In August 1777, George Washington erected fortifications in the area, expecting to confront British troops recently landed at Head of Elk, Maryland.

On Sunday crowds demanding the detainees' release marched through the city, confronting troops.

At times, they prevented Palestinians from confronting Israeli troops.

But they still do not have the capacity to confront troops in open battle, or capture and keep towns.

In this case no shots were fired and the strikers did not confront the police or troops.

At Montréal that September, Lévis and 2,000 troops confronted 17,000 British and American troops.

And when peace efforts falter, Hamas violence seems to draw support, particularly among young people used to confronting Israeli troops in the uprising and perceiving little immediate benefit from peace.

There was no room in his thoughts for an eventual day when his weakened armies might also have to confront fresh troops from the New World.

The intelligence community has had some success hunting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the report found, but that terrorist organization is small and is not the main enemy confronting American troops.

The plan included the seizure of northern Norway and Sweden and an advance into Finland to confront Soviet troops and naval forces in the Baltic Sea.