He became a full general the following year and in 1803 won victories over the disunited Marāthās, capturing Delhi and defeating Sindhia's French-trained army at Laswari on November 1; rewarded with a peerage, he went on to rout Holkar at Farrukhābād in November 1804 but was repulsed at Bharatpur early in 1805 and was forced to make peace in April.
The South African army invaded to stop this happening, and came within a few miles of taking the capital, but was repulsed at the last moment by a few planeloads of Cubans.It might seem odd that so poor a nation as Cuba could project power so far.
Freaky people with a plausible story — people who knew people who played in well-known groups — were not on the list and were repulsed at the door but did not give up.
Freaky people with a plausible story people who knew people who played in well-known groups were not on the list and were repulsed at the door but did not give up.
Two celebrated people, a man who used to be rich and a woman who used to be beautiful, were not on the list and were repulsed at the door, but it was so embarrassing to have them lolling around next to the list that they were let in.
His forces were repulsed at the bridge, and he was badly wounded.
When they allowed correspondents into Moscow in December, after the Nazis were repulsed at its gates, Mr. LeSueur described the battle's aftermath, in broadcasts and then in his book.
Particularly after 1683, the year in which the Turks mounted their last major challenge and were repulsed at the gates of Vienna, European armies grew accustomed to seeing one another as their strongest opponents.
On land they were repulsed at Cassandrea, suffering heavy loss.
In the south-west, rebels from Devon and Cornwall attacked the Norman garrison at Exeter, but were repulsed by the defenders and scattered by a Norman relief force under Count Brian.
