Sentence examples for an initial defeat at from inspiring English sources

An army led by Col. Evelyn Wood suffered an initial defeat at Hlobane on March 28 but brought about the decisive victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Kambula (Khambula) on March 29.

An army led by Col. Evelyn Wood suffered an initial defeat at Hlobane on March 28 but brought about the decisive defeat of the Zulu at the Battle of Kambula (Khambula) on March 29.

After an initial defeat at Noviodunum Biturigum, Vercingetorix used guerrilla warfare to harass Caesar's supply lines and cleverly offered to engage Caesar's forces on terrain unfavourable to the Romans.

His initial defeat at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in February 2007 had represented a major victory for the government's strategy of finding ways to deport terrorism suspects who it said could not be tried in the UK.

A sobering initial defeat followed by a midweek win and two thunderously close Test matches with the All Blacks hanging on for dear life?

There could now be many more, since the group recovered from a series of initial defeats to arrive at today's announcement of a plea agreement, having withstood the might of the federal government.

He has walked out after a defeat that made it imperative that he stayed for at least four more days in order to give England the best chance of repairing the damage, serious though hardly mortal, to their chances of qualifying for the World Cup caused by an initial home defeat.

In Port Washington, after the initial defeat for both the budget and a much-debated bond, voters approved a drastically reduced budget.

In response to this initial defeat, Trump pulled out of Thursday's debate and announced that he would hold an event elsewhere in Des Moines, to honor veterans, at the same time as the debate.

The Ententist bid resulted in major initial defeats, and a Romanian theater of war was opened.

The initial dash up the Rio Grande was followed by a ruinous defeat at Glorieta Pass, near Fort Union – where those precious supplies were lost – and a frantic retreat.