The surviving crew and quick-reaction force took cover in a hillock and a fierce firefight began.

Regardless of the controversy regarding the preparations, however, once the assault began around 4 p. m., Longstreet pressed the assault by McLaws and Hood ( Pickett's division had not yet arrived ) competently against fierce Union resistance, but it was largely unsuccessful, with significant casualties.

Reform began as a rejection of Orthodox Judaism, and early battles between Reform and Orthodox groups in Germany for control of communal leadership were fierce.

Luciano's lawyers in Arkansas then began a fierce legal battle against extradition.

A fierce rivalry began to develop between the brothers.

During the late 1920s, a fierce and bitter criminal turf war began between Wall and Antinori, who both fought each other as well as Trafficante for control of the illegal numbers rackets in the Tampa, Florida, area.

When construction of the barrier began in September 2003, a fierce dispute with the Yemeni government erupted.

Another fierce rivalry is with the Parramatta Eels, which began in the 1980s when the two sides were the strongest in the competition.

He began a fierce artillery barrage from all sides and ordered an infantry assault.

The invasion began the morning of 20 May and after the fierce Battle of Crete that lasted ten days, Crete fell to the Germans.

Although the paper resurfaced into the Sabahan world of journalism when the economic turmoil began, They managed to stay afloat with support from the dedicated readers and struggled through the economic undercurrent eventually becoming a fierce competitor to other established newspapers in Sabah.

As the Tokyo Giants ' pet name was " Kyojin ," baseball personality Soutaro Suzuki thought that other teams should also have pet names like the Giants, and names such as the Osaka Tigers ' alias " Mouko " ( fierce tiger ), the Senators ' " Seito " and the Pacific's " Taihei " ( tranquility ) began to be used by the press.

In 1987, GEI Rechnersysteme GmbH, a division of Daimler-Benz, began distributing Traces in Germany with great success, despite fierce competition from other minisupercomputer companies.

Initial demand was so fierce that BMW had 5, 000 orders before production began.

The Byzantine attack was fierce and it was not long before the Bulgarians began slowly to retreat.

Sauer was a fierce critic of environmental determinism, which was the prevailing theory in geography when he began his career.

After several fierce firefights, Clark was secure and began infiltrating agents.

Slowly but inexorably expanding into civilized space, the alien klicks and their allies began by devastating the entire Silver Bell colony on Spes, followed by fierce ground fighting on Rakke.

However, he soon began to move again as Galvatron began a fierce battle with Optimus Prime, which only ended when Galvatron sacrificed himself to stop Unicron.

The final attack began around 5: 30 p. m. by six brigades against Miles's position and it broke through the northwest corner of the Union fortifications ; although the Union defensive fire was fierce enough to keep the Confederates at bay, suddenly two Union regiments panicked and bolted for the rear, opening a gap.

The UE and IUE were fierce rivals for many years, but in the 1960s began to cooperate in bargaining with General Electric and other employers.

As explained by the Telegraph in London on Sept. 18, 2009, “ The orchestra ’ s rise to fame began with the great Fritz Reiner in the Fifties, but it was during the 22-year reign of the fierce Hungarian Georg Solti that the orchestra became the brawny yet subtle precision instrument that it is today, famed especially for its noble and stupendously powerful brass sound .” A Smithsonian profile of Herseth, published Sept. 1, 1994, offered this description: “ The Chicago has long been recognized as one of the world ’ s great orchestras, and Adolph Sylvester Herseth has had a major role in the evolution of its distinctive sound .” As described in the Chicago Sun-Times, July 22, 2001, “ For decades Herseth's rich, golden tone and powerful yet expressive playing were a cornerstone of the fabled ‘ Chicago Sound .’” That brass sound drew worldwide attention to the CSO, and propelled the great American orchestra ’ s reputation around the globe.

Meanwhile, the Slovak Fast Division began seeing fierce action on the Eastern Front.

Modell's team was named the " Baltimore Ravens " after a fan contest and began play in the 1996 season.

Godzilla vs. Biollante began as a winner of a contest by Toho.

Peter Krentz argues that " the ideology of hoplitic warfare as a ritualized contest developed not in the 7th century, but only after 480, when non-hoplite arms began to be excluded from the phalanx ".

After surrendering the New York Yankees ' only loss in the 1999 playoffs in a much-hyped contest with Red Sox ace Pedro Martínez, Clemens began improving his postseason numbers.

" The contest was extended once more, and Germain began work on her third attempt.

The contest has also been characterized as a promotional vehicle for Hubbard himself, who returned to science fiction writing with Battlefield Earth at about the same time as he began the contest.

But in 1052 the king and Geoffrey Martel made common cause against William at the same time as some Norman nobles began to contest William's increasing power.

Football, in particular, began to emerge as a marquee sport, but the rules of the game itself were in constant flux and often had to be adapted for each contest.

A " Name the Mascot " contest began that night, with the winning name of " S. J. Sharkie " being announced on April 15, 1992.

After winning a school recitation contest, Adjani began acting in amateur theater by the age of twelve.

Selection of the new county seat began in 1860 by having a contest to see which towns were suitable.

The key events during his reign were the contest with the Ottoman Empire, whose great advance into Central Europe began in the 1520s, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in several wars of religion.

However, upon arrival in St. Louis, Santos-Dumont found his airship ’ s gas bag to be irreparably damaged: sabotage, although suspected, was never proven, and Santos-Dumont did not participate in the contest after suspicion of the deed, a repeat of a similar incident in Boston, began to focus somewhat absurdly on Santos-Dumont himself, and he indignantly left the Fair and returned immediately to France.

After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, she began performing in clubs.

Construction of the telescope began in April 1991, and later that year, a public contest gave the telescope its official name, " Subaru Telescope.

The annual contest Grande Noite do Fado began in 1953, lasting until our days.

In the 1980s, NFL began videotaping final rounds as a means of preserving the history of the contest.

Earle began learning the guitar at the age of 11 and placed in a talent contest at his school at age 13.

Immediately after this fight, negotiations began to pursue a contest against Manny Pacquiao.

However, during this period, Daddy began to be cheered for the first time since his comeback when he entered into a feud with legendary masked heel Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he unmasked Nagasaki during a televised contest from Solihull in December 1975 ( although the unmasked Nagasaki quickly won the bout moments later ).

Increasingly the two parties began to co-operate, and when the Scottish Party chose to contest the Kilmarnock by-election in November 1933 the NPS endorsed their candidate.

During the war, however, the political wing began to gain momentum, and at the 1919 UFA convention it was decided that UFA candidates would contest the next provincial election.

The contest began in 1990 by Hugh Loebner in conjunction with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Massachusetts, United States.