Sentence examples for missed capture from inspiring English sources

He barely missed capture by Federal cavalry, under Col. Benjamin F. Grimes Davisis, that had escaped from Harpers Ferry during the Maryland Campaign; over 40 of Longstreet's 80 ammunition wagons were captured.

Unlike our previous study [ 11], we were also able to record how many unsuccessful (missed) capture attempts each subject made for a given prey type.

American authorities said recently that they had narrowly missed capturing Mr. Mohammed at the time.

However, the venture was only partly successful when Deep Space 1's camera missed capturing any close-up images.

The four Italians have won many international titles, and missed capturing the Bermuda Bowl in Monaco earlier this month by a single imp.

In a sensational byelection that summer, Jenkins narrowly missed capturing Warrington, one of Labour's safest seats, for the new party.

Earlier this month, Iraqis living in the Adhamiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad said Mr. Hussein had visited there on April 9. Some American military officers said they might have narrowly missed capturing Mr. Hussein at a shootout involving marines in a mosque there.

Although counting continued in the three-way contest, the incumbent Republican, Saxby Chambliss, seems to have narrowly missed capturing a majority of the vote against Democratic and Libertarian challengers.

However, his successor, a minor, ʿAbd al-Malik (reigned 1061 65), was attacked by Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon, who missed capturing Valencia but inflicted such a defeat on its defenders that they sought protection from al-Maʾmun, the ruler of Toledo.

Using information from Mr. Rifki, authorities in Indonesia this month narrowly missed capturing Azhari Husin, a 46-year-old Malaysian An American official described Mr. Azhari as more dangerous than Mr. Isamuddin because he has the same religious zeal but better bomb-making skills.

Mexican police barely missed capturing him three weeks ago, Mexico's assistant attorney general in charge of organized crime investigations, Jose Cuitlahuac Salinas, told the Associated Press on Sunday.