But the submarine is a weapon of ambush and therefore always in danger of being ambushed.

The tiger salamander ( Ambystoma tigrinum ) is typical of the frogs and salamanders that hide under cover ready to ambush unwary invertebrates.

In old versions of the story: " The scene of the murder, when it is specified, is usually the house of Aegisthus, who has not taken up residence in Agamemnon's palace, and it involves an ambush and the deaths of Agamemnon's followers too ".

* 1987 – American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U. S .- funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.

An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors ( the ambushing force ) take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops.

This ability to maintain discipline and break out or maneuver away from a killing zone is a hallmark of good troops and training in any ambush situation.

In modern warfare, an ambush is most often employed by ground troops up to platoon size against enemy targets, which may be other ground troops, or possibly vehicles.

This is the place where the ambush will be laid.

One of the earliest reliable records of this weapon in warfare is from an ambush, the Battle of Ma-Ling in 341 BC.

* 2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.

Joy said, " The jury really is still out on these bodies, whether they were aristocrats, priests, criminals, outsiders, whether they went willingly to their deaths or whether they were executed – but Lindow was a very remote place in those days, an unlikely place for an ambush or a murder ".

As Lex Luthor attempts to ambush Libra after learning that he is a prophet of Darkseid, Lex Luthor soon ends up surrounded by Justifiers.

When the Titans ambush Lex's convoy and begin killing his hired mercenaries, Nava takes him into the sewers, where she is shot and apparently killed by Deathstroke.

This catalyst is used as a great representation due to the mere fact of the planned ambush and destruction of " symbols of globalization ", insinuating the World Trade Centers.

The war is marked by Hannibal's surprising overland journey and his costly crossing of the Alps, followed by his reinforcement by Gaulish allies and crushing victories over Roman armies in the battle of the Trebia and the giant ambush at Trasimene.

During the ambush it is claimed that Saddam began shooting prematurely, which disorganised the whole operation.

* May 30 – Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, totalitarian despot of the Dominican Republic since 1930, is killed in an ambush, putting an end to the second longest-running dictatorship in Latin American history.

* September 3 – Italian general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa is killed in a Mafia ambush.

* A vexillatio ( sub-unit ) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.

** Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.

* September 13 – Battle of Ad Decimum: Gelimer attempts to ambush the Byzantines in a defile at the " 10th milestone " from Carthage, due to inadequate coordination and the alertness of Belisarius, the attack is repulsed and the Vandals are scattered into the desert.

Terry is used to coax a popular dockworker, Joey Doyle ( Ben Wagner ), out to an ambush, preventing him from testifying against Friendly before the Crime Commission.

At 06: 58 the following morning, Alpha Company began moving alone up a ridge finger and triggered an ambush by the 6th Battalion of the 24th PAVN Regiment.

When Ramza tried to slip over the wall to open the gate for his allies, Gaffgarion triggered another ambush on Ramza's allies outside, and fought a duel with Ramza just inside the gate, but was defeated and killed.

They sprung an ambush on Pondi only to fail again.

Although the Crusader force consisted only of 375 knights, Saladin hesitated to ambush them due to the presence of highly skilled generals.

Velvet worms are ambush predators, hunting only by night, and are able to capture animals at least their own size, although it may take almost all of their slime-secreting capacity to capture a large prey item.

Because of this information, the South had been able meet the Union Army at a place where they could ambush Sturgis and make retreat as difficult as possible ( Tishomingo Creek was in their rear with only a single bridge as a crossing point.

If this is the correct explanation, then the Heke's ambush was only partially successful, as Kawiti's men, fearing their chief had fallen, returned towards the pā and the British forces engaged in battle with the Māori rebels immediately behind the pā.

The Angolan civil war ended only after the death of Savimbi, who was killed in an ambush on February 22, 2002.

Although they were only armed with wooden sticks, Li and his band managed to ambush a group of government soldiers sent to arrest them, and obtained their first real weapons.

After many setbacks, including the destruction of the EMP device by a Strogg ambush, Kane is left to complete the mission, assisted only by Private Johann Strauss and Lance Corporal Nikolai " Sledge " Slidjonovitch.

If this is the correct explanation, then the Heke's ambush was only partially successful, as Kawiti's men, fearing their chief had fallen, returned towards the pā and the British forces engaged in battle with the Māori rebels immediately behind the pā.

Ignoring a warning from Thoros, Bohemond attacked at once, and when the Moslems feigned flight rushed headlong after them, only to fall into an ambush.

Encountering a party of Albanians south of the town of Manfif, he was surprised in an ambush and only escaped with difficulty.

Once he learned of the column's presence, Forster had a detachment ambush the Americans from positions astride the only available path through the forest.

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Gwynedd, known in North Wales as Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf accompanied only by a squire was refused entry to Builth Castle ( the Marcher Barons were always changing sides ) following an ambush by an Anglo-Norman war party from Hay.

She was the only woman to fight alongside Marxist guerrillas under Che Guevara during the Bolivian Insurgency ( 1966 – 1967 ) where she was killed in an ambush by CIA-assisted Bolivian Army Rangers.

In the fall of 1991, he returned to the ring, but only to be injured by Ric Flair during a match held on the November 9 episode of Superstars, followed by an ambush by the Beverly Brothers.

The popularity and numbers of Shaykh Mahmud ’ s troops only increased after their ambush of a British military column.

He stated that D445 Battalion's role was to close the rear of the ambush and that they had suffered only light casualties during the battle.

He reasoned that if the Viet Cong had intended on mounting an ambush it would have been more effective to have done so near the original mortar base-plate position as that was the only location they could have been sure the Australians would investigate.

Meanwhile, a large Viet Cong force had been observed moving through the artillery around the southern flank and this was only broken up by the cavalry after fears the Viet Cong might ambush the force after leaving Nui Dat proved groundless.

By early 1217, Louis decided to return to France for reinforcements, but had to fight his way to the south coast through loyalist resistance in Kent and Sussex, losing part of his force in an ambush at Lewes, with the remainder pursued to Winchelsea and only saved from starvation by the arrival of a French fleet.

The minor part of the vanguard stationed on the mountain road broke through Wei ranks and the remnants fled south, only escaping total annihilation due to Zhang He's fear of ambush.

By late 1943, improved Allied tanks and tank destroyers ( US ) with improved guns, rotating turrets, and superior mobility ( brought on not only by technology, but also improved tactics ) forced the StuG III and IVs into the corner of being primarily an ambush weapon.

Discovering that David Cain had murdered her sister, Sandra hunted him down, only to be lured into an ambush by Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins, of which Cain was a member.

It was only by hiding under a seal skin that he was able to ambush and capture Proteus, the only one who can direct Menelaus how to reach home.