When the Israelites, led by Joshua toward the Promised Land, arrived at the banks of the River Jordan, the Ark was carried in the lead preceding the people and was the signal for their advance ( Joshua 3: 3, 6 ).

When Henry II lead his armies to the Vienna Basin in 991, the Hungarians were obliged to evacuate the territories West of the Leitha ( Hungarian: Lajta ) River.

Thus the displacement of the Cadell Fault 25, 000 BP lead directly to the formation of the famous Barmah River Red Gum Forests

Speaking in Lokoja, Nigerian President Umaru Yar ' Adua stated that the project would lead to " all-year-round navigability " on the River Niger and that he hoped that, by 2020, Nigeria would have become one of the twenty most industrialised nations in the world.

The construction of a controversial pulp paper mill in 2007, on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River, caused protests in Argentina over fears that it would pollute the environment and lead to diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 slaves in South Carolina.

Colter was later hired by Manuel Lisa to lead fur trappers and to explore the region around the Yellowstone River.

* Crabtree Falls: The longest waterfall east of the Mississippi River, the falls trails lead hikers along a 1. 7 mile trail with beautiful views of five cascades of the Crabtree Falls.

This can lead to confusion, as it is on the opposite bank of the River Thames from Gallions Reach DLR station and Gallions Reach shopping park.

Mining has been a key industry in this area with Madison County recorded as having the oldest lead mine west of the Mississippi River.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is grade 1 listed and stands at the top of a steep slope above the River Bure, built of flint with limestone dressings and lead roofs.

" Custer then was allowed to lead an attack with four companies of the 4th Michigan Infantry across the Chickahominy River above New Bridge.

Local roads lead to Teller, Council and the Kougarok River.

Other significant waterways in the city are Isaac Verot Coulee, Coulee Mine, Coulee des Poches and Coulee Ile des Cannes, which are natural drainage canals that lead to the Vermilion River.

There are several rivers and brooks, most of which lead to the Deerfield River, which forms much of the eastern border.

The brooks in the eastern part of town lead to this river, while the brooks in the western part of town flow towards the Connecticut River.

On June 7, 1804, their journey lead them to the convergence of the Missouri River and Moniteau Creek near the future settlement of Rocheport.

Herculaneum was laid out by Moses Austin and Sameul Hammond in 1808 as a shipping point on the Mississippi River closer to Austin's lead mines in Potosi than was Ste.

Clearmont is the location of the lead character's ranch in the Colonial Radio old west drama series Powder River.

The second, easier one would lead them to the town of Geneva, where the Lake Geneva flows into the Rhone River and where a bridge allowed passage over the river.

Halleck intended to take the field in person and lead both armies in an advance south to seize the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, a vital supply line between the Mississippi River Valley, Memphis, and Richmond.

Smith is the founding pastor of New River Fellowship in Franklin, Tennessee, where he was the lead pastor from 2006 to 2008.

Robbie Robertson, former lead guitarist for The Band, referenced John in a song on his 1987 self-titled album titled " Somewhere Down the Crazy River.

Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast of the centre of Liverpool, the airport is named after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon, lead singer / songwriter of The Beatles.

* 1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead ( Taman Peninsula ) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

The Wanapum people were never forced onto a reservation, and they lived along the Columbia River in the Priest Rapids Valley until 1943.

Roosevelt created the Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943, using the land donated from the Snake River Land Company and adding additional property from Teton National Forest.

During the Second World War, the Battle of the St. Lawrence involved a number of submarine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle and Cabot Strait from May to October 1942, September 1943, and again in October and November 1944.

Simon the Swan, intended as a sequel to Rushie River was outlined in 1943 with Groundsel, but only developed in 1953.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 Spring Training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 Spring Training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.

Rio Vista is home to Devil's Tower, a stone clock tower that is claimed to be haunted, that was originally built by sugar baron Manuel Rionda ( 1854 – 1943 ) in order to allow his wife to see New York from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.

An earth levee along the Chenango River and Phelps Creek and the channel excavation of Phelps Creek in 1943 by the US Army Corps of Engineers helped reduce the devastation that was brought on by earlier floods of the Susquehanna River basin.

On the night of July 24 / 25, 1943, a German U-boat fired at least three shells to attack the " Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company " plant at " Kure's Beach " ( post-war: Kure Beach ), but instead hit the Cape Fear River.

Several transferred to Canada in 1943 ; the Montreal Laboratory and some later to the Chalk River Laboratories.

* The Moro River Campaign, a World War II campaign between Allied and German forces on the Moro river and its headwaters in Italy in 1943

After her parole, resisting efforts at deportation, Iva moved to Chicago, where her father had opened the J. Toguri Mercantile Company Japanese-import retail store during the war, following the release of the Toguri family from internment at the Gila River War Relocation Center in September 1943.

With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash landing in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal.

On 26 December 1943 both Sheffield and Jamaica participated in the sinking of the battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape ; Sheffield, with Belfast and Norfolk, opened the attack at 09. 00 ; as at the River Plate battle, three cruisers sought to attack a Battleship armed with 11 " guns.

In 1943, Denison Dam was built on the Red River to form Lake Texoma, a large reservoir of, some north of Dallas.

Luftwaffe Field Marshal ( Generalfeldmarschall ) Albert Kesselring — commander of all German forces in Italy — ordered his forces to retreat to the Barbara Line on 12 October 1943 after the 5th Army crossed the Volturno River, breaching the Volturno defensive line.

In 1943, the Golden Star was bombed and sunk in the Canton River by the Americans, and the Electric Star was sunk in the harbour.

At the start of 1943, the German Wehrmacht faced a major crisis as Soviet forces encircled and reduced the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and expanded their Winter Campaign towards the Don River.

The privately owned Parramatta to Redbank Wharf ( Duck River ) steam tram remained until 1943.

She was present in 1943 at the testing of the prototype for the aqua lung, in the Marne River outside Paris.