The first ironclad battleship, with iron armour over a wooden hull, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in 1859 ; she prompted the British Royal Navy to build a counter.

The French Directory investigated a number of strategic options to counter British opposition, including projected invasions of Ireland and Britain, and the expansion of the French Navy to challenge the Royal Navy at sea.

The British government also took direct steps to counter the influence of CND, Secretary of State for Defence Michael Heseltine setting up Defence Secretariat 19 " to explain to the public the facts about the Government's policy on deterrence and multilateral disarmament ".

Before Farmer's efforts, tracing one's genealogy was seen as an attempt by colonists to secure a measure of social standing within the British Empire, an aim that was counter to the new republic's egalitarian, future-oriented ethos.

The design was not a uniquely British concept as similar ships were being built around the world, nor was it uniquely intended as a counter to German naval expansion, but the effect was to immediately require Germany to reconsider its naval building program.

A Canadian and U. S. led operation ( supported by British and Dutch forces ), Operation Mountain Thrust was launched in May 2006 to counter renewed Taliban insurgency.

As administering power, the British Government considers since the majority of inhabitants wish to remain British, transfer of sovereignty to Argentina would be counter to their right to self-determination.

After the Battle of Menin Road the German defensive system was changed, beginning an increasingly desperate search for expedients, to counter the inexorable British advance.

Through Franco was keen to enter the war, the Spanish wanted major infusions of food aid to counter the anticipated effects of a British blockade, a German commitment to help modernize the Spanish military, and no German bases on their soil-conditions that Hitler refused to meet.

Pablo and Mandel aimed to counter the opposition of the majorities inside the British Revolutionary Communist Party and French Internationalist Communist Party.

In July 1940, after the defeat of the French armies and the consequent armistice with Germany, the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, asked the Free French government-in-exile ( headed by General Charles de Gaulle ) to set up a secret service agency in occupied France to counter the threat of a German operation code-named Operation Sea Lion, the expected cross-channel invasion of Britain.

Chamberlain agreed with suggestions that a Land Bill would counter agitation in Ireland and Fenian outrages in the British Isles and would quieten demands for Irish Home Rule, which he opposed strongly, reasoning that it would lead to the eventual break up of the British Empire.

Mercer's Fort was a temporary British fort built to repel a French counter attack while Fort Pitt was being built.

This “ Spanish Fort ” was the site of a counter attack by British forces dispatched from Pensacola in 1781.

In the Second World War, during the invasion of France in May 1940, the town was the focus of a major British counter attack.

During the Second World War, Framlingham was an important defensive location for British forces ; at least one concrete pill box was built near to the castle as part of the plans to counter any German invasion, and Nissen huts were erected and a lorry park created in the Bailey.

Britain began illegally exporting opium to China from British India in the 18th century to counter its deficit.

Facing the threat of Japanese Kamikaze attacks the British and US developed surface-to-air rockets like British Stooge or the American Lark as counter measures, but none of them were ready at the end of the war.

The Allies planned to next besiege Cambrai, however the British government ordered the Duke of York's Anglo-Hanoverian corps to instead seize the coastal port of Dunkirk, the possession of which they believed would be a valuable military base and bargaining counter.

In an attempt to counter Hobhouse's activism, the British commissioned the Fawcett Commission, that confirmed Hobhouse's findings.

This late date, and slow introduction, allowed British radio engineers to develop jamming equipment to counter it.

Shortly thereafter, the Romans pacified Sicily and entered into an alliance with the Aetolian League to counter Phillip V. Philip, who attempted to exploit Rome's preoccupation in Italy to conquer Illyria, now found himself under attack from several sides at once and was quickly subdued by Rome and her Greek allies.

He attempted to counter his growing doubts about the loyalty of the army by stripping it of potential.

Heyerdahl attempted to counter the linguistic argument with the analogy that, guessing the origin of African-Americans, he would prefer to believe that they came from Africa, judging from their skin colour, and not from England, judging from their speech.

The Emperor Maximilian I ( 1493-1519 ) in 1498 attempted to counter the spiritual power of the Reichserzkanzler, a title associated with the Archbishopric of Mainz with a more secular position of Court Chancellor ( Hofkanzlei ), but the two became merged.

