| A swashbuckling sea adventure with loads of derring-do, swordfights, mutinies and good old fashioned maiden rescues. |
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| The abolition of nobility was the last straw for many, and the military mutinies of that year produced an exodus of disgusted officers. |
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| In recent months there have been mutinies on British ships, so the officers are ill-at-ease. |
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| After France cut back on economic aid and withdrew its troops in the mid-1990s, there has been a series of army mutinies and coup attempts. |
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| November 28th 1520: In spite of several mutinies, the ships reach the Pacific Ocean. |
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| It needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. |
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| Naval victories after these mutinies overshadow their significance. |
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| Central African Republic continues to witness a series of military coup attempts, army mutinies, and rebellions. |
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| The horrendous losses to the French had led to widespread mutinies during the summer. |
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| The real danger of bloodshed will come if the armed forces split, or if there are serious mutinies among the lower ranks. |
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| The severity of such treatment might well, one may think, have caused frequent mutinies. |
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| Two recent mutinies of lower-ranks against officers of the Nepal police and the armed police force have also highlighted the potential volatility of the security sector in the new political and social climate. |
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| With losses in the neighbourhood of 200,000 men it precipitated a wave of mutinies which semi-paralyzed the French Army for some months and generally made it only capable of defensive activity. |
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| The apparent peace and calm brought by the December 1999 coup did not last very long, and was soon followed by mutinies from the soldiers and increased violence from members of the armed forces. |
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| This slaughter caused several mutinies which marshal Pétain tried to suppress. At the same time he tried to save the men and to wait for necessary reinforcements, before preparing other offensives. |
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| Later in 2000, Fiji was rocked by two mutinies when rebel soldiers went on a rampage at Suva's Queen Elizabeth Barracks. |
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| Although mutinies may have been few, the same cannot be said of desertion. |
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| It included terrorism, worker strikes, peasant unrests, and military mutinies. |
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| He has since relied on foreign intervention to fend off ethnic tensions, mutinies, banditry and spill-overs from conflicts in neighbouring Chad, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
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| In January 1974 there began a series of mutinies led by junior officers and senior noncommissioned officers, who blamed the imperial elites for their impoverishment and for the country's economic and social ills. |
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| Fearing arrest or an attack by thugs, the 1,400 others in Dhinkia facing criminal charges dare not leave the village. Of India's million mutinies, many involve the emotive issue of land. |
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| There resulted some incidents that were too easily labelled as mutinies. |
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| Not counting individual unit mutinies, there is no tradition for Russian or Soviet military to take independent action outside the framework of a recognized government structure. |
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| In addition to the negative effect on military operations, this has resulted in increased desertions, mutinies, and a surge in unacceptable abuses against the very populations that these forces are expected to protect. |
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| During development, the Minimonsta, in much the same way as the original instrument, underwent several revisions and even invoked a couple of near mutinies. |
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| The great French offensive of May under General Robert Nivelle had achieved little and there were mutinies in the French army which led to Nivelle being replaced. |
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| The Highlanders resisted marching into England and there were some mutinies and defections, but they pressed on. |
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| The mutinies came to a head with mutiny of the Royal Indian Navy in Bombay in February 1946, followed by others in Calcutta, Madras, and Karachi. |
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| Thereupon mutinies occurred in 54 French divisions and 20,000 men deserted. |
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| There were numerous mutinies and native wars all over the peninsula and north to the Koryak country of the Penzhina River and Olyutorsky Gulf. |
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| The Spithead and Nore mutinies in 1797 incapacitated the Channel and North Sea fleets, leaving Britain potentially exposed to invasion, but were rapidly resolved. |
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| There were rebellions and mutinies following the debates, and in 1649, the Bishopsgate mutiny resulted in the execution of Leveller Robert Lockyer by firing squad. |
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| However, the British fleet was weakened over the rest of the year by the Spithead and Nore mutinies, which kept many ships in port through the summer. |
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| In January 1946, a number of mutinies broke out in the armed services, starting with that of RAF servicemen frustrated with their slow repatriation to Britain. |
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| After the mutinies of the German legions in the year 14, Germanicus decided, at the urging of his men, to march into Germany to restore their lost honor. |
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| Despite a series of storms and mutinies, the expedition reached the Spice Islands in 1521 and returned home via the Indian Ocean to complete the first circuit of the globe. |
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| Further mutinies on 18 November saw the 2nd, 3rd and 4th companies of the 34th Bengal Infantry Regiment storming the Chittagong Jail and releasing all prisoners. |
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| After quelling Leveller mutinies within the English army at Andover and Burford in May, Cromwell departed for Ireland from Bristol at the end of July. |
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| In 1917, a series of French Army Mutinies led to dozens of soldiers being executed and many more imprisoned. |
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| The French Army Mutinies eventually spread to a further 54 French divisions and saw 20,000 men desert. |
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| Discontent foreran the Two Mutinies, and more or less it lurkingly survived them. |
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