While they were so engaged Agrippa sailed suddenly to Leucas and captured the vessels there, took Patrae by conquering Quintus Nasidius in a fight at sea, and later also reduced Corinth.

Yet, though the enemy not only had more vessels, but they were larger than his own, Nelson confidently expected victory, and told Captain Blackwood he would not be satisfied unless he captured twenty ships.

Sulla captures the revolted city of Athens and defeats the army of Mithridates under Archelaus.

One officer, five grooms, and two signallers mounted on second horses formed a little party to reconnoitre Askalon, and riding boldly into the ancient landing place of the Crusader armies captured the ruined town unaided.

" Njiri's warriors captured a young man and took him along.

By the evening the Anzacs held the country from Nejile to the north bank of the wadi Jemmameh, having captured 300 prisoners and two guns.

They've captured all our guns, and are pouring down on the fords.

The officers had thought that Satanta and his Indians were coming in to capture the fort.

He must find some way not only to meet them as brother to brother, but he must capture their inmost hearts.

Little did I think at that time that I had captured a horse which, for four years afterwards was the fastest runner in the state of Nebraska, but such proved to be the fact.

Russian troops were rushed to the aid of the Rumanians, and the loss of Turtukai was offset by Rumanian successes across the Hungarian border, where they captured a number of towns, driving the Austrian defenders before them as their invasion of Hungary progressed.

" "I reckon we've captured the prize of the day," the sergeant said, gleefully, after making certain as to the contents of the case.

Indeed preparations were being made to send a company to take the tumulus hill in flank, but two gallant London Scots settled the activity of the enemy and captured the position by themselves.

Hannibal had full time to rest his army, to capture after a three days' siege the capital of the Taurini which closed its gates against him, and to induce or terrify into alliance with him all the Ligurian and Celtic communities in the upper basin of the Po, before Scipio, who had taken the command in the Po valley, encountered him.

We had got so far that the ancient routes taken by armies which had captured Jerusalem were just before us.

In winter, the roadstead is very bad; the houses are substantially built; and the fortifications are good, because made by the Spaniards, who captured this place in 1610, but it was re-taken by Muley Ishmael in 1689.

They captured the hill in ten minutes, only sustaining about one hundred casualties, and taking nearly as many prisoners.

The two masters drank to each other's success, and many a conventional remark was made between them on the subject of sea-lions, sea-elephants, and the modes of capturing such animals.

But on this day also the Americans won their first notable victory, by capturing the village of Cantigny and taking 200 prisoners.

Sept. 7Germans and Bulgarians capture Roumanian fortress of Tutrakan; Roumanians take Orsova, Bulgarian city.

The second was headed 'The War on Commerce; Tips to capture German trade', and set forth those other principles and motives which, in the opinion of the Germans, brought England into this war.

He not only captured the Persian camp, but also secured the King's treasures and took his family prisoners.

In this way he captured some points, and afterward Titus Carisius took Lancia, the principal fortress of the Astures, which had been abandoned, and won to his side many towns.

If the admiral had captured a fleet, he had taken an island;and hand in hand they had co-operated in unusual harmony through the difficulties of an arduous campaign.

The gray rats that lived in the courtyard at Glimminge and in the vicinity, kept up a continuous warfare and tried to watch out for every possible chance to capture the castle.