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For this advice he was arrested and only released after an abortive invasion of Chen ended the next year.

But following the abortive invasion, Radio Swan suddenly changed format again.

Fully half of the males of the Marag race died during that abortive invasion.

(Including an abortive invasion by a Chinese general that never really amounted to much.)

He remained there until 1484, when he launched another abortive invasion at Lochmaben.

Next, London participated in an abortive invasion of Ferrol.

Afterwards, in the summer of 1940, the division trained for taking part in the abortive invasion of England.

After being captured in an abortive invasion of Ireland, he was promoted to command the 5th Hussar Regiment.

He pointed out that his government had not ordered die steps leading toward their abortive invasion of West until after West had refused that offer.

Also covered are Japan's abortive invasion of India in 1943 and the gradual retaking of Burma.

Caligula's abortive invasion of Britain c. AD 40 was probably to have departed from Boulogne.

The Soviet government seized on the abortive invasion as a rationale for the placing of Soviet troops on Cuba.

Bonilla's abortive invasion of Nicaragua in 1907 led to his overthrow by General Miguel Dávila.

By strange coincidence Eliza's maternal uncle Grouchy had commanded the army forces in the abortive invasion of Ireland of 1796-1797.

By Claudius' time Roman knowledge of the island would have been considerably increased by a century of trade and diplomacy, and four abortive invasion attempts.

The Intrepid joins forces with the Excelsior to investigate an Archein weapons system left behind from their abortive invasion of Romulan space.

After an abortive invasion in April, following the killing of four American contractors, American military officials vowed they would pull no punches in a second assault.

He escaped to Holland, but in 1685 was again in Scotland in connection with the abortive invasion of the earl of Argyll.

Cooke was involved in operations in Quiberon Bay during the remainder of 1799, and in 1800 participated in an abortive invasion of Ferrol.

From the sixth century to the late nineteenth century Japan's only military involvement on the Asian mainland was Hideyoshi's short-lived and abortive invasion of Korea in 1592.

Seriously weakened by his abortive invasion of Italy, John recalled Chasteler from the Tyrol in the hope of massing enough troops to challenge Eugène.

The waning of Rinpungpa power was marked by an abortive invasion of the Gungthang kingdom in West Tibet in 1555, which was badly defeated.

Other than the three abortive invasions of Florida and the patrolling of the western frontier, the Whigs accomplished little during the first three years of independence except survival.

Following Italy's abortive invasion of Greece in 1940, Greek forces occupied much of southern Albania until driven back by the German army which reinstated Italian rule.

The ship returned to ferry service after the war, but was again drafted into the German navy and renamed Stralsund in 1940, for participation in the abortive invasion of England.