| When the Normans conquered the region in the 11th century they immediately built major castles at Chepstow and Monmouth to defend the territory. |
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| Their efforts kept the 5th Corps of the Iraqi army in place to defend against the Kurds rather than moving to contest the coalition force. |
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| In AD 75, on the very edge of their empire, the Roman legions built a Roman fort at Caerleon to defend the river crossing. |
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| In 1548, unable to defend the town against an advancing Scottish force, Dudley ordered that the town be burnt to the ground. |
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| The Guernsey Militia was operational in 1337 and would help defend the island for a further 600 years. |
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| All the tribes signed the agreement to defend Medina from all external threats and to live in harmony amongst themselves. |
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| Even more important than that chain of links was Britain's determination to honour its commitment to defend Belgium. |
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| The lesson to be drawn from the events of 1914, to Roosevelt's mind, was that civilization needed muscle to defend it, not just solemn words. |
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| One musician who wrote to the press to defend Rattle was the pianist Alfred Brendel. |
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| However, those who defend the BBC suggest that the BBC needs to provide new services and entertainment, to remain relevant in the digital age. |
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| Wollstonecraft attacked not only monarchy and hereditary privilege but also the language that Burke used to defend and elevate it. |
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| Originally, this was the length of a cannon shot, hence the portion of an ocean that a sovereign state could defend from shore. |
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| Both static and mobile artillery units were assigned to defend the Maginot Line. |
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| The regent responded by sending troops to restore order and Glencairn led a force to defend the town's new Protestant status. |
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| It triggered a debate where Archbishop Cranmer was called upon to defend the practice. |
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| In order to defend these men, Knox sent out letters calling the nobles to convene. |
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| Napoleon needed funds to wage another war with Great Britain, and he doubted that France could defend such a huge and distant territory. |
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| The battle to defend Paris began on 5 September and became known as the first Battle of the Marne. |
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| Some birds of this age will occupy empty nests that they will aggressively defend if they have sat on them for two or three days. |
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| West Auckland won the tournament and returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title. |
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| In doing so, they became the first team in World Cup history to win three titles, as well as the first to successfully defend a title. |
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| Britain was hardly defensible, so the Romans were forced to keep 3 or 4 legions in place to defend it. |
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| Edward issued a nationalistic appeal for his subjects to defend the kingdom, but with little impact. |
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| During 1942, the division was assigned to V Corps and had shifted west to defend the Dorset coastline. |
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| As the dockyard and its importance grew, the need to defend it was addressed and Pembroke Dock became a military town. |
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| I'm all over the fact that we can list up a bizillion charges for a guy to defend himself against in connection with any given crime. |
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| Swimming in pods allows dolphins to better defend themselves against predators. |
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| They asked that their status as British subjects be recognized, along with the duty of the Royal Navy to defend them. |
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| These texts attempted to teach and defend the practices of the revival including that of jumping. |
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| The Tahiride were too weak either to contain the Zaydi imams or to defend themselves against foreign attacks. |
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| The castles were entrusted by Edward to constables, charged to defend them and, in some cases, also empowered to defend the town walls as well. |
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| Conwy, Caernarfon and Beaumaris were initially garrisoned by Parliament to defend against such an attack. |
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| Wolfgang Paalen eventually was the only Surrealist to defend feminism, although in a very archaic sense. |
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| Despite managing to rise by the count of nine he was extremely unsteady and appeared to be in no position to defend himself. |
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| The tentacles may be utilized to capture prey or defend against predators by emitting toxins in a painful sting. |
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| In some species, including elephant seals and grey seals, males will try to lay claim to the desired females and defend them from rivals. |
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| The French government also succeeded in maintaining a cultural exception to defend audiovisual products made in the country. |
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| Gulls defend their territories from rivals of both sexes through calls and aerial attacks. |
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| Females ovulate at the end of their lactation period, but remain close to their pups, ready to defend them if necessary. |
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| Tirpitz advocated the cause of an expanded navy necessary for Germany to defend her territories abroad. |
