The English then occupied the settlement stripping it of anything of value before departing two weeks later.

The English, with a few guns, occupied a clearing.

The English briefly occupied the town in 1779 and reportedly burned its 200 buildings.

Within 3 years, the English had occupied the island, whose population was only about 3,000, but it took them many years to bring the rebellious slaves under their control.

The English occupied the area but only for a short while as news of the peace of Breda arrived.

The English had occupied Jamaica in 1655 but had been reduced significantly by disease in the aftermath.

There is no evidence that the English actually occupied the castle, and it was formally handed back by Richard I of England in 1189.

Some in Ireland say that after the English occupied the island, they gave Irish men the choice of either joining the army or being exiled forever.

The English occupied it in the year 1405.

The English occupied it in 1796.