Sentence examples for town is occupied from inspiring English sources

For the first time in more than a half century, the population grew in the latest census, inching up to 334 as the Hispanic population jumped to 86 from 4. Now every house in town is occupied.

The town was occupied by Austrian troops in 1704 and was annexed to Austria in 1805.

The town was occupied alternately by British and American troops during the American Revolution.

The fortifications were dismantled in 1867, and the town was occupied by the Germans during World War II.

After the Battle of Fayetteville (April 18 , 1863 the town was occupied by the Union army until the end of the war.

Kazaure town was occupied by the British in 1906, and the emirate was incorporated into Kano province.

During the American Civil War, the town was occupied by Union troops and was bombarded by the forces of the Confederate general John Hunt Morgan.

During World War II the town was occupied by the Germans, who used the port as a major Atlantic submarine base.

From 1940 to 1944 the town was occupied by the Germans, who, upon their withdrawal, blew up the installations and forcibly evacuated the population.

During most of the American Revolution the town was occupied by loyalist forces; it was the focus of a failed French-American attack (October 9, 1779), during which colonial army officer Kazimierz Pulaski was mortally wounded.

During the American Civil War the town was occupied alternately by Union and Confederate troops because of its strategic location on the military road (later U.S. Route 66, now Interstate Highway 44) between Springfield and St . Louis