We would all meet at ten o'clock at the Kehl bridge, five miles from Strasbourg, and march triumphantly across into Germany.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, Khrushchev was adding his bit to the march of world law by promising to build a bomb with a wallop equal to 100 million tons of TNT, to knock sense into the heads of those backward oafs who can't see the justice of surrendering West Berlin to communism.

With the universal list as his weapon, Swadesh has extended his march of conquest farther and farther into the past, eight, ten, twelve millennia back.

It happened at the St. Patrick's Day party, a big affair for a regiment which had gone into battle for over three-quarters of a century to the strains of an Irish march.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

His 250-mile ( 400-kilometre ) march to prevent Vienna falling into enemy hands was a masterpiece of deception, meticulous planning and organisation.

: When, after the action had thus occurred, his own men returned to each general, Scipio could adopt no fixed plan of proceeding, except that he should form his measures from the plans and undertakings of the enemy: and Hannibal, uncertain whether he should pursue the march he had commenced into Italy, or fight with the Roman army which had first presented itself, the arrival of ambassadors from the Boii, and of a petty prince called Magalus, diverted from an immediate engagement ; who, declaring that they would be the guides of his journey and the companions of his dangers, gave it as their opinion, that Italy ought to be attacked with the entire force of the war, his strength having been nowhere previously impaired.

Another possibility is that they ran up to the 200 meter-mark in broken ranks, and then reformed for the march into battle from there.

Reopened at Trent on 1 May 1551 by convocation of Pope Julius III ( 1550 – 5 ), it was broken up by the sudden victory of Maurice, Elector of Saxony over the Emperor Charles V and his march into surrounding state of Tirol on 28 April 1552.

According to Julius Caesar, the Belgian tribe of the Atuatuci " was descended from the Cimbri and Teutoni, who, upon their march into our province and Italy, set down such of their stock and stuff as they could not drive or carry with them on the near ( i. e. west ) side of the Rhine, and left six thousand men of their company there with as guard and garrison " ( Gall.

His army faced very strong resistance in the Afghan tribal areas where he is said to have commented that Afghanistan is " easy to march into, hard to march out of.

Later, however, he was able to ambush and kill the Molionides, and thus march into Elis, sack it, and kill Augeias and his sons.

Hannibal was now determined to carry the war into the heart of Italy by a rapid march through Hispania and southern Gaul.

Hannibal's perilous march brought him into the Roman territory and frustrated the attempts of the enemy to fight out the main issue on foreign ground.

Having ravaged Apulia without bringing Fabius to battle, Hannibal decided to march through Samnium to Campania, one of the richest and most fertile provinces of Italy, hoping that the devastation would draw Fabius into battle.

In 207 BC he succeeded in making his way again into Apulia, where he waited to concert measures for a combined march upon Rome with his brother Hasdrubal Barca.

* 1976 – Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15, 000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.

* 1861 – American Civil War: at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25 mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.

* 1997 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa.

* 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.

Muhammad and his companions, now 10, 000 strong, decided to march into Mecca.

Bismarck had at first tried to rouse the peasants of his estate into an army to march on Berlin in the King's name.

Army Group North was to march through the Baltics into northern Russia, and either take or destroy the city of Leningrad ( now Saint Petersburg ).

The march turned into a bloody event when the Insular Police (" a force somewhat resembling the National Guard of the typical U. S. state " and which answered to governor Winship ) opened fire upon, what a U. S. Congressman and others reported were unarmed and defenseless cadets and bystanders alike killing 19 and badly wounding over 200 more, many in their backs while running away.

By December 1835 6, 019 soldiers had gathered at San Luis Potosi to march into Texas.

In June 1865, at Sheridan's behest, Custer accepted command of the 2nd Division of Cavalry, Military Division of the Southwest, to march from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Hempstead, Texas, as part of the Union occupation forces.

Accompanied by his wife, he led the division ( five regiments of veteran Western Theater cavalrymen ) to Texas on an arduous 18-day march in August.

During the opening and closing credits of the TV show, the actors would march toward the camera and an off-screen men's chorus sing the theme song, " These Are Tales of Texas Rangers ", to the tune of " The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You ", which is also the tune of " I've Been Working on the Railroad ".

