Sentence examples similar to defeating force from inspiring English sources

In 1553, the Hindu king, Hemu Vikramaditya acceded to the throne of Delhi by defeating forces of Mughal Emperor Humayun at Agra and Delhi.

I got a bit demoralised in 1956 when our people surrendered from the forest as a defeated force.

The Taliban were a scattered and defeated force in northern Afghanistan, long home to the strongest anti-Taliban resistance, the Northern Alliance.

Libyan rebels fighting in the city of Misrata say they need more support from Nato in their battle to defeat forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.

During the war it would defeat forces from the British, French and Russian armies.

Many Hutu also supported the late 1990s cross-border insurgency against Kagame by defeated forces of the former regime.

Nevertheless, they have been unable to defeat forces who possess much less money and far fewer weapons.

The Ottoman Turkish Army of the First World War was badly underestimated by the Allies, and during the war it would defeat forces from the British, French and Russian armies.

Despite the disbanding of the camps, the defeated forces of the former regime continued a cross-border insurgency campaign into Rwanda from North Kivu.

The limited losses inflicted on native Byzantine troops were quickly recovered, and in the following year Manuel's forces defeated a force of "picked Turks".

Victories and defeats force us to see the world differently, and our experiences shape the people we become.