Taking the title " Margrave of Brandenburg ", he pressed the " crusade " against the Wends, extended the area of his mark, encouraged German migration, established bishoprics under his protection, and so became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, which his heirs — the House of Ascania — held until the line died out in 1320.

A line of the von Wetterau ( Conradines ) intermittently held the countship of Aargau from 750 until about 1030, when they lost it ( having in the meantime taken the name von Tegerfelden ).

It was part of the ' Big Push ' ( later known as the Battle of the Somme ) that was intended to force the German Army into a retreat from the Western Front, a line they had held since late 1914.

It is based on the semaphore symbols for " N " ( two flags held 45 degrees down on both sides, forming the triangle at the bottom ) and " D " ( two flags, one above the head and one at the feet, forming the vertical line ) ( for Nuclear Disarmament ) within a circle.

A coin toss is held to determine which team will take possession first ; the first team scrimmages the ball at the opponent's 35-yard line and advances through a series of downs until it scores or loses possession.

Under coach Vince Lombardi the Packers dominated the 1960s, defeating the Cowboys in four regular-season meetings and two playoff games ; on January 1, 1967 the Packers held off a late Cowboys drive inside the ten yard line to win 34-27 on a game ending interception of a Meredith pass in the endzone.

The Roman Catholic Church does not consider the validity of an ecumenical council's teaching to be in any way dependent on where it is held or on the granting or withholding of prior authorization or legal status by any state, in line with the attitude of the 5th-century bishops who " saw the definition of the church's faith and canons as supremely their affair, with or without the leave of the Emperor " and who " needed no one to remind them that Synodical process pre-dated the Christianisation of the royal court by several centuries ".

In American and Canadian football, the ball as it is put in play is only held in the line ( by the snapper ) for a fraction of a second.

' At which Peggy snapped, ' Come on, dearie, it's only a gesture, not a recipe ,' a line surely worthy of Joe himself, though indicative of the contempt in which Ramsey held the Orton family.

To complicate matters, much of the Angevin empire was held by Henry only as a vassal of the King of France of the rival line of the House of Capet.

Prior to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 2007, the state-owned Liberia Telecommunications Corporation ( LIBTELCO ) held a legal monopoly for all fixed line services in Liberia, and remains the sole licensed fixed line telephone service provider in the country.

In the late 18th century, the younger line of Orange-Nassau ( the princes who held sway in the neighbouring Dutch oligarchy ) also became related to the Brandenburgers.

For the unnamed " king of Babylon " a wide range of identifications have been proposed. They include a Babylonian ruler of the prophet Isaiah's own time the later Nebuchadnezzar II, under whom the Babylonian captivity of the Jews began, or Nabonidus, and the Assyrian kings Tiglath-Pileser, Sargon II and Sennacherib, Herbert Wolf held that the " king of Babylon " was not a specific ruler but a generic representation of the whole line of rulers.

Launching his new line from his existing company's offices at 330 West 42nd Street, New York City, New York, he officially held the titles of editor, managing editor, and business manager, with Abraham Goodman officially listed as publisher.

Most races that are held in the spring and summer feature side by side racing also called a regatta ; all the boats start at the same time from a stationary position and the winner is the boat that crosses the finish line first.

On one occasion when Askin was supposed to drive a new Holden from the factory assembly line during a visit, Askin arranged for his driver, Russ Ferguson, to be hidden on the car floor working the controls while Askin held the wheel.

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Northern Gaul was held by the Romans along a line from north of Cologne to the coast at Boulogne through what is today southern Belgium until 460.

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From right to left the line was held by Duke Conrad's Franconians, three Bavarian divisions, Otto's division and two Swabian divisions.

Before receptions — a social event that is structured around a receiving line, and usually held in the afternoon, with only light refreshments — became popular, weddings were more typically celebrated with wedding breakfasts ( for those whose religious traditions encouraged morning weddings ) and wedding balls ( for those who were married in the evening ).

Bernard de Montfaucon's 1730 engraving has a solid line resembling a spear being held overhand matching the manner of the figure to the left.

A dominant line of scholarship has held that Rome lacked a body of myths in its earliest period, or that this original mythology has been irrecoverably obscured by the influence of the Greek narrative tradition.

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The attacks are repulsed and the French have no fresh troops left, yet Napoleon can see that the cavalry attacks have weakened the Allied line.

On December 13, the " grand division " of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson to the south, but was finally repulsed.

At dawn on June 3, three Union corps attacked the Confederate works on the southern end of the line and were easily repulsed with heavy casualties.

Although the Germans counterattacked in October they were repulsed and subsequently the front line in the Netherlands would not move until after the winter.

Wheeler's forces moved to encircle the Spaniards ' first battle line, assaulting its front and right flank, but were repulsed.

They apparently went in without orders and their attacking line formation even repulsed repeated French cavalry charges, holding until the last moment then firing a massive volley when the charge came within ten yards.

The brigade and its leader distinguished themselves very greatly at the Battle of Alma ; and with his " thin red line of Highlanders " he repulsed the Russian attack on Balaclava.

The Confederates launched several charges on the Union line but were repulsed, while nightfall ended the battle.

Repeated Confederate attacks were repulsed from this concentrated line, most notably in the cedar " Round Forest " salient against the brigade of Col. William B. Hazen.

An initial Russian advance south of the southern line of hills was repulsed by the British.

That drive was repulsed by the muskets of the 93rd ( Highland ) Regiment, which had been formed into a lone line of two rows by its commander, Sir Colin Campbell.

Having once been repulsed, Latour-Maubourg's dragoons made no further attack on Cole's division, and the Allied line marched on.

It was entirely due to his powers of command and the splendid spirit with which he inspired his men that the attack on the greater part of his front was repulsed, and that the enemy, though they penetrated into parts of the front line, were counter-attacked and held at bay until the arrival of reinforcements.

The first charge was repulsed by Gauchier's cavalry, but Brunswick reordered his command and launched a second charge, the first line was repulsed again but the second line succeeded in pushing back the Walloon Horse.

They assaulted Fort Magruder and a line of rifle pits and smaller fortifications that extended in an arc south-west from the fort, but were repulsed.

Across the entire line of battle, the Confederate troops reached only within of the Union Center and were repulsed by nightfall with heavy losses.

After a week of heavy fighting south of the city, the Russian assault was repulsed and the front line restored.

When reinforcements arrived, the Union forces counterattacked and drove back two lines of Confederates, but were repulsed by a third line.

While occupying this position on Culp's Hill, with an excessively long line to defend and no other troops in support, Greene was attacked by Edward " Allegheny " Johnson's Division, but the attack was successfully repulsed by his brigade.

On July 2, with most of both armies now present, Lee launched fierce assaults on both flanks of the Union defensive line, which were repulsed with heavy losses on both sides.

The main American line held and repulsed the British attack ; in total, only six Americans were killed and seven others wounded.