Sentence examples for recapture by from inspiring English sources

But the prospect of the town's recapture by the Ottomans led to Mekhitar's decision to take refuge in Venice.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said Guzman's "swift recapture by Mexican authorities is a priority for both the Mexican and the U.S. governments".

The recapture by Christian forces in 1085 of Toledo, the seat of the Spanish church, occasioned the rite's formal suppression in favour of Roman Catholic practice.

The recapture by Syrian government forces of the city, known to Syrians as the Bride of the Desert, represents a significant blow to Isis.

Palmyra, one of its prized catches, is under imminent threat of recapture by a conglomerate of Russian, Iranian and Syrian forces.

Take Croydon, a council whose recapture by the Tories would be seen as a significant staging post on their long march back to power.

Bat Boy recaptured by F.B.I.

It was later recaptured by Nyack police.

Recaptured by Bourbon troops, he was executed in October 1815.

Occupied in 1942 by the Japanese, the peninsula was recaptured by Allied forces in 1943.

In 1779 it was recaptured by the French, but it was restored to Britain in 1783.