Unable to achieve this merger on its own, Wintermute recruited Armitage and his team to help complete the goal.

Unable to achieve much else, Platov and Uvarov moved back to their own lines and the action was perceived as a failure by both Kutuzov and the Russian General Staff.

Unable to achieve an honorable peace himself, Ludendorff had handed over power to the new civilian government, but he then blamed them for what he felt was a humiliating armistice that U. S. President Woodrow Wilson was proposing.

Unable to drive each other back, the Allied and German forces conducted a race to the sea in an effort to outflank each other and achieve a decision.

Unable to achieve this task, the precursor race used the Tralfamadorians instead to extinguish themselves.

Unable to win a decisive victory, Salcedo lifted the siege on February 19, 1813 and turned toward San Antonio de Bexar.

Unable to muster a victory, Zhao Yun managed to minimize his losses by rallying his surviving men to firmly defend their positions, he then personally went to the rear to prevent enemy pursuit, and did not hurry his retreat, so supplies were not lost, and no one was left behind.

Unable to obtain a victory, Fabius withdrew the spearmen of the First Legion from the line and sent them under the command of Barbatus stealthily around the enemy flank into the hills behind, whence the latter had earlier descended.

Unable to unload the cargo in any port, the crew was believed to have dumped much of it at sea.

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

Unable to speak, and with blood pouring from his mouth, Orwell was carried on a stretcher to Siétamo, loaded on an ambulance and after a bumpy journey via Barbastro arrived at the hospital at Lleida.

Unable to stop his advance, Khosrau II was assassinated and the Sassanid empire fell into anarchy.

Unable to stop the growing civil unrest, Erich Honecker was forced to resign in October, and on 9 November, East German authorities unexpectedly allowed East German citizens to enter West Berlin and West Germany.

Unable to find the solution they woke Judit, who was asleep in bed and carried her into the training room.

Unable to end the impasse Taddeo was horrified to hear the fathers of the Council solemmly depose and excommunicate the Emperor on 17 July, while absolving all his subjects from allegiance.

Unable to locate a copy in any of its libraries, the Soviet Union was obliged to ask the Hoover Institution for a microfilm copy of its original edition of the first issue of Pravda ( dated March 5, 1917 ).

Unable to stop the rift within Calvinism, his father was forced to resign from his ministerial position, which he had held for three decades.

Unable to raise the required capital in Britain because of this, Edison was forced to enter into a joint venture with Swan ( known as Ediswan ).

Unable to absorb the force of the explosions, the vibranium was destroyed, but it did succeed in entirely absorbing the sound made by the explosion preventing damage to the surrounding area.

Unable to limit what they called " government by injunction " in the courts, labor and its allies persuaded the Congress of the United States in 1932 to pass the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which imposed so many procedural and substantive limits on the federal courts ' power to issue injunctions that it was an effective prohibition on federal court injunctions in cases arising out of labor disputes.

Unable to move the vessel, which slowly silted into place, Streeter claimed it made up the independent " United States District of Lake Michigan " and thereby was not subject to the laws of Illinois or Chicago.

Unable to appoint himself as the Western Roman Emperor, Orestes instead appointed his son Romulus Augustus as Romulus was a citizen of Rome.

Unable to come to terms with Hill, the producers re-shot the episode without him ( another character, Cinnamon Carter, listened to the taped message, the selected operatives ' photos were displayed in " limbo ", and the team meeting was held in Rollin Hand's apartment ), and reduced Briggs ' presence in the five episodes left to be filmed to a minimum.

Unable to attack any strongly fortified forts and cities, the raiders plundered the countryside, raiding towns and villages, weakening the French infrastructure, but the military value of the damage was only temporary.

Unable to sail to Italy during the winter, Titus celebrated elaborate games at Caesarea Maritima and Berytus, then travelled to Zeugma on the Euphrates, where he was presented with a crown by Vologases I of Parthia.

Unable to free himself, the wrestler was devoured by wolves.

Unable to escape, he was devoured and his remains found at the foot of a tree.

Unable to resist, utterly powerless to control his movements, he was diving headlong towards that ravening chaos, that age-old intelligence which was Cthugha.

