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Under heavy Prussian artillery fire Pécheux's 12th Infantry Division succeeded in capturing the church in the village of Ligny.
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Under the Ottomans, Bethlehem's inhabitants faced unemployment, compulsory military service, and heavy taxes, resulting in mass emigration, particularly to South America.
Under heavy pressure from Washington, López Gutiérrez allowed an unusually open campaign and election.
Under heavy pressure from the United States delegation, however, he ultimately complied with the provisions of the peace agreement.
Under heavy guard, Alexander III and Maria made periodic trips from Gatchina to the capital to take part in official events.
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Under heavy fire from the public, the Graham government eventually announced that it would set aside the possibility of UNB Saint John losing its status as a university and would refer the report to a working group for further study.
Under Stalin, the city became a center of heavy industry and transshipment by rail and river, and as a result was attacked by Axis forces during World War II.
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Under the new conditions of the war, heavy equipment was no use to them, and therefore no great loss.
Under threat of heavy torture, Gu gave the KMT secret police detailed accounts of underground CCP organizations in Wuhan, leading to the arrest and executions of over ten senior CCP leaders in the city.
Under the stabilization program, the government let most prices float, raised interest rates to record highs, raised heavy new taxes, sharply cut back on government subsidies to industry and construction, and made massive cuts in state welfare spending.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Freetown has a tropical monsoon climate primarily due to the heavy amount of precipitation it receives during the rainy season.
Under the hail of English arrows, the crossbowmen suffered heavy losses and were unable to approach the English lines to where their crossbows would have been effective.
Under heavy fire, the engineers struggled to clear the beach obstacles ; later landings bunched up around the few channels that were cleared.
The film is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of Seagal's best films ( alongside Under Siege and Above the Law ), due to the fight scenes integrating heavy elements of aikido, as well as use of weapons and arm dislocations.
Under these circumstances, a column may be unable to meet the particular wants of troops engaged in the vicinity ; for instance, a cavalry regiment would send in vain to a heavy artillery ammunition section for pom-pom cartridges.
Under heavy criticism, Thiệu reluctantly sacked General Nguyễn Văn Toàn, a loyalist notorious for corruption.
Under the Prussian and German rule, the Polish population suffered from heavy Germanization by foreign rulers of their territory ; Polish farmers demanded Polish schools, and refused to teach their children German, German official Heinrich Mettenmeyer wrote that German appointed teachers were treated with highest disdain by Polish children and their parents
Under heavy threats, almost all religious houses joined the rest of the Church in acceding to the Royal Supremacy ; and in swearing to uphold the validity of the King's divorce and remarriage.
Under heavy prompting from Washington D. C., General Shafter gave the order to dispatch the troops early before sufficient traveling storage was available.
Under Suvorov, the allies managed to push the French out of Italy, though they suffered heavy losses.
Under heavy pressure, he introduced multiparty politics in 1990 and was then stripped of executive powers by the 1991 National Conference, remaining in office as a ceremonial head of state.
Under the reign of the restored King Constantine I, Greece went on to lose the Greco-Turkish war with heavy military and civilian casualties ; Winston Churchill later wrote that " it was a monkey bite that caused the death of those 250, 000 people.
Under these conditions, it was evident that the remaining heavy bombers could not operate efficiently in the Philippines.
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Under the guise of idealism giving way to realism, German nationalism rapidly shifted from its liberal and democratic character in 1848 to Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck's authoritarian Realpolitik.
Under Schwarzenberg's guidance, Austria was able to stymie Prussian scheming to create a new German Federation under Prussian leadership, excluding Austria.
Under Moltke the Prussian army achieved victory in the Austro-Prussian War ( 1866 ) and the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 – 71 ), the latter campaign being widely regarded as a classic example of the conception and execution of military strategy.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, the inhabitants were asked whether they wanted to remain in Germany or join the Second Polish Republic by the East Prussian plebiscite on July 11, 1920.
Under his guidance the Prussian counter-attack on the French, very weak from the preceding actions, succeeded, and Saint-Amand-la-Haye was again in Prussian hands.