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| Due to torpedo improvements in range and accuracy, emphasis was placed on a secondary armament of smaller guns to defend against them. |
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| Until 1279, the Song were able to use their naval power to defend against the Jin to the north, until the Mongols finally conquered all of China. |
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| In 1596, when another Spanish invasion was feared, Howard was again appointed to defend England. |
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| When Essex rebelled in 1601, Howard took command of the soldiers massed to defend London and defeated him in the field. |
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| It had, however, deprived Britain of necessary troops to defend itself from a European invasion. |
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| In response to this the government had pushed through a Militia Act which created a large militia to defend Britain. |
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| During World War I, mines were used extensively to defend coasts, coastal shipping, ports and naval bases around the globe. |
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| The French Army would defend on the right and advance into Belgium on the left, to fight forward of the French frontier. |
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| Panzer divisions could carry out reconnaissance missions, advance to contact, defend and attack vital positions or weak spots. |
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| The goal is to teach students how to take a position and defend it strongly and with passion, and yet fair-mindedly. |
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| Basel continued to defend for their lives while occasionally threatening on the break. |
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| The problem for the taoiseach is that he is increasingly being called on to defend his administration as the GUBUs loom before it. |
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| Aethelbald of Mercia, looking to defend recently acquired lands, had built Wat's Dyke. |
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| However King George III blocked emancipation, arguing that to grant it would break his coronation oath to defend the Anglican Church. |
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| The results of all these efforts were recognized even by Seneca, who has an ancient Latin god defend Claudius in his satire. |
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| The Romans, having concluded that they lacked sufficient numbers to defend the settlement, evacuated and abandoned Londinium. |
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| The powerful prefect was executed while he was trying to defend his case in front of the two emperors. |
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| During Roman times, the land surrounding the rivers Ouse and Foss was marshy, making the site easy to defend. |
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| This made it much harder for them to revolt against the king and defend all of their lands at once. |
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| Geoffrey took Caen and Argentan without resistance, but now had to defend Robert's possessions in England against Stephen. |
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| A record crowd saw Leicester become the first side to successfully defend their title. |
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| From that time Northumberland served the Yorkist crown, helping to defend northern England and maintain its peace. |
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| Unaware of the Armada's fate, English militias mustered to defend the country under the Earl of Leicester's command. |
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| But her Majesty did all by halves, and by petty invasions taught the Spaniard how to defend himself, and to see his own weakness. |
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| James's ambitions were greeted with very little enthusiasm, as one by one MPs rushed to defend the ancient name and realm of England. |
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| Those who signed the petition undertook to defend 'the true reformed religion', Parliament, and the king's person, honour, and estate. |
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| A significant faction took part in the ousting of James II with the Whigs to defend the Church of England and definitive protestantism. |
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| The Girondins wanted to export the Revolution throughout Europe and, by extension, to defend the Revolution within France. |
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| An invasion of England by Napoleon seemed imminent, and a massive volunteer movement arose to defend England against the French. |
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| Short of supplies and doubting their ability to defend themselves, the city authorities requested that Hood take it under his protection. |
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| He stressed its mountainous frontiers and advocated Lisbon as the main base because the Royal Navy could help to defend it. |
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| Dowding agreed air defence would require some offensive action, and fighters could not defend Britain alone. |
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| The Chilcootens told him that he had better clattawa and gave him a knife, to defend himself in case he came across any white men. |
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| When the Roman garrison left around 410, the various parts of Britain were left to govern and defend themselves. |
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| His legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his frivolous suits. |
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| Vespasian sent legions to defend the eastern frontier in Cappadocia, extended the occupation in Britain and reformed the tax system. |
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| Sikhs grew as an organized community and under the 10th Guru the Sikhs developed a trained fighting force to defend their independence. |
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| The head of the institution decides whether the candidate can defend the thesis, after considering the external reviews. |
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| After a long period of Roman rule, the Romans decide they no longer wish to defend the island and depart. |
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| Thenceforth the Bank paid for a detachment of soldiers, usually provided by the Brigade of Guards to defend the Bank. |