Unable to compete in the new market economy and in need of massive repairs, the colorful ambience once associated with the bustling area of merchant stalls disappeared in 1971, when Les Halles was dismantled ; the wholesale market was relocated to the suburb of Rungis.

Unable to find the murderers, Diomedes founded a mythical city called " Oenoe " at the place where his grandfather was buried to honour his death.

Unable to fund repairs, the Commissioners closed the section above Coltishall, although it was not formally abandoned until 1928.

Unable to secure sufficient funding, their plans were scuttled, but they still were able to produce two nights of shows at Théâtre-St-Denis, with Keith Jarrett and a then-unknown Pat Metheny.

Unable to strike himself, Kang plucks several Guardians ( who have become temporal anomalies ) from the timeline and sends them back to the creation of the Fault ; using a Cosmic Cube, they should be able to hold back the Magus ' awakening long enough to kill Adam Warlock.

Unable to present a written order, he is not able to justify his actions and is arrested.

Unable to control the Decepticons directly with their mental powers, the Hive were able to subdue them with their own machines and force them into the scheme, striking a deal to create both Headmasters and Targetmasters.

Unable to draw Flaminius into battle by mere devastation, Hannibal marched boldly around his opponent ’ s left flank and effectively cut Flaminius off from Rome ( thus executing the first recorded turning movement in military history ).

Unable to take it anymore, Deborah gets up to leave, announcing that Brad has run off with Addie.

Unable to sustain the debt load incurred during Roth's tenure, Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009 and then sought to cease operations, selling off all of its business units.

Unable to find a buyer for the papers, she sold Montpelier, its remaining slaves, and the furnishings to pay off outstanding debts.

Unable to sleep properly at home, he drifts off for a short nap on the train during his daily commute through the November snow.

Unable to support his wife otherwise, Burgoyne again sold his commission, raising £ 2, 600 which they lived off for the next few years.

Unable to ignore it, Clamence attempts to silence the laughter by throwing off his hypocrisy and ruining the reputation he acquired therefrom.

Unable to fly, the three day old goslings jump off the cliff and fall ; their small size, feathery down, and very light weight helps to protect some of them from serious injury when they hit the rocks below, but many die from the impact.

Unable to contain his passion for his new maiden with long, blond locks ( and broad shoulders ), as Þrymr approaches the bride by placing Mjölnir on " her " lap, Thor rips off his disguise and destroys Þrymr and his giant cohorts.

Unable to find her, he got back into the car and drove off.

Unable to shake off his pursuers, Zu Mao then dismounted, hanged the scarf onto a half-burnt pillar, and hid himself in the tall grasses nearby.

Unable to target or even damage the Shivans with their primary weapons, players must embark on several missions for the new Terran-Vasudan alliance to catch up with the Shivans ' technological superiority, while fending off a Vasudan death cult, the Hammer of Light.

Unable to goad Flaminius into battle, Hannibal marched boldly around his opponent ’ s left flank and effectively cut Flaminius off from Rome ( thereby executing the earliest recorded deliberate turning movement in military history ).

Unable to fully control her time-controlling / traveling abilities and powers, Gear created the belt to make sure that her ability would not randomly go off.

Unable to rescue Calculus, Tintin and the Captain must set off on the trail of the natives who have taken him.

Unable to fund legal representation, McKenzie had broken off contact from his solicitors, Geoffrey Gordon & Co.

Unable to fly in the Battle of Britain David grows embittered as he and Lucy retire to the isolated Storm Island off the coast of Scotland.

Unable to fight off the Inbits, Earth becomes desolate with only a few pockets of human beings scattered throughout the planet.

Unable to make an impression on the French formations, some of the frustrated Mamluks rode off to attack Desaix's detached force.

Unable to convince him to call it off, Zero is left to do busy-work in the meantime.

Unable to pay off the huge sums of money owed for the new buildings, the academy quickly sank into debt.

Unable to stop, his Cooper went off track, struck a spectator and then went trough the gate of the Aerodrome open because of men at work near the track.

Unable to understand the question, Annie shrugs Buddy off.

Unable to get her off of the reef, the British blew her up.