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The Wall Street Journal runs an AP dispatch stating that the Chechens have "repulsed" Russian forces.
The British invaded Nepal from India in 1814 but were repulsed by the king’s soldiers from Gorkha — thus earning all subsequent Nepali fighting men the name “Gurkhas” (see page 61).
They were repulsed at Hispaniola by a strong Spanish force and decided to take Jamaica as a consolation prize.
In 1588, Philip II prepared to invade England, only to be repulsed when the English navy destroyed Spain’s previously invincible Armada.
Two rather half-hearted Spanish attempts to establish footholds on Guadeloupe were repulsed by the Caribs.