When the Roman infantry became entangled in combat with his army, the hidden ambush force attacked the legionnaires in the rear.

When unskilled fighters get embroiled in combat, a common reaction is to grab the opponent in an attempt to slow the situation down by holding them still, resulting in an unsystematic struggle that relies on brute force.

When the Wall Street Crash of 1929 struck less than eight months after he took office, Hoover tried to combat the ensuing Great Depression with volunteer efforts, public works projects such as the Hoover Dam, tariffs such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, an increase in the top tax bracket from 25 % to 63 %, and increases in corporate taxes.

When Jardine was appointed England's captain for the 1932 – 33 English tour of Australia, a meeting was arranged with Nottinghamshire captain Arthur Carr and his two fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce at London's Piccadilly Hotel to discuss a plan to combat Bradman's extraordinary skills.

When the pankratiasts fought standing, the combat was called anō pankration ( ἄνω παγκράτιον " upper pankration "); and when they took the fight to the ground, that stage of pankration competition was called katō pankration ( κάτω παγκράτιον " lower pankration ").

When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues formed the GNA in Ankara on April 23, 1920, Kâzım Karabekir's XV Corps was the only corps which had any combat value.

When the ships were sufficiently close, melee combat would ensue using axes, swords, and spears until the enemy ship could be easily boarded.

When Spartans died, marked headstones would only be granted to soldiers who died in combat during a victorious campaign or women who died either in service of a divine office or in childbirth.

When General Abrams mentioned the cavalry's concerns over the new vehicle, Patton recommended that the Sheridans be combat tested by a divisional cavalry squadron and a squadron from his own regiment ; both of which had completely different missions.

When the battle between the Germans and the Romans finally commences, there is fierce hand-to-hand combat.

When the Union army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat resulted in the city on December 11 – 12.

When dismounted, a sword bayonet could be used in combat as a side arm.

When World War I broke out, Chevalier was in the middle of his national service, already in the front line, where he was wounded by shrapnel in the back in the first weeks of combat and was taken as a prisoner of war in Germany for two years.

When by 1944 it became evident that these two-battalion regiments were not suited to combat operations, certain glider regiments were broken up and their battalions attached to others.

When Patroclus entered the battle in the armour of Achilles, Sarpedon met him in combat.

When the tide of war turned away from the Acheans, and the Trojans threatened their ships, Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him don Achilles ' armor and lead the Myrmidons into combat.

When Ailill and Medb, king and queen of Connacht, invade Ulster to steal the bull Donn Cúailnge, their progress is held up by Cúchulainn, who demands single combat.

When the troops of opposing armies both carried the pike, it often grew in a sort of arms race, getting longer in both shaft and head length to give one side's pikemen an edge in the combat ; the longest pikes could exceed 6 m ( 22 feet ) in length.

When his bowstring is broken in close quarters combat, he asks his wife Hallgerður for hair from her head to mend the bow.

When Cavendish's older brother, William, Marquess of Hartington, was killed in combat in 1944, Cavendish became heir to the dukedom and Marquess of Hartington ; in 1950, upon the death of his father, he became the 11th Duke of Devonshire.

When Fingolfin, the High-king of the Noldor, learned of the defeats and heavy casualties of the Noldor, in despair and anger, he rode alone upon his war-horse, Rochallor, across Anfauglith to challenge Morgoth to single combat.

When planes successfully intercept an enemy fleet, the combat is resolved on the battle board.

When the major powers became directly involved, as the U. S. did in the war in Vietnam, or the Soviet Union did in the Afghanistan, the results were generally a disaster for the major power due to diminished economic opportunity cost, military combat readiness, military morale, and public morale.

When the Soviets entered the Winter War, the SMK, KV and a third design, the T-100, were sent to be tested in combat conditions.

When they hatch, the male carries the tadpoles around in brood pouches on his hind legs.

When, in 1688, James produced a male heir, everything changed.

When the last male member of the Salian dynasty, Emperor Henry V, had died without heirs in 1125, a controversy arose about the succession.

When integrated he gives the male an ego ' in possession of its own destructiveness ' and for the female psyche gives an effective animus relating to both the physical body and the psyche.

When a female approaches, the male guides or drives her into his burrow and prevents her from leaving until she oviposits.

When comparing authority, the name James Tiptree Jr. has more authority than Alice B. Sheldon due to the fact that male authors were more respected during Sheldon ’ s era.

When estrogen levels were raised through the increased activity of the enzyme aromatase in male lab mice, OCD rituals were dramatically decreased.

When this specific EDC makes its way into the environment it may cause male reproductive dysfunction to wildlife.

When copulation is over, the male is no longer interested in the female sexually, but will prevent other males from mating with her by inserting copulatory plugs.

When the existence of an additional male is unknown it may be described as an affair.

When male deities became associated with the sun in that culture, they began as the offspring of a mother ( except Ra, King of the Gods who gave birth to himself ).

* When they wished to bear offspring, they performed a ritual each rounding a pole, male to the left and female to the right, the female greeting the male first.

When the male springbok is showing off his strength to attract a mate, or to ward off predators, he starts off in a stiff-legged trot, jumping up into the air with an arched back every few paces and lifting the flap along his back.

When the male has identified a suitable location, he deposits the spermatophore and then guides the female over it.

When the River Campus was completed in 1930, male students moved there while the female students remained on the University Avenue campus until 1955.

When groups of wildebeest join together, the female to male ratio is larger, as the females flock to the areas held by fewer males.

When male Spartans began military training at age seven, they would enter the Agoge system.

" When the Roman Empire came under Christian rule, all male homosexual activity was increasingly repressed, often on pain of death.

When confronted about a female ’ s right to preach, she responded that “ all the children, both male and female, must be subject to their parents ; and the woman, being second, must be subject to her husband, who is the first ; but when the man is gone, the right of government belongs to the woman: So is the family of Christ .”

When a judge of the High Court who is not present is being referred to they are described as " Mr ./ Mrs. Justice N ." In writing, the post-nominal letter " J " is used to denote a Judge ( male or female ) of the High Court: for example, Smith J.

When she was two she was introduced to Bongo, a 19 month old male from Africa, and on February 1, 1968, their first of three offspring was born, a female named Emmy, named by the zoo after the mayor of Columbus, M. E. " Jack " Sensenbrenner.

When used to describe a male, " bitch " may also confer the meaning of subordinate, especially to another male, as in prison.