But when the last of the Nigerian troops withdrew in early May, the rebels swiftly overran several positions of United Nations peacekeepers, taking nearly 500 of them hostage.

One more push and they would be on the exposed flank where they would be swiftly overrun.

The Almoravids swiftly overran much of Africa and the Sudan, restoring these countries to orthodox Islamic practice.

They swiftly overran Syria, and defeated Roman forces in the province; all the cities of the coast, with the exception of Tyre admitted the Parthians.

(The unrelated dynasty in Gwent and Morgannwg was swiftly overrun by the Marcher Lords after the Norman Conquest.)

The Japanese 14th Army also concentrated its forces in the first month of the campaign, enabling it to swiftly overrun most of Luzon.

He resisted the temptation to swiftly overrun the island, and thereby overextend his forces, and formed a defensive perimeter that made good use of the terrain.

They swiftly overran the Roman province of Syria and advanced into Judaea, overthrowing the Roman client Hyrcanus II and installing his nephew Antigonus.

The rebel troops swiftly overran Delhi and proclaimed themselves followers of the last Mogul Emperor, Bahadur Shah, whom the British had kept on his throne as a powerless pawn.

Joseph's army swiftly overran Andalusia during the months of January and February 1810.