When the Russians approached Arriving a local manor in which the Poles had their quarters , the Russian commander ordered Arranging a loose formation and tried to negotiate Communication an agreement and take Conquering all Poles into captivity .

After a short hand-to-hand fight Hostile_encounter ( the Polish unit had only two pieces of firearms and was mostly equipped Supply with sabres , war scythes and improvised weapons ) , the Russian commander was killed Killing and his unit dispersed Dispersal .

Polish losses Earnings_and_losses were negligible , but the Polish commander was wounded Bodily_harm and lost Earnings_and_losses his eye .

A new commander , Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude , was given Giving the job of restoring Recovering Britain 's military reputation .

British commander Lord Raglan had intended to send Sending the Light Brigade to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Russians from removing captured Conquering guns from overrun Conquering Turkish positions , a task for which the light cavalry were well-suited .

Here the Ottoman and German garrison had been ordered Request by the commander of the Yildirim Army Group to fight Hostile_encounter to the last man .

On 20 September , German General Otto Liman von Sanders , the commander of the Yildirim Army Group , ordered Arranging Samakh 's German and Ottoman garrison to prepare GetReady a strong rearguard defence of the town .

it also involved Cause_to_be_included a dynastic power struggle Hostile_encounter between powerful noble families in the line for succession to the french throne : the wealthy , ambitious , and fervently catholic ducal house of guise ( a cadet branch of the house of lorraine , who claimed Statement descent from charlemagne ) and their ally anne de montmorency , constable of france ( i.e. , commander in chief of the french armed Bearing_arms forces Hostile_encounter ) versus the less wealthy house of UNK ( a branch of the house of bourbon ) , princes of the blood in the line of succession to the throne who were sympathetic to calvinism .

The British commander , Frederick Stanley Maude , decided Deciding that , in order to avert these threats , he had to take control of the Samarrah railroad , running north of Baghdad .

The failure of the various German intelligence agencies to share the limited Limiting intelligence available on Tito 's exact location and the lack of contingency planning Arranging by the commander of the German airborne force also contributed to the unsuccessful outcome for the Germans .

The Helles landing Self_motion was mismanaged by the British commander , Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston .

at mansilla de las mulas on the esla river , the spanish commander posted Placing martinengo 's division to hold off Defending soult 's pursuing french corps .

The rear guard commander unwisely drew Motion up his soldiers with the bridge at their backs .

The commander of the ship , Pedro Messia de la Cerda , and his men , were taken Conquering to Great Britain as prisoners , but were considered heroes in Spain and gained Getting the admiration of their enemies .

on 22 may 2014 , the royal thai armed forces , led by general unk unk , commander of the royal thai army ( rta ) , launched Process_start a `` coup UNK '' , the 12th since the country 's first coup in 1932 , against the caretaker government of thailand , following Action six months of political crisis .

although the italians enjoyed a 2:1 numeric superiority , their offensive failed Earnings_and_losses because the italian commander , luigi cadorna , employed Employment frontal assaults Attack after impressive ( but short ) artillery barrages Attack .

On the Austrian-Hungarian side two commanders distinguished themselves : Major General Géza Lukachich von Somorja , commander of the 5th Mountain Brigade , who retook Control Redipuglia , and Major General Novak von Arienti who retook Control Hill 383 with his 1st Mountain Brigade .

Early in July the commander of the Austrian Fifth Army , General Svetozar Boroević , received Receiving two reinforcement divisions , which put an end to the Italian efforts at breaking Bodily_harm through the Austrian lines .

In July 1877 , shortly after the siege Besieging of Plevna began Process_start , the garrison 's commander , Osman Pasha , received Receiving 15 battalions of reinforcements from Sofia .

The drones fired Use_firearm missiles when Sangeen Khan , an Afghan commander belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan , was holding Hold a meeting Social_event soon after the funeral of an associate of Baitullah Mehsud .

According to Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari and other Arab historians , the Muslims were so enraged by Barjik 's desecration of their commander 's head that they fought Defending with extra vigor .

Control Control of the surrounding territory there prevented Preventing_or_letting the French from crossing Motion_directional to safety in Strasbourg , and required Imposing_obligation the French commander , Jean Victor Marie Moreau , to withdraw Escaping toward Basel .

The siege lasted Process_end through the winter of 827–828 and until summer , during which time the besieging forces suffered Bodily_harm greatly from lack of food and an outbreak of an epidemic , which claimed Statement the life of their commander , Asad ibn al-Furat .

The offensive takes its name after the commander in charge Judgment_communication of the Southwestern Front of the Imperial Russian Army , General Aleksei Brusilov .