Sentence examples for in minor actions from inspiring English sources

In minor actions and skirmishes, nine officers and 265 men were killed and four officers and 123 men were wounded, but not fatally.

With this force, under the overall command of King Charles V, Carrouges distinguished himself in minor actions against the English in Beuzeville, Carentan and Coutances in a five-month campaign, during which over half his retinue were killed in battle or by disease.

During the interwar period U.S. forces were involved in several minor actions, including the Russian Civil War and multiple events in the Caribbean that have since become known as the Banana Wars; also, the Yangtze Patrol was directly and indirectly affected by the Second Sino-Japanese War and other events.

When Victoria returned to Australia, the vessel had taken part in several minor actions, with the loss of one crew member.

No one had filibustered such minor actions in the past, but it has become a hallmark of Mr. McConnell to try to make the Senate rules work for him.

There were a series of minor actions in the north of Scotland, which secured the Covenanter's rear against Royalist support and skirmishing on the border.

Events within the system under study here can vary widely in their severity, from minor actions such as going to a pharmacist, to major actions such as calling a 999 emergency ambulance.

A brief lull followed in June and July as the Allies attempted to regain the initiative, during which the 28th was involved in a minor action around Morlancourt.

Pope eventually forced the Confederates under Sterling Price to retreat southward, taking 1,200 prisoners in a minor action at Blackwater, Missouri, on December 18. Pope, who established a reputation as a braggart early in the war, was able to generate significant press interest in his minor victory, which brought him to the attention of Frémont's replacement, Maj.

Referring to Putin's "so-called annexation of Crimea," Page argued that Russia suffered a disproportionate response for "relatively minor" actions -- much in the way that Garner was strangled to death after confronted by the cops for selling loose cigarettes.

In this film, I use the minor actions and subtle movements of the characters to evoke their emotions, which, along with the vivid landscapes and interiors the characters exist in, constitute the poetic, and in some sense sad and melancholy, aesthetic philosophy of the film.