In 462 BC, however, troops from Argos captured Mycenae and expelled the inhabitants.

Indonesian troops quickly expelled the rebels from Manado, after which they maintained guerrilla resistance around the Lake Tondano area.

In 1624, French troops quickly expelled Papal troops from the valley.

Recognizing its strategic importance, and fearful of an Allied landing in the area, German troops occupied the city and expelled most of the population.

Soviet troops would seize a settlement, expel the villagers and raze homes and other buildings before withdrawing.

In the summer of 1945, Soviet troops expelled Japanese soldiers and settlers from the island's southern half, ending four decades of Japanese occupation.

The town suffered badly in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878, when Turkish troops invaded, destroyed the town and expelled the local population.

The villagers later returned to Mi'ar and continued living there until the Israeli troops re-occupied it in mid-July 1948 and expelled them for good.

During the English Civil War Royalist troops had expelled Harris from Hanwell by the end of 1642.