Sentence examples for Was retaken from inspiring English sources

With Venetian aid, the island was retaken two years later.

Ramadi was retaken by Iraqi forces in December.

The city was retaken by Iraqi forces from Islamic State eight months ago.

Attu was retaken after a short but bloody battle in May 1943.

It was captured by Dutch forces in 1624 but was retaken the following year.

Occupied by German forces in 1941, Tiraspol was retaken by the Soviets in 1944.

It remained there even after Kanem was retaken in the early 16th century.

The concert took place just six weeks after the city was retaken.

He said the presence of 7,000 Afghan soldiers since the city was retaken appeared to have achieved little.

Ceded to Sweden in 1658, it was retaken by Christian V in 1676 and finally acquired by Sweden in 1678.

Late in the 9th century it even attained semiautonomy, but it was retaken by the ʿAbbāsids in 892.