Sentence examples for defended region from inspiring English sources

In 1808, determined to capitalise on this poorly defended region of British trade, the French government ordered Commodore Jacques Hamelin in Vénus to sail to Isle de France where he would be joined by three other large and powerful frigates with specific orders to target British trade.

After the collapse of the Qing dynasty, in 1912, the thirteenth Dalai Lama declared Tibet independent, but in 1950, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the Communists invaded a poorly defended border region and negotiated an agreement that brought Tibet all but entirely under Beijing's control.

This rough-and-tumble industrial port city is embracing its most venerated foreigners since thousands of American troops defended the region in the southeastern corner of the Korean peninsula against North Korean troops during the Korean War half a century ago.

The castle which once defended the region from Ottoman armies is an overgrown ruin.

He may have defended the region against raiding Moors before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar into Mauretania Tingitana (roughly modern Morocco) to protect the area from Frankish pirates.

GODOLLO, Hungary (Marton Dunai) - EU finance ministers on Saturday urged Portugal to commit to reforms and defended the region's austerity steps as tens of thousands of European workers protested in Budapest against spending cuts.

Composed of Muslim Albanians with mostly German and Yugoslav Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) officers and non-commissioned officers, it was given the title Skanderbeg after medieval Albanian lord George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, who defended the region of Albania against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades in the 15th century.

In his first foreign foray, earlier this month, the president-elect headed south, to the Mercosur region.Mexico will be more aggressive in seeking to promote and defend democracy the region's most sensitive diplomatic issue.

Is anyone obligated to defend the region?

The central bank "will defend the region using all the tools at its disposal," the R.B.S. analysts said in a note on Monday.

If you don't think it would be that big a deal, just ask the soldiers our government sent to defend the region against Sukarno's Konfrontasi (confrontation) policy in January 1965.