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| This did not lead him to embrace conservatism, imperialism or reaction, but to defend, albeit critically, Labour reformism. |
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| When he complained, Orwell hit him across the legs with a shooting stick and Heppenstall then had to defend himself with a chair. |
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| One takes station at the striker's end to defend the wicket as above and to score runs if possible. |
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| At any time, the referee may stop the contest if he believes that one participant cannot defend himself due to injury. |
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| West Germany failed to defend their titles in the next two major international tournaments. |
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| The Rhinos did however, successfully defend their Super League title by winning the 2012 Super League Grand Final. |
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| If he had to move his head to see me, there was no way he could defend his way against a punch. |
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| At the age of five Hamilton took up karate to defend himself as a result of bullying at school. |
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| This left Alain Prost to defend his title successfully, despite being in an inferior car. |
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| Whilst attempting to defend the title he won in 2009 at the inaugural staging of the event, Taylor lost to eventual champion Paul Nicholson. |
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| However, on 26 February O'Sullivan announced during a press conference that he would return to the game and defend his World Championship title. |
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| Oracle Team USA stands to defend the America's Cup in July 2017 on behalf of the Golden Gate Yacht Club. |
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| On 8 April 1941, the United States occupied Greenland to defend it against a possible invasion by Germany. |
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| A third body of Manx Fencibles was raised in 1803 to defend the Island during the Napoleonic Wars and to assist the Revenue. |
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| However Acton opposed democracy and was trying to defend the pope from Italian nationalism. |
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| This made Ireland the first team to successfully defend the Continental Cup. |
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| The Manchester Regiment was left behind to defend Carlisle and after a siege by Cumberland had to surrender, to face hanging or transportation. |
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| To defend the city, General Washington spread his forces along the shores of New York's harbor, concentrated on Long Island and Manhattan. |
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| Now as the trials began, the Congress leadership, although ambivalent towards the INA, chose to defend the accused officers. |
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| The French soldiers returned to defend their trenches, but refused to participate in further offensive action. |
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| The measures were also unsuccessful at defending the gold standard, which the National Government had ostensibly been created to defend. |
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| The deceptions undertaken in Operation Fortitude were successful, leaving the Germans obliged to defend a huge stretch of coastline. |
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| Massoud responded that, as long as he controlled an area the size of his hat, he would continue to defend it from the Taliban. |
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| The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom. |
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| Any US counterstrategy will require a domestic, interagency, and multi-lateral approach to defend Taiwan's ability to resolve the conflict peacefully. |
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| Couldest not thou defend him now at the point of death by the like meane? |
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| As it is, I would defend her honor even though I died in that defence. |
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| During the Siege of Petropavlovsk, 988 men with a mere 68 guns managed to defend the outpost against 6 ships with 206 guns and 2,540 French and British soldiers. |
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| In order to defend his daughter's rights to the throne, Pedro launched the Liberal Wars to reinstall his daughter and establish a constitutional monarchy in Portugal. |
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| One particularly exciting sequence shows how members of Greenpeace, a Canadian conservation group, defend whales fleeing from a huge Soviet whaler. |
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| Stoat territoriality has a generally mustelid spacing pattern, with male territories encompassing smaller female territories, which they defend from other males. |
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| They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors. |
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| Having possessions on six continents, Britain had to defend all of its empire and did so with a volunteer army, the only great power in Europe to have no conscription. |
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| Thereafter, on 1 May 1756, the First Treaty of Versailles was signed, in which both nations pledged 24,000 troops to defend each other in the case of an attack. |
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| The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he touched the ball with the bat, he risked being caught by one of a large number of fielders placed on the leg side. |
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| Ilona Elek, who had won the women's foil competition in Berlin, was one of only two competitors to successfully defend an Olympic title in London. |
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| The most northerly Martello Towers stand here built to defend the south entrance to Scapa Flow at Longhope in 1814 towards the end of the Napoleonic War, never used in combat. |
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| In the UK, the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, Sir Frank Newsam, coordinated the immediate efforts to defend homes, save lives and recover after the floods. |
