Forced against his will into war with Russia, Ahmed III came nearer than any Ottoman sovereign before or since to breaking the power of his northern rival, whose armies his grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha succeeded in completely surrounding at the Pruth River Campaign in 1711.

He was appointed grand penitentiary shortly after election of Pope Innocent VI in December 1352 and given the epithet " Angel of Peace ", a title which quickly became a sad misnomer as his future actions in the Papal States would drench the Italian countryside in blood from the River Po until the Garigliano.

Djolof expanded its dominance of small chiefdoms south of the Senegal River ( Waalo, Cayor Baol, Sine – Saloum ), bringing together all the Senegambia to which he gave religious and social unity: the " Grand Djolof " Jean Boulègue, Le grand Jolof, XIII < sup > e </ sup >- XVI < sup > e </ sup > siècle, vol.

L ' Enfant chose Jenkins Hill as the site for the Capitol building, with a grand boulevard connecting it with the President's House, and a public space stretching westward to the Potomac River.

A group of nobles, led by Lithuanian magnates including Duke Michael Wiśniowiecki ( the former Lithuanian grand chancellor nominated by Augustus II ), crossed the Vistula River to Praga and the protection of Russian troops.

Some of the city's road design is the result of the curve of the Mississippi River, hilly topography, conflicts between developers of different neighborhoods in the early city, and grand plans only half-realized.

Since 1950, almost every year at Easter, long distance canoeists have been competing in what is now known as the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race, which follows the course of the Kennet & Avon Canal, joins the River Thames at Reading and runs right up to a grand finish at Westminster Bridge.

) Incorporated in 1925, the community is known for its rolling landscape, bucolic Hillsborough River views, and majestic trees ; it has the most grand sand live oak trees of any place in central Florida and is a Tree City USA.

The town received its name because of the " grand view " of the Ohio River.

It was named for its location near the " grand falls " of the Pecos River, located roughly to the west.

The 1770s saw a grand plan to build a canal from the Little Ouse at Thetford to the River Stort at Bishops Stortford.

A grand old bald cypress tree in the Santee River valley, near Andrews, SC

The place name element grand could possibly mean " gravel ", although it has also been suggested that the Roman name for the River Witham was " Granta ".

The POPSearch 2007 grand champion Maria Perry won $ 5, 000 and performed with the Boston Pops on July 3 and 4 in the annual July 4 Extravaganza seen by a live audience of almost a half-million people on the Charles River Esplanade and several million more on WBZ-TV.

A grand British strategic plan, the Saratoga Campaign, was drafted in London to make coordinated movements down from Canada and down the Hudson River, to meet at Albany, New York, dividing the colonies in two, separating New England from the rest.

The grand plan for the Ellesmere Canal was to link the River Mersey with the River Severn.

His promoters even sold the grand ( and technically impossible ) lie that Laemmle had persuaded the secretary of the Navy to send a battleship up the Los Angeles River to fire a salvo on opening day.

Astor's grand plan included a permanent American settlement at the mouth of the Columbia River, and a trade ring that included New York City, the old Oregon Country, Russian Alaska, Hawaii and China via Guangzhou ( Canton ).

A military report to Congress in 1875 identified 81 black men who had been killed by name, and also estimated that 15-20 bodies were thrown into the Red River and another 18 secretly buried — for a grand total of " at least 105.

On July 6 of that year, he became the first ( and remains, to date, the only ) player to hit a home run out of Pittsburgh's PNC Park and into the Allegheny River " on the fly " during a regular-season game ; the shot, a grand slam, came off Pittsburgh's Kip Wells.

A grand old bald cypress tree in the Santee River valley, near Andrews, South Carolina

In 1998, at the wedding of her brother Marat which was celebrated on the bank of the Moskva River, Alsou sat at the grand piano and sang I Will Always Love You.

Soon after leaving the cabin the sub-alpine forest slowly yields to a treeless alpine landscape that allows a grand view of the rapidly narrowing Taiya River valley.

To cater for the expectations of the well-to-do, Vernon included a ballroom and magnificent grand dining room ( now Chisolm ’ s Restaurant ).

For example, in many states there is no constitutional right to be indicted by a grand jury before facing a criminal prosecution for a felony or infamous misdemeanor.

He was also facing pressure from U. S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who had served him with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury investigating organized crime.

The grand battery was deployed on a single line, covering some 2 kilometers, with the " Army of Italy " cannon facing Liechtenstein's Reserve Korps, while the Guard foot artillery was in the centre, facing Kollowrat's III Korps and the Guard horse artillery extended the line southwards, facing the village of Breintlee, which was in enemy hands.

Despite the seizure of his computer equipment ; searches of his business, person, and home ; grand jury investigations ; FBI and ATF questioning ; facing years in prison and hundreds of death threats ; he did not reveal the identities of members of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front movements.

to her at Versailles, at the top of the grand staircase facing those of

An introductory form for beginner dancers, executed at the barre is as follows: facing the barre, the dancer executes a grand battement to the side, then turns the body so that the lifted leg ends up in arabesque.

On the hilltop overlooking the village of Lerma in Old Castile that provided his grand title, the duke built a palace ( 1606 – 1617, by Francisco de Mora ) capped with corner towers, on the site of a fortification, ranged round a double-arcaded courtyard facing an arcaded square and linked to the rebuilt church of San Pedro with a private passageway.

In its place a grand governor's mansion was built, suitable, it was hoped, for a President's House, with a four-columned portico facing across Bowling Green and up Broadway.

The Boscombe Devil is a gargoyle located facing the Boscombe grand theatre now the O2 Academy ( see above ), believed to have been placed there to show disapproval at the entertainments on offer.

The building occupies a triangular site facing Albert Square and contains offices and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with the imposing Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown illustrating the history of the city.

The renovation includes a rebuilt grand plaza entrance, elimination of 2 lower-level suites in each corner ( 8 of current 28 suites ) leaving views from the concourse area to the playing area, renovation of each suite, elimination of sections 323 and 324 on the terrace level ( 574 seats ) for a bar and stage area that will feature a new digital theatre organ, more concessions areas on the terrace level, an 11, 000-sq ft outdoor deck and party area overlooking outside plaza and facing the downtown skyline, new climate controls that improve both the ice surface and spectator comfort, new lighting, all new padded seats, resurfaced and redecorated concourse, combining Icons and Medallions restaurants into one venue, and updated restrooms.

The quiz went national in 2006, with winners from Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi facing off at a grand finale in Delhi. In the year 2008, the contest was extended to two more cities-Pune and Kolkata.

The Charminar is a square edifice with each side 20 meters ( approximately 66 feet ) long, with four grand arches each facing a cardinal point that open into four streets.

Samarinda grand mosque facing The Mahakam is the largest Islamic centre in Kalimantan

James Delancey's grand house, flanked by matching outbuildings, stood behind a forecourt facing Bowery Lane ; behind it was his parterre garden, ending in an exedra, clearly delineated on the map.

Dean Hoffman's " grand design " was for the seminary's Chelsea campus to be built on an Oxford model, with neo-Gothic buildings facing onto a central quadrangle or Close.

Promoted to Chief of Battalion on 19 October, he organised a grand battery, said to be " of the Convention ", on the hill of Arènes and facing the fort, supported by those of the " Camp of the Republicans " on the hill of Dumonceau, by those of the " Farinière " on the hill of Gaux, and those of the " Poudrière " at Lagoubran.

The vineyards of the Cote de Nuits are planted on east and southeast facing slopes that receive the most opportune sun exposures with vineyards designated as premier and grand cru almost always planted on this ideal aspect at elevations between 800 – 1000 ft ( 250 – 300 m ).