They could not imagine that the Germans, whom they had defeated only twenty years previously, could defeat them in a mere six weeks, as happened when France fell in June 1940.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

They eventually use a very 60's way to defeat them.

They progressed to the next round, where they were beaten 4 – 1 by Germany, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup.

They defeat their respective opponents in the competition held the following morning, after arranging for some crooked side-betting on Roper's fight.

They were also used to defeat the Bavarian Soviet Republic in May 1919.

They aim to defeat each other without making contact with their opponent's body.

They did not expect defeat.

They first invaded Poland, and finally Hungary, culminating in the crushing defeat of the Hungarians in the Battle of Mohi.

They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga ( Gallaecia ).

They were beaten back by the Australian Army, and the Battle of Milne Bay is remembered as the first outright defeat on Japanese land forces during World War II.

They explain that persuasion means to win others over, not to defeat them.

They returned to England following the defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton and participated in the coronation of Richard's eldest brother as King Edward IV in 1461.

They went on to defeat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS three games to two, with Russ Ortiz winning Games 1 and 5 in Atlanta.

They were ultimately able to defeat Christian's forces in the Swedish War of Liberation.

They were used in 1345 to defeat an attempt by Edward III to appoint a candidate of his own as scholar.

They are attacked by the Isolationist, a villain with a plan to kill all mutants, but defeat him with the unintended help of Pietro Maximoff.

They kill Gerontius, Constantine's rebellious general ( magister militum ) in Spain, then besiege Arles and defeat Constantine.

They defeat the Vandals twice ; on land near Agrigento and in a sea battle off Corsica.

They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga ( Gallaecia ); this shatters the power of the Suebi.

They defeat the Burgundians under king Godomar near Autun ( modern France ).

They defeat the Byzantines, Mundus is killed during the fightings at Salona, and the Byzantine army withdraws.

They perform a burial ritual to symbolise the end of winter and spike doughnuts on weapons to symbolise the defeat of Ottomans.

They renewed the siege while Edmund went to Wessex to raise further troops, returning to again relieve London, defeat the Danes at Otford, and pursue Cnut into Kent.

They had weapons made of iron, which allowed them to easily defeat the local tribes, who were still armed with bronze weapons.

They visited the shipyards at Brest and Pierre had to sign the register, vouching for the integrity of the visiting foreigner.

They were led by Pierre Mulele, Gaston Soumialot and Christophe Gbenye who were former members of Gizenga's Parti Solidaire Africain ( PSA ).

They were also made against Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Chancellor of West Germany ( later all of Germany ), Helmut Kohl, when in power.

" They covered history in the making, and sometimes made it themselves: on March 12, 1938, Hitler boldly annexed nearby Austria and Murrow and Boys quickly assembled coverage with Shirer in London, Edgar Ansel Mowrer in Paris, Pierre Huss in Berlin, Frank Gervasi in Rome and Trout in New York.

They appeared together in a number of comedies by Pierre de Marivaux including L ' Île des esclaves.

They had escaped to the Netherlands from France in order to flee religious persecution there ; examples of these are Pierre Joubert who came from La Motte-d ' Aigues for religious reasons.

They organized a newly formed coalition called The Métis provisional government with Pierre Parenteau as President and Gabriel Dumont as adjutant-general to action.

They had two children, Pierre ( 1891 – 1946 ) and Jeanne ( 1893 – 1981 ).

They had a great influence on many artists, notably Édouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Félix Vallotton and Mary Cassatt.

They settled in the northwestern region that later became known as St. Pierre at the mouth of the Roxelane River, where they built Fort Saint Pierre.

They were discovered intact in 1939 and 1940 by Pierre Montet and proved to contain a large catalogue of gold, jewelry, lapis lazuli and other precious stones including the funerary masks of these kings.

They married in 1958 and set up house and studio in the south of France, where two sons were born to them, Alexis and Pierre.

They were descended from Gaston Martineau, a Huguenot surgeon and refugee, who married Marie Pierre in 1693, and settled in Norwich.

They waited until his death to elect his successor, Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix, who was himself close to the Action Française and collaborated with Pierre Boutang's La Nation Française monarchist review.

They also discount Christian faith positions, like those of French Jesuit priest, geologist and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who saw that his work with evolutionary sciences actually confirmed and inspired his faith in the cosmic Christ.

The group expanded from the original quintet — Harris, Pettus, and the Wiley brothers — with newcomers Kevin Kendrick, Eric Fearman, Pierre DeMudd, Sennie " Skip " Martin, They had their first hit with " Shake It Up " in 1980.

They are named in recognition of the work carried out by Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine and French engineer Pierre Henri Hugoniot.

They had a daughter ( Nicole ) and two sons, Pierre and Sami.

They treated the ethnic communities like passive vote banks owed to them through the supposed myth of Pierre Trudeau.

They were rescued by the timely arrival of a second division, under command of Pierre Dupont de l ' Étang's 1st Division, which covered a day's march in a half day.

They can be tested, at least partially, by ultra-high energy cosmic ray experiments like the Pierre Auger Observatory.

They carried such influence in Gabon that following the February 1964 coup, the decision to seek military intervention was taken by the CEO of Union Générale des Pétroles ( UGP ; now known as Elf Aquitaine ), Pierre Guillaumat, Foccart, and other French businessmen and leaders.

They were then examined and partly revised by Pierre de Chaignon la Rose, a prominent ecclesiastical heraldic artist at the time.