* When, after World War II, France attempted to counter Hồ Chí Minh's popularity and gain the support of the U. S. by creating a puppet government with him, he said " What they call a Bảo Đại solution turns out to be just a French solution.

In the third round Mayorga attempted to counter with punches to the body but did not do significant damage to his opponent, however later in the round one of these punches made Trinidad lose his balance and touch the floor with one glove which the referee counted as a knockdown.

Arkansas attempted to counter by making it a misdemeanor for Miller County residents to hold office in Texas, and then by establishing a county court in Fannin.

In July 2012, BDO's were credited with using their skills to rescue a kidnapped woman, after the woman attempted to hide facial injuries at the ticket counter.

In order to counter this, the ex-monarch entered into direct negotiations with Miguel's representatives: he attempted to fix himself as rightful King and re-recognize the descendants of Miguel as secondary heirs to the throne of Portugal, thereby reestablishing their rights and Portuguese citizenship.

Despite his close relationships with both Western and Communist Blocs, Sukarno increasingly attempted to forge a new alliance called the " New Emerging Forces ", as a counter to the old superpowers, whom he accused of spreading " Neo-Colonialism and Imperialism " ( NEKOLIM ).

During his brief tenures as Prime Minister in 1940 and 1941, he attempted to negotiate settlements with the Axis powers during World War II in order to counter British influence in Iraq.

In November, the Chinese attempted to counter this attack, but were unsuccessful.

As 3dfx attempted to counter the TNT2 threat, it was surprised by Nvidia's GeForce 256.

During the 4th century, Shapur II of Persia attempted to reinstate the super-heavy cataphracts of previous Persian dynasties to counter the formation of the new, Roman Comitatenses, the dedicated, front-line legionaries who were the heavy infantry of the late Roman Empire.

The Allies attempted to counter this by launching brigade-sized amphibious assaults, one each by 7th and 8th Armies, on 15 August.

The Maratha then attempted to build a stone causeway from the shore to the island, but were interrupted halfway through when the Mughal army moved to menace Raigad ; Sambhaji returned to counter them, and his remaining troops were unable to overcome the Janjira garrison and the Siddi fleet protecting it.

: the United States has, among other things, attempted or been perceived as attempting more or less unilaterally to do the following: pressure other countries to adopt American values and practices regarding human rights and democracy ; prevent other countries from acquiring military capabilities that could counter American conventional superiority ; enforce American law extra-territorially in other societies ; grade countries according to their adherence to American standards on human rights, drugs, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, missile proliferation, and now religious freedom ; apply sanctions against countries that do not meet American standards on these issues ; promote American corporate interests under the slogans of free trade and open markets and GATT being the main examples of the free trade policy initiatives of the 1990s ; shape World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies to serve those same corporate interests ; intervene in local conflicts in which it has relatively little direct interest ; ... ; promote American arms sales abroad while attempting to prevent comparable sales by other countries ; force out one U. N. secretary-general and dictate the appointment of his successor ; expand NATO initially to include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic and no one else ; undertake military action against Iraq and later maintain harsh economic sanctions against the regime ; and categorize certain countries as ' rogue states ,' excluding them from global institutions ....< sup > 1 </ sup >

The Liberals attempted to counter this with an early election call, as this would give the Conservatives less time to consolidate their merger.

The empress had attempted to counter Japanese interference in Korea and was considering turning to Russia or China for support.

During this period, Seattle attempted to counter the decline of its downtown and the area immediately to the north by hosting the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair.

In the end, he appointed a Lango to the post and attempted to counter the objection of Acholi officers by spying on them, reviving his old paramilitary counterweight, the mostly Langi Special Force Units, and thus repeating some of the actions that led to his overthrow by Amin.

The first British attack failed, and Bandula attempted a counter charge, with foot soldiers, cavalry and 17 fighting elephants.

On 23 June, his Corps decimated the Soviet Western Front's 6th Cavalry Corps when they attempted a counter attack near Grodno.

Just 24 hours later, a major Soviet counter offensive by the Soviet Northwestern Front attempted to recapture the city.