This battle marked the effective end of resistance to the expeditionary force, but the gunboats were called into service to transport troops to Fashoda, south along the White Nile, where a small force of French troops had made a difficult land crossing and staked a claim to the area.

The battle of Jutland was the major naval engagement of the First World War and marked a turning point in the naval war.

The war is marked by Hannibal's surprising overland journey and his costly crossing of the Alps, followed by his reinforcement by Gaulish allies and crushing victories over Roman armies in the battle of the Trebia and the giant ambush at Trasimene.

The battle marked a turning point in the war ; despite winning, the Allies were unable to proceed with the invasion, having suffered such tremendous casualties.

This battle marked a major turning point in Northumbrian fortunes: Penda died in the battle, and Oswiu gained supremacy over Mercia, making himself the most powerful king in England.

The battle marked the end of the Swedish Empire and the rise of the Russian Empire.

The death of Louis II as he fled the battle marked the end of the Jagiellon dynasty in Hungary and Bohemia, whose dynastic claims were absorbed by the Habsburgs via the marriage of Louis ' sister.

Although the monument was not ready in time to mark the centennial of the battle, the 100th anniversary of the battle was marked by speeches attended by President Rutherford B. Hayes.

This battle marked the turning point in Frederick's claim to empire.

All three films received bad reviews, and marked the beginning of a battle for Eastwood to win American film critics ' respect.

The battle marked the last successful foreign invasion of the British Isles.

Later Christian chroniclers and pre-20th century historians praised Charles Martel as the champion of Christianity, characterizing the battle as the decisive turning point in the struggle against Islam, a struggle which preserved Christianity as the religion of Europe ; according to modern military historian Victor Davis Hanson, " most of the 18th and 19th century historians, like Gibbon, saw Poitiers ( Tours ), as a landmark battle that marked the high tide of the Muslim advance into Europe.

According to chroniclers such as Eusebius of Caesarea and Lactantius, the battle marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.

The battle marked the end of Hungarian rule and the appearance of the first independent Romanian principality.

This battle marked the first appearance of the winged dragons, most notably Ancalagon the Black, but the Valar eventually won.

Being suspicious of anything with Papist connotations, however, rather than shift the anniversary of the Boyne to the new 1 July or celebrate the new anniversary of Aughrim, the Orangemen continued to march on 12 July which was ( erroneously ) thought to have marked the battle of the Boyne in New Style dates.

This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe and foreshadowed French dominance in Europe under Louis XIV, his son and successor.

The battle marked the beginning of the political hegemony of the Habsburg dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire and Central Europe.

It has been suggested by some historians that the battle marked the turning point in the Ottoman – Habsburg wars, the 300-year struggle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

The battle marked the first occasion legendary Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee would face each other in battle.

This battle marked a key turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South.

" Matt Paprocki of Blogcritics said the film is " far from perfect " and " can be downright boring at times " but felt that " the destruction scenes make up for everything else " and " the final battle is an epic that simply can't be matched ".

A Russian naval raid on Sinope, on 30 November 1853, resulted in the destruction of the Turkish fleet in the battle of Sinope.

Other terms used to refer to the events surrounding Ragnarök in the Poetic Edda include aldar rök (" end of the world ") from stanza 39 of Vafþrúðnismál, tíva rök from stanzas 38 and 42 of Vafþrúðnismál, þá er regin deyja (" when the gods die ") from Vafþrúðnismál stanza 47, unz um rjúfask regin (" when the gods will be destroyed ") from Vafþrúðnismál stanza 52, Lokasenna stanza 41, and Sigrdrífumál stanza 19, aldar rof (" destruction of the world ") from Helgakviða Hundingsbana II stanza 41, regin þrjóta (" end of the gods ") from Hyndluljóð stanza 42, and, in the Prose Edda, þá er Muspellz-synir herja (" when the sons of Muspell move into battle ") can be found in chapters 18 and 36 of Gylfaginning.

Oscillating battle lines inflicted a high number of civilian casualties and wrought immense destruction.

In his return to England, Rooke won an important naval battle, the Battle of Vigo Bay, which resulted in the complete destruction of the Spanish treasure fleet but marginal financial gain as most the treasure had already been unloaded ashore.

After a rough battle, Miller defeats Wild Dog, causing him to drop his radio detonator and become engulfed in the destruction.

A German General Staff publication claimed " Germany had been brought near to certain destruction ( sicheren Untergang ) by the Flanders battle of 1917 ".

Despite Rheinübung and the damaging attack on the Lützow, in July 1941 Raeder began planning for what he called " the battle of the Atlantic ", a plan to send every single warship in the Kriegsmarine into the Atlantic to take on the Royal Navy in one colossal battle that almost certainly result in the destruction of the German force, but would hopefully make the British victory a Pyrrhic one.

The destruction of Y-wings tasked with destroying the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope leads to Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill ) firing the proton torpedoes that destroy the Empire's battle station.

They and their native allies returned in the spring of 1521 to lay siege to Tenochtitlan, a battle that ended on August 13 with the destruction of the city.

Liu had refused to do battle against the Red Army, to save his own military from destruction.

The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.

The battle ends with the Death Star's destruction and the death of the Emperor.

Ultimately, Elric's reliance on Stormbringer proves his undoing: after the utter destruction of the Young Kingdoms in the battle of Law and Chaos, just as it seems that the cosmic Balance has been restored, Stormbringer kills Elric, transforms into a humanoid demon, and leaps laughing into the sky, to corrupt the newly-remade world once more.

Ulan Bator has not seen any war-related destruction except the February 1921 Battle of Urga in which Baron Ungern von Sternberg defeated the 10, 000 strong Chinese garrison ( who had themselves occupied Urga without a battle ).

In the film's climactic scene, however, the station is assaulted by a small force of Rebel starfighters ; the battle ends with the Death Star's destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker.

The phrase " Crowning Mercy " is frequently linked to the battle, descriptive of the complete destruction of the last Royalist army and the end of the English Civil War.

However Matthew Kantacouzenos asked his father, Byzantine Emperor John Kantacouzenos VI for help and 10, 000 Ottoman Turks showed up at Demotika in October 1352 and engaged the forces of John V's Serbian allies in an open field battle which resulted in the destruction of the allies and a victory for the more numerous Turks in the service of the Byzantines.

As goddess of war, Enyo is responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, often accompanying Ares into battle, and depicted " as supreme in war ".

In the months of October and November 1943 a battle between the German and the Canadian troops for possession of the city caused the destruction of many public buildings, including the City Hall and the archives held there.

According to Cornelius Nepos, in his defense Epaminondas merely requested that, if he be executed, the inscription regarding the verdict read: Epaminondas was punished by the Thebans with death, because he obliged them to overthrow the Lacedaemonians at Leuctra, whom, before he was general, none of the Boeotians durst look upon in the field, and because he not only, by one battle, rescued Thebes from destruction, but also secured liberty for all Greece, and brought the power of both people to such a condition, that the Thebans attacked Sparta, and the Lacedaemonians were content if they could save their lives ; nor did he cease to prosecute the war, till, after settling Messene, he shut up Sparta with a close siege.

Over 160, 000 troops were engaged at the Wilderness in a bloody, see-saw, battle that saw both sides on the brink of destruction.

Clausewitz dismissed " geometry " as an insignificant factor in strategy, believing instead in the Napoleonic concept of victory through battle and destruction of the opposing force, at any cost.

The German military, exhausted by the efforts of the March offensives and dispirited by their failure, was first seriously defeated during the battle of Amiens ( 8 – 11 August 1918 ) and the German homefront entered general revolt over a lack of food and destruction of the economy.