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The Moors were in retreat, retrenching along the coast and withdrawing to the security of their strongholds in Ronda and Granada.
Roman legions encountered the strongholds of the Castle Rock and Arthur’s Seat, held by a tribe of ancient Britons known as the Votadini.
After securing Irbil, Barzani's men quickly routed the PUK from its other strongholds.
For the first time in Beijing history, the imperial strongholds, from the Forbidden City to the Temple of Heaven, were no longer forbidden to China’s masses.
By 1850 they had driven the Mexicans back to their strongholds in Mérida and Campeche.