Sentence examples for attempt to reconquer from inspiring English sources

Ashurbanipal did not attempt to reconquer it.

Muḥammad's successor, Fīrūz Shah Tughluq (reigned 1351 88), made no attempt to reconquer the Deccan.

In a desperate attempt to reconquer Marilyn's flaky heart, Joe had gone to see a shrink, and had emerged most attractively shrunken, modest and self-knowledgeable.

Santa Anna gained much prestige in 1829 when he fought against Spain's attempt to reconquer Mexico, and he became known as the of Tampico.

Egypt was made financially solvent by 1887, and after the British forced the Egyptian government to give up its attempt to reconquer the Sudan wrested from its control by the religious rebellion of the Mahdī there followed a period of peace and stability that allowed the country to recover from the chaos of the previous decade.

Just now we were shelled again by Georgian Grad missiles.' But amid the chaos, one thing seemed clear - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's extraordinary attempt to reconquer the separatist region of South Ossetia appeared to be unravelling, as Russian planes bombed ever deeper into Georgia and his troops were sucked into street-to-street fighting.

Louis attempted to reconquer Italy in 904.

The city suffered severe damage when the Byzantines attempted to reconquer it.

In 1278 Otakar, attempting to reconquer the territories he had lost to Rudolf, invaded Austria; he was again defeated and killed at the Battle of Dürnkrut (August 26).

In 1646 Mughal forces occupied Badakhshān and Balkh, but in 1647 Balkh was relinquished, and attempts to reconquer it in 1649, 1652, and 1653 failed.

September 13 , 1087 April 8 1143 John II Comnenus, Comnenus also spelled Komnenos (born September 13 , 1087 died April 8 , 1143 Byzantine emperor (1118 43) whose reign was characterized by unremitting attempts to reconquer all important Byzantine territory lost to the Arabs, Turks, and Christian Crusaders.