Other British attempts at countermeasures were not so effective.

This naval battle delayed for one year the British attempts to cut the colonies in half.

These series of British attempts to break through the encirclement did not succeed and their costs were heavy.

Thus the individual islands resisted British attempts at closer union.

It is uncertain whether this documented British attempt successfully infected the natives.

Early British attempts at securing a treaty with mountainous kingdom were rejected.

His attempt failed; it represented the end of significant British attempts to control the southern colonies until late 1778.

The individual islands resisted British attempts at closer union.

R101 was the end of British attempts to create lighter-than-air aircraft.

A British attempt to take Louisbourg in 1757 failed due to bad weather and poor planning.