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They launched a counter-attack, but the Danes killed both Osberht and Ælla and set up a puppet king on Northumbrian throne.
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They launched a major invasion of Gaul and northern Italy in 268, when the Romans were forced to denude much of their German frontier of troops in response to a massive invasion of the Goths from the east.
The western Sanhaja had been converted to Islam sometime in the 9th C. They were subsequently united in the 10th C., and with the zeal of neophyte converts launched several campaigns against the " Sudanese " ( pagan black peoples of sub-Saharan Africa ).
They launched attacks in many cities, including Abidjan.
They founded the Kesmai company in 1982 and in 1985 an enhanced version of Dungeons of Kesmai, Island of Kesmai, was launched on CompuServe.
They are primarily launched from air, sea or submarine platforms in both roles, although land based launchers also exist.
They launched it on 15 November 1999 from offices in Portsmouth Road, Guildford, a location still commemorated on the site.
However, the household was a literate one, subscribing to three newspapers. They were strong Conservatives ; indeed one of the largest and last ships launched by the Bennett shipyard ( in 1869 ) was the Sir John A. Macdonald.
They can be launched from a variety of platforms.
They include Drago Jambrecina, who took a building society to court 44 times, Dominic Wy Kanak of the Waverley Council, who launched 40 proceedings against an Olympic beach volleyball stadium at Bondi, Pranay Bhatttacharya and Con Tsekouras.
They could perform highly efficient hit-and-run attacks, in which they quickly approached a target, then left as rapidly before a counter-offensive could be launched.
They also launched their 8th Walkman telephone, the W700, a stripped-down version of the W800 with a different case colour, that included a 256 MB Memory Stick.
They launched the Clickwheel Comics Reader in July 2008 that would allow the digital versions of the comics to be downloaded and read on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
They also safeguarded the operators of the ram against arrow and spear volleys launched from above.
They launched a poorly planned uprising in 1903 that was brutally suppressed, and led to tens of thousands of additional refugees pouring into Bulgaria.
They also ( in a very expensive deal ) purchased the TV rights to the Football League and launched the ITV Sport Channel.
They were launched by Proton-K rockets, and consisted of orbiters and landers similar to late Venera, and Vega spacecraft.
They launched a joint diplomatic effort to bring an internationally acceptable transition to independence for Namibia.
They launched their first full tour for the album in September, playing in the United States, Canada and across Europe.
They also launched attacks against pro-Bourbon presses, and paralyzed the coercive apparatus of the monarchy.
They also launched an all-out assault on Benjamin Disraeli, accusing him in a series of leaders of jettisoning ethics for politics by ignoring the atrocities committed against Bulgarian civilians by Turkey in the 1870s.
They also launched an HD simulcast of their Vancouver station ( CHAN-TV ) on the same day.
They weighed approximately five tons and were launched by the powerful Proton booster.
They launched the " Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius " Campaign in 1974 as an attempt to undermine the premier.
They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.
They and counter-attack
They must be on the lookout for a counter-attack from the Jews.
They succeeded in capturing the Ottoman trenches, but were left unsupported and vulnerable to counter-attack.
They were running out of ammunition and supplies, and a full German counter-attack at 22: 00 forced them to withdraw, giving up virtually all they gained.
They had been selected to form the nucleus of the 5th and 7th Beach Groups, which would have the objectives of maintaining beach organisation, securing positions, and providing defence against counter-attack.
They achieved mixed results on the second day, being pushed back on their western flank, but repelled a significant German counter-attack in their centre.
They were pursued across the valley by the first Ottoman troops of the 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment which began to counter-attack against the thin Australian firing line that was forming along the second ridge and across the plateau.
They prepare for a large-scale Chinese counter-attack which they know will overwhelm and kill them in vicious fire fights and hand-to-hand fighting while the Panmunjeom cease-fire negotiations continue.
They participated in the defence and counter-attack operation at Arras against the invasion by Nazi Germany in May 1940, temporarily discomfiting the 7th Panzer Division under Rommel.
They faced the German divisions in Alsace ( especially in the battles of Masevaux and Colmar ) during the great counter-attack of Ardennes, and entered Germany with General Patton's forces in 1945.
They and Danes
They were sometimes regarded as the work of Danes or Picts.
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 were sometimes treacherous such as in the story of Harald, legendary king of the Danes, who was taught the ways of warfare by Odinn and then was betrayed and killed by the god who then brought him to Valhalla.
They were composed of Finn-Gall or Norwegians, and of Dubh-Gall or Danes.
They instructed Danes to accept " occupation by Russian or specially trained American Negro soldiers " until the first disorders resulting from military operations were over.
They were once more bought off, and the amount of silver paid impressed the Danes with the idea that it was more profitable to extort payments from the English than to take whatever booty they could plunder.
They came to Medina showing Great Danes and didn't leave until the restaurant was sold in 2007.
They appointed a Mercian ealdorman Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to the Danes.
They wanted to try their fortune in the Asian seas ; the Danish expedition occupied Koneswaram temple and it was here that the Danes began the works for the fortification of the peninsula.
They met the Danes at an unknown location in East Anglia at the Battle of the Holme, and although the Danes won they suffered the heavier losses, including Æthelwold.
They marshalled a great fleet and sailed to Courland in order to take over their goods and to make the Curonians pay tribute to the Danes instead.
They had named their new town for the Dannevirke, the extensive Viking-age fortification line which had a strong emotive symbolic role for 19th-century Danes and which had fallen into German hands in 1864 – and for whose defence a pan-Scandinavian alliance had failed to be formed.
They were largely conquered by Saxons and Danes during the 12th century and subsequently included within the Holy Roman Empire.
They therefore sent the 64-gun Third Rate ship-of-the-line and three brigs, the 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop, 14-gun brig-sloop and the 14-gun gun brig to seek out the Danes.
They obtained the parwana by paying fifty thousand rupees in cash to Nawab Alivardi Khan, along with many gifts, acquiring three bighas of land at Sripur on the riverfront and then another fifty-seven bighas at Akna for the building of a new factory and port, which the Danes governed from Tranquebar.
They are known to have a rivalry with the Albany Great Danes and the Vermont Catamounts. The program is notable for grooming big name college coaches such as Rick Pitino, Mike Jarvis, Patrick Chambers and Joseph Bianco.
They are mentioned in both Beowulf and in Widsith, where they are in conflict with the Danes.
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