The French moved first to Tirlemont, ( as if to threaten Zoutleeuw, abandoned by the French in October 1705 ), before turning southwards, heading for Jodoigne – this line of march took Villeroi ’ s army towards the narrow aperture of dry ground between the Mehaigne and Petite Gheete rivers close to the small villages of Ramillies and Taviers ; but neither commander quite appreciated how far his opponent had travelled.

The narrow early industrial canals, however, have ceased to carry significant amounts of trade and many have been abandoned to navigation, but may still be used as a system for transportation of untreated water.

Digitalis is an example of a drug derived from a plant that was formerly used by folklorists and herbalists ; herbalists have largely abandoned its use because of its narrow therapeutic index and the difficulty of determining the amount of active drug in herbal preparations.

* Tourism Railroads-Several locomotives are used for tourism and recreational services, such as " El Parque del Tren " in Bayamón ( demolished to make way for the Tren Urbano ) and the historic narrow gauge old sugarcane plantation " Tren del Sur " in Arroyo ( currently abandoned but with plans for restoration ).

For a few decades the Chili Line, a narrow gauge railroad, ran on the east bank of the river as far south as the mouth of Diablo Canyon ; some day the Rio Grande Trail may occupy the abandoned right of way.

Due to competition from the railways and the narrow design of most UK canals ( which prevented the carriage of economically sized bulk loads ), large parts of the UK's canal system were abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The narrow and dogmatic teaching was repugnant to Pufendorf, and he soon abandoned it for the study of public law.

The 152 mm heavy howitzers were particularly difficult to maneuver ; owing to their great weight and narrow steel wheels, they were incapable of crossing rivers on anything but tank bridges and were prone to becoming hopelessly mired and needing to be abandoned by their crews.

The lock that was formerly at the site is abandoned and a narrow washout is the over means to bypass the dam.

Thus shut up in a narrow street, some sought refuge in the collegiate mosque Barkukia, while the remainder fought their way through the encircling cordon, abandoned their horses, and escaped over the city-wall on foot.

The final site for the dam was chosen at a steep, narrow canyon of the Sacramento River nearly deep about a mile above the abandoned smelter town of Coram and two-and-a-half miles below Kennett.

Chrysler abandoned its Dodge Ram Van, a body style essentially unchanged from the 1970s, in favor of the Sprinter, a narrow European Mercedes-Benz van with a turbodiesel engine, which has found favor primarily in commercial delivery with its high roof, and high-end, high-mileage Class C RV.

The narrow canyon contains two rail lines ( One is now partially abandoned ), Highway 84, Alameda Creek, and the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct.

* Towards the end of the year, regular use of steam locomotives on the Janakpur Railway, Nepal, is abandoned following the transfer of narrow gauge diesel locomotives from Indian Railways.

A narrow gauge railway in the area of Aberystwyth was first proposed after the initial route planned for the Manchester and Milford Railway, from Llanidloes to Aberystwyth via Devil's Bridge, was altered, and then abandoned, before construction started.

The old tram line 54 had included a long loop through the historic centre of Xochimilco, along narrow city streets, but this was not included in the upgrading to light rail, and was permanently abandoned when closed in 1984.

It sold or abandoned lines such as the narrow gauge logging systems, as well as its ferries and steamships.

The fishing village of Crovie ( then in Banffshire, now Aberdeenshire ), built on a narrow strip of land along the Moray Firth coast, was abandoned by many of its inhabitants as entire structures were swept into the sea.

Anxious, Cash considered turning the car around, but abandoned this idea because the road was too narrow and she presumed the car would get stuck on the dirt shoulders, which were soft from that evening's rains.

Portions of the line were abandoned in the 1930s and the 1940s, and the last narrow gauge common carrier made its final run on April 29, 1960.

" Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers have been abandoned, in an effort of produce a narrow buffer strip within the thirty meter " riparian zone " between the rivers and their surrounding parklands, including river paths.

