Unable to break Lee's line of defense after repeated attempts, Grant flanked Lee to the southeast east again at North Anna, a battle that lasted three days.

Unable to break Prewitt's spirit, Holmes orders First Sergeant Milton Warden ( Burt Lancaster ) to prepare court martial papers.

Unable to influence naval operations from his purely administrative position, Tirpitz became a vocal spokesman for an unrestricted U-boat warfare, which he felt could break the British stranglehold on Germany's sea lines of communication.

Unable to break through the German line, the remaining men retreated towards the main force, now at Oosterbeek.

Unable to make a clean break from the pursuing British he abandoned plans to raid into Hyderabad and instead assembled his infantry and artillery.

Unable to break free of the addition, it quickly spirals out of control leading to a tragic end for Stefan.

Unable to break through the large number of people on the road, he took a shortcut through the woods.

Unable to raise enough money for nationwide tours in support of its previous albums, Petra received another break when the band Servant invited it to open on its 1981 – 82 tour.

Unable to break into the Sun Records label's stable of male artists, she received the advice and assistance of RCA Records ' Chet Atkins in forming this new label to release her music.

Unable to break the blockade by US Navy ships of southern ( Confederate ) ports, and hoping to draw these blockading ships away to counter other perceived threats, the Confederate States of America had commerce raiders built in Britain and France.

Unable to break it, he was only released from the hold when Michaels ran in to save him.

Unable to find the millionaire, the others return to the laboratory and the Krynoid tries to break its way in.

Unable to break into the Arsenal first team, Black signed for Crystal Palace in July 2000 for £ 500, 000.

Unable to break into the first-team early on in his career, he gained his first league experience whilst on loan at Charlton Athletic and made his debut versus v Crystal Palace on 4 April 1983.

Unable to break through the Japanese lines while carrying their wounded they entered the village of Naro, sending a villager to Deniki for help where Warrant Officer Wilkinson volunteered to lead a small patrol of native troops to Naro.

Unable to break out, the Portuguese expeditionary force was starved into submission.

Unable to break past the Japanese squadron by mid-afternoon, Korietz and the badly battered Varyag returned to Chemulpo harbor at 13: 15, where both took refuge near the neutral warships.

Unable to rouse Haskell, Al opens the passenger-side door.

Unable to grant the Prince an audience with the Empress of Time, who is busy preparing to create the Sands, Kaileena instead tells him how to unlock the door to the throne room in which the Empress resides.

Unable to open the locked cellar door, Jeff finds a gun in Red's truck and uses it to hold Red, his accomplices, and his wife and son at gunpoint, demands the cellar key.

Unable to find the key, the figure starts stuffing newspapers under the door then sets them on fire.

Unable to set Murray's roof alight, the Black and Tans set fire to the back door.

Unable to get the inside door to cycle, the decision is made to get them out through the outer hatch and on to a rescue Raptor, a move that exposes the two of them to hard vacuum for a number of seconds.

Unable to return the unsold games to defunct publishers after Christmas 1982, toy stores marked down the titles and placed them in discount bins and sale tables.

Unable to convince Rowling of the merit of his case, a disillusioned Douglas decided to stand down from parliament at the 1981 election.

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 get through the easily defended defile, some French troops passed down the coast road, along the ancient Via Flacca, from Terracina to capture Sperlonga.

Unable to perform in the San Francisco area, the play moved to Los Angeles where the play's attempt at a run was disrupted by the arrest of both Dixon and Bright at curtain down of fourteen consecutive performances.

Unable to settle down to any profession, he began writing verse.

Unable to hold down a place in the side, he was allowed to join Blackpool on loan until the end of the season.

Unable to bear the thought of a week without Tabby, on the morning before the girls set out for Grim Cove, Mildred sneaks down into the school kitchens, lets Ebony out of his cage and instead hides Tabby inside.

Unable to turn down Duryodhana's request to join the Kauravas, Shalya met Yudhisthira and apologized for his mistake.

Unable to keep down a place in the years that followed, Bracewell reunited with his former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan at Fulham in 1997.

Unable to find a buyer for the entire chain, BATUS closed down the entire Gimbels Pittsburgh division, selling or closing all locations.

Unable to advance, 3 / 187 again withdrew down the mountain.

Unable to get at Richmond or return to the Army of the Potomac, Kilpatrick decided to bolt down the Virginia Peninsula where Ben Butler's Army of the James was stationed.

Unable to speak Egyptian, and unable to read hieroglyphs, the Greek visitors were eager and uncritical believers of whatever the priests, translators, or guides told them, and they were glad to note down that their Greek civilisation descended from an even more ancient one.

Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down.

Unable to reconcile with this reality for a certain period of time, he belatedly sent a general named Mithrobarzanes with 2, 000 to 3, 000 cavalrymen to slow down Lucullus ' advance but his forces were cut to pieces and routed by the 1, 600 cavalry led by Sextilius, one of the legates serving under Lucullus.

Unable to stop down the lens of a standard camera enough to bring the entire gun barrel into focus, Binder created a pinhole camera to solve the problem and the barrel became crystal clear.

Unable to put down the rebellion, Governor Lyttelton appealed to Jeffrey Amherst, who sent Archibald Montgomery with an army of 1, 200 British regulars and Scots Highlanders.

Unable to take anymore, one night Snoopy breaks down crying, then once he's done he goes about converting to his " new life " in order to survive, baring his fangs and falls to walking on all fours.

Unable to find a buyer for the entire chain, BATUS closed down the entire Gimbels Pittsburgh division, selling or closing all locations.