Morgan and his corps were placed on the west side of the Schuylkill River, with instructions to intercept all supplies found going to the city and to keep a close eye on the movements of the enemy.

These booze customers had until then been buying their supplies from the Sheldon, Saltis-McErlane, and Druggan-Lake gangs, and now they were competing for trade with the Torrio-Capone saloons ; ;

Some of these were built during a period of war between Bolivia and Paraguay, in order to transport Bolivian troops and their supplies to the war front in the lowlands of southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay.

With limited supplies, the cultivation of food was imperative, but the soils around Sydney were poor, the climate was unfamiliar, and moreover very few of the convicts had any knowledge of agriculture.

( Off-grid buildings would not lose power or water if public supplies were compromised for some reason.

Deaths from tourists and locals becoming stranded on outback trips occasionally occur, sometime because insufficient water and food supplies were taken, or because people have walked away from their vehicle in search of help.

The country suffered a difficult start to 2009, after gas supplies were cut in the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute.

Tallard preferred to bide his time, replenish supplies and allow Marlborough's Danube campaign to flounder in the colder weeks of Autumn ; the Elector and Marsin, however, newly reinforced, were keen to push ahead.

Having lost their entire baggage and supplies, the Bastarnae were obliged to withdraw from Dardania and to return home.

These shoals were too shallow to permit passage of larger warships, and so Brueys ordered his thirteen ships of the line to form up in a line of battle following the northeastern edge of the shoals to the south of the island, a position that allowed the ships to disembark supplies from their port side while covering the landings with their starboard batteries.

A more pressing problem for Brueys was a lack of food and water for the fleet: Bonaparte had unloaded almost all of the provisions carried aboard and no supplies were reaching the ships from the shore.

Paper and ink supplies were fully restored shortly after the end of hostilities and weekly publication of The Beano and The Dandy resumed in 1949.

This way that Teutonic forces in Prussia on the right bank of Vistula were cut off from the supplies form Western Europe.

By late February 1896, supplies on both sides were running low.

General Oreste Baratieri, commander of the Italian forces, knew the Ethiopian forces had been living off the land, and once the supplies of the local peasants were exhausted, Emperor Menelik's army would begin to melt away.

Although most early codices were made of papyrus, papyrus was fragile and supplies from Egypt, the only place where papyrus grew and was made into paper, became scanty ; the more durable parchment and vellum gained favor, despite the cost.

A combined military force of United States and United Nations ( under the name " UNOSOM ") were deployed to Mogadishu, to monitor the ceasefire and deliver food and supplies to the starving people of Somali.

Specialized ships were developed to provide underway replenishment of fuel ( for the carrier and its aircraft ), ordnance, and other supplies necessary to sustain operations.

The Dutch responded by sourcing new salt supplies from Spanish America where colonists were more than happy to trade.

Until the development of semiconductor diodes, valve diodes were used in analog signal applications and as rectifiers in many power supplies.

The supplies of the 275 settlers were overwhelmed by 250 survivors of the wreck of the British East Indian Ship ATLAS in May, and the colony failed in October.

The Rogallo parawing kite and the Jalbert parafoil kite were used for governable parachutes ( free-flying kites ) to deliver troops and supplies.

With supplies from Syracuse cut, the Romans were now besieged and constructed a line of contravallation.

After a few skirmishes, disease struck the Roman army while supplies in Agrigentum were running low, and both sides saw an open battle as preferable to the current situation.

While captured supplies proved useful, water and ammunition were constantly in short supply while a shortage of transport impeded the distribution of the supplies that the Axis forces did have.

In October 1704, after the ships had parted ways because of a dispute between Stradling and Dampier, the Cinque Ports was brought by Stradling to an island that is today known as Robinson Crusoe Island in the uninhabited archipelago of Juan Fernández off the coast of Chile for a mid-expedition restocking of supplies and fresh water.

Tin working continued throughout Roman occupation although it appears that output declined because of new supplies brought in from the deposits discovered in Iberia ( Spain and Portugal ).

Pursuing infantry quickly became exhausted, and artillery, supplies and fresh formations could not be brought forward over the battlefields quickly enough to maintain the pressure on the regrouping enemy.

Entranceways must be able to be open enough to allow supplies to be brought in, yet be able to provide a solid wall to an enemy.

The fortification of Decelea prevented the shipment of supplies overland to Athens, and forced all supplies to be brought in by sea at increased expense.

Many culinary historians believe that in the beginning of the 14th century, around the time of early Euro-African exploration, European explorers brought their own food supplies and introduced them into local African diets.

This final flight, authorized in October 2010, brought additional supplies to the International Space Station and take advantage of the processing performed for the Launch on Need mission, which would only have been flown in the event that Endeavour's STS-134 crew required rescue.

Roosevelt told the Navy worldwide to prepare for war, ordered ammunition and supplies, brought in experts, and went to Congress asking for authority to recruit as many sailors as he wanted, thus moving the nation toward war.

The trading supplies were brought in by a large party using pack trains originating on the Missouri River.

Much of the supplies brought into the Confederacy we carried aboard privately owned vessels.

The presence of a second port on the new stations allowed Progress supply vehicles to be docked to the station, meaning that fresh supplies could be brought to aid long-duration missions.

In addition to tariffs, many countries implemented non-tariff barriers to protect their industries in the aftermath of World War II after experiencing the dangers of dependence on imports for vital supplies brought about by free-trade policies.

3, 342 tons of ammunition and other supplies were brought by glider and parachute drop.

In the few days that the harbor was operational 11, 000 troops, 2, 000 vehicles and 9, 000 tons of equipment and supplies were brought ashore.

He first started to paint in 1889, after his mother brought him art supplies during a period of convalescence following an attack of appendicitis.

Fastolf brought the supplies in triumph to the English soldiers at Orleans three days later.

Among those that followed David to Hebron to make him king were 50, 000 fully armed men of Zebulun with no double heart ( I Chronicles 12: 33 ), who brought with them, as sign of their hearty allegiance, bounteous supplies of meat and drink to celebrate the accession of their new ruler ( I Chronicles 12: 41 ).

Under the deal Renault supplies the cabins and the engines and Praga supplied axles and transmissions for the prototypes ; however the whole project has been dogged by controversy due to the way Tatra had obtained the contract, its relationship with supplier Praga and the subsequent court case brought on against it by Praga.

In some instances, such as on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, cult members worship certain Americans ( such as John Frum and Tom Navy ), who brought the desired cargo to their island during World War II as part of the supplies used in the war effort, as the spiritual entity who will provide the cargo to them in the future.

In addition to skilled help, materials and supplies specific to maritime use needed to be brought to Skenesborough, where the ships were constructed, or Fort Ticonderoga, where they were fitted out for use.

Ships and boats brought supplies and equipment up Cook Inlet, landing at Knik or Tyonek.

The Community Action Committee continued its plan of revitalization and helped establish Lakeview's own free health clinic ( though as of fall 2006, the clinic is in dire need of funds, staff, and supplies ), and brought a police precinct with bicycle mounted policemen to help lower the crime.

Mr. Back often brought a basket along containing barber supplies such as clippers and scissors and did haircutting on the side at 25 cents per head.