Airmen Basic march in column formation as part of their graduation ceremony at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

The collapse of Lee's army-and the Confederate cause-seemed imminent when the Texas Brigade arrived with a resounding Rebel yell after an exhausting overnight march.

Ryan has been recruited by Human rights groups to act as a Canadian peace observer in Northern Ireland, to march alongside members of the United Farm Workers in California and to lobby Texas politicians for a commutation of Stanley Faulder's death sentence.

He led the 1st Division of Cavalry to march from Shreveport, Louisiana, to San Antonio, Texas, as part of the Union occupation forces on an arduous 33-day 600-mile march between July 9 and August 11, 1865.

* The Armada de Barlovento locates La Salle's colony during an overland march, led by commander Alonso De León, from Coahuila discovered La Salle's Fort St. Louis near the head of Lavaca Bay ( present day Victoria County, Texas ).

A long strike and march to Austin resulted in improved pay and conditions for workers in south Texas.

He was ordered to march along the Texas coast in the southeast to keep open Mexican supply lines from the coast.

Santa Anna intended to march the majority of the troops across the center of Texas to retake San Antonio de Bexar.

He called on all Mexican rebels to surrender and join his patriotic army, and started the long march north toward Texas.

Many of the Consultation delegates had also gathered in Gonzales, and rather than wait for the session to begin, they joined the army on a march against the Mexican garrison at San Antonio de Bexar ( modern-day San Antonio, Texas ).

When the army resumed its march northward, the direct route to Sichuan was blocked by Chiang's forces.

Despite this, Philip resumed his march, and his troops became confused and disoriented due to heavy fog.

Unable to trap Lafayette, the British resumed their march north from Philadelphia to New York ; the Continental Army, including Lafayette, followed and finally attacked at the Monmouth Courthouse in New Jersey.

After the battle, King Charles resumed his march on London, but was not strong enough to overcome the defending militia before Essex's army could reinforce them.

When Cornwallis resumed his march, these 75 wounded prisoners were left behind at Cross Creek, Cornwallis having earlier left 70 of his own most severely wounded men at the Quaker settlement of New Garden near Snow Camp.

The march on Omdurman was resumed at about 11: 30.

As the falling tiles made the position undesirable, the major in command ordered the march to be resumed, and as he gave the order, his horse ran away with him towards the Sauer.

The British rested and then resumed their march to the northeast during the night.

In the summer of 68 BC Lucullus resumed the war against Tigranes, crossing the Anti-Taurus Range in a long march through very difficult mountain country directed at the old Armenian capital Artaxata.

Jackson resumed his march to the south, but his troops were tired and hungry and made poor progress as the rain continued.

Despite failing to meet promised detachments under de Monchervaux and de Grandpré, he resumed his march with Chicagou and de Vincennes to the Chickasaw lands, only to be advised by courier that the southern army was late and that he should act according to his own judgement.

The Coast Division soon resumed its march.

When the Americans resumed their march, they were ambushed by Native warriors and eventually surrendered to the commander of a small British detachment.

Shortly after they resumed their march another Texan cart broke down, and its cargo had to be transferred to another one, delaying the retreat again.

The Spanish, low on ammunition, resumed the march, only to dig in again in the face of repeated enemy attacks.

After the battle Early resumed his march on Washington, arriving at its northeast border near Silver Spring at around noontime on July 11.

Ewell resumed the march on 10 June, and on 11 June Early and Johnson's Divisions marched via the Sperryville turnpike to Gaines crossroads, while Rodes ' Division took the Richmond road toward Flint Hill.

Stuart resumed his exhausting march through the afternoon and early evening, seizing over 1, 000 fresh horses from York County farmers.

The next morning the Confederates resumed their march northward.

By about 6: 00 pm Morgan and the main body had resumed their march northward, foraging in northern Harrison County before camping a few miles from Corydon, near New Salisbury.

The march on Baghdad resumed on 5 March 1917.

On the 13th, the march was resumed in improved weather, though the cold was still severe.