The 1881 conversion of the NBR to standard gauge track, followed by the 1882 purchase of the New Brunswick and Canada Railway saw a section of the NBR's original narrow gauge line between Shewan and Hartland abandoned.

VIII Corps ( opposite Serre in the north end of the attack ) guns lifted the barrage 100 yards every 2 minutes instead of 50-yard increments per minute as had been intended and hence because No Man's Land was so narrow the barrage began on rather than in front of the German trenches and then lifted beyond leaving the advancing troops to face unsuppressed defenders ; XIII Corps ( opposite Montauban in the south end of the attack ) with the exception of 18th Division abandoned the creeping barrage altogether, and 18th Division alone attacked with any success ; III Corps ( opposite La Boisselle in the centre ) artillery employed old discredited tactics of " raking " back and forth rather than providing a consistently forward-movement of fire behind which the infantry could advance and the attack failed.

There is a second road cut to the summit which has been abandoned and eroded to a narrow rocky path giving it the name " Rock Garden " and making it a popular decent for mountain bikers.

Captain Rayment abandoned the take off after Captain Thain had noticed the port boost pressure gauge fluctuating as the plane reached full power and the engine sounded odd while accelerating.

In the event the line to Blaenau, which was not completed until 1879, was built to standard gauge and the other proposals were abandoned.

Few Metre gauge & Narrow gauge railway lines have been converted in to Broad gauge and remaining have been dismantled or abandoned.

This was abandoned before 1881 and a gauge line was built in 1885 or by the 8th ( Railway ) Company R. E.

In 1968 the line was rerouted in Aberystwyth to run adjacent to the BR line into the former standard gauge Carmarthen line platforms of the main station which had been abandoned in 1964.

Although the D & RG considered rebuilding their line to standard gauge, the line was abandoned before these plans were implemented.

The break-of-gauge was not overcome until the Terowie-Peterborough line was converted to broad ( 1600 mm ) gauge in 1970, to meet new the standard gauge from Port Pirie to Broken Hill, but it was abandoned by 1988.

In 1957, a new standard gauge line was built from Stirling North ( near Port Augusta ) to Marree on a new alignment west of the Flinders Ranges and the narrow gauge line between Hawker and Marree was abandoned.

The remainder of the narrow gauge line between Stirling North, Quorn and Hawker was abandoned in 1972, although the Stirling North-Quorn section has been taken over by the Pichi Richi tourist railway.

The narrow gauge line from Marree to Alice Springs was abandoned with the opening of the new standard gauge railway from Tarcoola to Alice Springs in 1980, which forms port of the Adelaide – Darwin railway.

The standard gauge line from Stirling North has since been abandoned north of Leigh Creek.

He abandoned this idea after being criticised in Welsh newspapers for bringing about the defeat of the Liberal Party in the 1895 election and when, at a meeting in Newport on 16 January 1896, the South Wales Liberal Federation, led by David Alfred Thomas and Robert Bird moved that he be not heard.

Joan Martin always referred to Alfred, her second husband ( she had been married before to a native Italian named Donato Pisani, whom her family arranged her to marry, and later married a singer named Jack Downey and took his name ; the marriage lasted until Jack's death many years later ), as the " jackass " because he abandoned the family.

A Time magazine article published the month of her death identifies her father as a " drifting railroad mechanic "; according to a 2005 biography, the mother was married to Norwegian Alfred Ridste, who abandoned the family before Carole was born, and it was Charles Fenner, her mother's second husband, who most likely was Carole's biological father.

In 2003, Alfred State College and its neighbor Alfred University entered into merger talks that were eventually abandoned in the face of opposition from students, faculty, and alumni from both institutions, many of whom viewed the missions of the two colleges as largely incongruous.

In his later wills, a more mature Rhodes abandoned the idea and instead concentrated on what became the Rhodes Scholarship, which had British statesman Alfred Milner as one of its trustees.

In his very first race for Mercedes, one their cars dominated, a furious Fagioli abandoned his vehicle after having been given orders by team manager Alfred Neubauer to stay in second place and allow fellow Mercedes driver Manfred von Brauchitsch to win.