In 336, however, on Philip's assassination, Alexander, acclaimed by the army, succeeded without opposition.
Their early student conspiracies failed, but in January , 1959 Castro, aged thirty-two atd atheheadead of a guerrilla army, succeeded in ousting the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, and seized power.
Beyond that, even if the army succeeds in seriously damaging the terror infrastructure and capturing many of the organizers of suicide bombings, analysts argue that a military operation alone can never succeed in halting suicide bombings.
If the army succeeds in recapturing Sake, many residents in Goma fear the government may try to forcibly take back the city, which could mean that its 500,000 to 1 million residents — population figures here are vague — would be stuck between opposing military forces.
By 2008, however, a "surge" in US troop levels to confront the rebels, the co-opting of moderate Sunni tribesmen in the struggle against militants, and an improving Iraqi army succeeded in turning the situation around.
The émigré army succeeded in pushing the Austrian forces out of all the territory except Luxembourg.
The Roman army succeeded in conquering many territories covering the entire Mediterranean region and coastal regions in southwestern Europe and north Africa.
Senator John Kerry's campaign seized on Mr. Bush's phraseology -- a military term of art conveying what can happen when armies succeed swiftly -- to press its case that Mr. Bush had rushed into the war without planning for the costs, for the extent of the military power that would be needed and for what would come afterward.
During the last half of 1949, powerful communist armies succeeded in taking the provinces of southern and western China.
