Greek submarine Delfin, which launched a torpedo against it but missed ; the first such attack in history.
This situation lasted until the partitioning of the Western Isles in 1156, at which time the Outer Hebrides remained under Norwegian control while the Inner Hebrides broke out under Somerled, the Norse-Celtic kinsman of the Manx royal house.
While Elagabalus was still on his way to Rome, brief revolts broke out by the Fourth Legion at the instigation of Gellius Maximus, and the Third Legion, which itself had been responsible for the elevation of Elagabalus to the throne, under the command of Senator Verus.
As riots broke out and savings were ruined, bankrupting shopowners, Ching-kuo began to attack the wealthy, seizing assets and placing them under arrest.
Somewhere 1994, ULIMO broke into two militias: ULIMO-J, a Krahn faction led by Roosevelt Johnson and ULIMO-K, a Mandigo-based faction under Alhaji G. V.
That policy statement did not deter Nigeria under Generals Ibrahim Babangida in 1990 and Sani Abacha in 1997 from sending ECOMOG peacekeeping forces under the auspices of ECOWAS into Liberia and later Sierra Leone when civil wars broke out in those countries.
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Margaret was however dealt a devastating blow in 1482: her much loved stepdaughter, Mary, fell from her horse whilst hunting, and broke her back.
Serious forest fires broke out in the southern part of the area near Stüde, Neudorf-Platendorf, Meinersen and then by Eschede near Celle, which due to their devastating effect and fatalities became known as the forest fire disaster on the Lüneburg Heath.
Also, there was the potential for devastating flooding if the dams broke.
Alas, given the random, close proximity of houses to one another, town fires occurred with such regularity in numerous communities during that period that in 1626 another devastating fire broke out in Piła.
The other Austrian infantry on their left, when beset with 12-pounder Prussian artillery and devastating volleys from the advancing Prussians, quickly broke ranks as well.
After the battle, Gao was prepared to organize another Tang army against the Arabs when the devastating An Shi Rebellion broke out in 755.
During the course of refurbishment a devastating fire broke out in one wing, completely gutting it and creating a full year ’ s extra building work.
Düzce broke off from Bolu province and became a province in its own right after a devastating earthquake in the city in November 1999.
It received a devastating blow when a fire broke out in the church hall as workmen replaced roof felting.
But, soon after, a devastating fire that broke out in 1927 in the nearby residential area greatly harmed the ruins.
She suffered a devastating personal defeat, however, when a scandal broke out, revealing that most of her fights had been fixed.
The Whippets broke through into the German rear areas causing the loss of the artillery in an entire front sector, a devastating blow from which the Germans were unable to recover.
Together with Scerdilaidas, he sailed south of Lissus and broke the Roman treaty, attacking Roman allies in the Adriatic and by devastating and plundering many cities in the Cyclades and the Peloponnese.
A devastating famine broke out in the eastern coast in early 1770s killing 5 per cent of the national population.
Their suppressed pain sensors played a huge part in this, as Gaia would deliver devastating blows that broke their limbs, to no avail.
Henry we learn in the first episode had accepted a football scholarship to a private school, broke up with Jen through Jack, devastating her.
As the hot, dry weather continued, devastating heath and forest fires broke out in parts of Southern England.
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