Under the rule of Frederick III ( I ), the Brandenburg Prussian territories were de facto reduced to provinces of the monarchy.
Under this new monarchist Constitution a Prussian Assembly was established.
Under Prussian pressure, the council of regency ignored his claim and appointed Prince Albert of Prussia as regent.
Under the auspices of the Prussian kings, who encouraged the growth of the Silesian ceramic industry, Bunzlauer ware achieved a widespread recognition and was shipped throughout the states of Germany.
Under Prussian rule, Siegen developed into the South Westphalian centre that it is today.
Under Prussian rule, Wapno was part of the Province of Posen ( Prowincja Poznańska ), Bydgoszcz District.
Under the two wars over which nation would rule the island, and the following period under Prussian and German rule, the island's population was largely Danish.
Under this pretext, Prussian troops entered Holstein nine days later.
Under Prussian rule the administrator repeatedly came into conflict with the government on account of his attitude towards mixed marriages and the supervision of theological studies.
Under an amnesty, the Prussian government allowed his return to Choryń in 1870 where he remained with his family until his death nine years later.
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Under the Sandinistas, the army general staff embodied numerous branches and directorates artillery, combat readiness, communications, Frontier Guards, military construction, intelligence, counterintelligence, training, operations, organization and mobilization, personnel, and logistics.
Under his direction, a string of reinforced concrete pillboxes was built along the beaches, or sometimes slightly inland, to house machine guns, antitank guns and light artillery.
Under cover of a smoke screen and shellfire laid down by 5RHA, to which US V Corps's artillery batteries added their weight, the infantry pulled back.
Under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire he led his battalion with great skill and determination to the " forming-up " ground, where very severe fire from artillery and machine guns was again encountered.
Under Jackson, then a major, and Major William Gilham, VMI infantry and artillery units were present at the execution by hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, Virginia ( now West Virginia ) in 1859.
Under the original concept of the artillery fire support base, a six-gun battery set up with one howitzer in the center to fire illumination rounds during night attacks and serve as the base's main registration gun.
Under a Portuguese Superior Command, this unit would operate 25 heavy artillery batteries.
Under his immediate command at the fort were five regiments of New Mexico volunteer infantry, a company of the 2nd Colorado Infantry, two provisional artillery units, eleven companies of the 5th, 7th, and 10th U. S. Infantry, six companies of the 2nd and 3rd U. S. Cavalry, and two regiments New Mexico militia.
Under almost continuous artillery and air attack, the 12th SS were forced to withdraw when the 2nd Canadian Division broke through on their western flank.
) Under the surrender terms, the Russians had to leave behind most of their artillery but were allowed to retain their banners after a ceremony in which they were laid before King Władysław.
Under his orders, old wooden frigates equipped with cannon were replaced with new iron and steel vessels outfitted with modern French and German artillery.
Under General Jacob L. Devers, Chief of the Armored Force, doctrine evolved into a combined arms operational force consisting of primarily infantry, artillery, and tanks with tanks being the major manoeuvre component.
Under this arrangement the II Corps was increased to 81 regiments of infantry and 10 batteries of light artillery.
Under mass artillery fire and a Russian attack, panic was induced among the Polish recruits who began escaping.
Under the supervision of the European officers, and encouragement by the Maharaja, the infantry and artillery gained importance, and by the time of the death of Ranjit Singh, the infantry service had become the preferred service in the army.
Under heavy fire from the Japanese, who were supported by artillery and tanks, B Company was forced to retreat to the rear.
Under constant artillery and aerial bombardment, the beleaguered forces made several breakout attempts, but these were easily repulsed by the 1st Ukrainian Front armoured forces and the Germans suffered heavy casualties.
Under the command of General Arthur Oscar de Andrade Guimarães, and with the direct involvement of the Minister of War, who personally visited Monte Santo, a city near Canudos which served as the concentration point for the large army formation being assembled, consisting of three brigades, eight infantry battalions and two artillery battalions.
Under orders from Confederate President Jefferson Davis, troops controlled by the Confederate government under P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded the fort with artillery on April 12, forcing the fort's capitulation and beginning the American Civil War.
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