Many worked for pay for the Army, which held the forts.

The Chinese did not attempt to hold the forts in the face of the French advance.

But I don't intend to use the Army of Franklin to hold the forts."

Holding the forts outside of Rafah were a mixture of Egyptian and Palestinian forces in the 5th Infantry Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Jaafar al-Abd.

About this time the Vadi nobles who held the forts of Banda, Nivti, and Redi, became unmanageable, set the chief's authority at naught and plundered in all directions, including the surrounding British territories.

Lincoln was determined to hold the forts remaining under federal control when he took office, including Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in furtherance of the overall goal of preserving the union of all the states.

When the Federal fleet appeared off Hatteras Inlet on August 27, 1861, the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment was hastily sent from Norfolk to help hold the forts there, but the forts fell before they arrived, so they were diverted to Roanoke Island.

Now the goal was to capture the remaining U.S. held forts in Confederate Arizona and to invade New Mexico Territory.

Following the battle, Sharpe is called to see Wellington who confirms that he has seen Leroux and places him under Hogan's command to ensure Leroux does not escape from the French held forts.

He participated in a successful effort to prevent British General Sir Henry Clinton from rescuing General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, but he and his troops were unable to hold Forts Clinton and Montgomery.

In 865, Khafaja led in person an expedition against the environs of Enna-which may signify that the Byzantines had retaken it, or that they still held forts in its vicinity-before moving onto Syracuse, but again his son Muhammad was defeated in an ambush, losing 1,000 men.