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| After the withdrawal of the Roman legions from their province of Britannia in 410, the inhabitants were left to defend themselves against the attacks of the Saxons. |
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| Instead of satiation Hitler menaced Poland, and at last Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain dropped appeasement and stood firm in promising to defend Poland. |
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| I am sure there are millions of Muslims who are ready to give their lives to defend our prophet's honour and we have to be ready to do anything for that. |
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| I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. |
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| Among the factions, the Duke of Bedford wanted to defend Normandy, the Duke of Gloucester was committed to just Calais, whereas Cardinal Beaufort was inclined to peace. |
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| He was forced to defend his poor form, insisting that he was not finished. |
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| One was the need to defend against two almost simultaneous invasions. |
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| A covering force of battleships with Royal Navy cruiser squadrons maneuvered nearby to defend the minelaying formation, but no German surface warships attempted engagement. |
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| On 17 April 1993 the defending Featherweight Champion, Ruben Palacios from Colombia, was due to defend his title in Washington, England against John Davison from England. |
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| In forcing the British to suspend their repairs to defend themselves, it influenced Collingwood's decision to sink or set fire to the most damaged of his remaining prizes. |
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| False rumours of an impending Irish army attack on London circulated in the capital, and a mob of over 100,000 assembled ready to defend the city. |
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| Later, the Han, the Sui, and the Northern dynasties all repaired, rebuilt, or expanded sections of the Great Wall at great cost to defend themselves against northern invaders. |
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| James's ambitions were greeted with very little enthusiasm, as one by one members of parliament rushed to defend the ancient name and realm of England. |
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| The reason given in the Declaration is that Bruce was able to defend Scotland from English aggression whereas, by implication, King John could not. |
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| Many seabirds show remarkable site fidelity, returning to the same burrow, nest or site for many years, and they will defend that site from rivals with great vigour. |
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| Moreover, the troops tied up in Britannia were increasingly needed on the continent to defend the Rhine and Lower Danube from Germanic and Dacian attacks. |
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| There is evidence that humpback whales will defend against or attack killer whales who are attacking either humpback calves or juveniles as well as members of other species. |
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| There are even examples, such as the Falklands War, in which an Imperial power goes to war to defend the right of a colony to continue to be a colony. |
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| Species that breed on land are usually polygynous, as females gather in large aggregations and males are able to mate with them as well as defend them from rivals. |
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| In 1913, during the general strike known as the Dublin Lockout, Connolly and James Larkin formed a workers militia, the Irish Citizen Army, to defend strikers from the police. |
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| The Maunsell Sea Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. |
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| A network of Palmerston Forts were built around the town as part of a programme led by Prime Minister Lord Palmerston to defend British military bases from an inland attack. |
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| As such, its usage is controversial, and at odds with the views of conservatives in other countries prepared to defend socialized medicine such as Margaret Thatcher. |
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| The court may also decide to grant leave to defend, or to grant a stay on an order for judgment, conditional upon a cash lodgment being made by the defendant. |
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| This would close the overland supply line to China and provide a strategic bulwark to defend Japanese gains in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. |
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| Slim feared that the Japanese would defend Rangoon to the last man through the monsoon, which would put Fourteenth Army in a disastrous supply situation. |
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| Although the Cameronians had helped to defend the Revolution, they were disappointed that their religious views were not adopted by the new government. |
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| On occasion, siege castles would be built to defend the besiegers from a sudden sally and would have been abandoned after the siege ended one way or another. |
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| In addition, Rome increasingly used foreign mercenaries to defend itself. |
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| If the Apocalyptic Aphrodisiac were to come, men would become womanizers, women would become manizers, and our ability to defend ourselves as a nation would crumble. |
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| The ruler of Lahej, who was in Aden at the time, ordered his guards to defend the port, but they failed in the face of overwhelming military and naval power. |
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| Critics have long wrestled with the question of why an antimonarchist and defender of regicide should have chosen a subject that obliged him to defend monarchical authority. |
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| Bless, guide, and defend them, that they may pass through this world, as finally to enjoy in thy presence everlasting happiness, for Jesus Christ's sake. |
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