Bridgehead Sentence Examples

The bulk of this rearguard crossed the same evening, and only a small bridgehead was held at Latisana.

The French battalion rushes to the bridgehead, spikes the guns, and the bridge is taken!

The following morning Di Giorgio was strongly attacked at Pinzano and Krauss established a sufficient bridgehead.

The 29th's task was to push through them and secure a bridgehead on the north side of the canal.

The majority dug in on the eastern bank, but Bessonov and 1st Company were ordered to hold the bridgehead on the western bank.

This precept is one which the Essenes had adopted because they were trying to form a bridgehead for heaven on earth.

Michael Carrithers has argued that human emotions provide a similar bridgehead.

From here, the Regiment attacked the bridgehead at Remagen, its last offensive action of the war.

To the south of the city, a Russian bridgehead of equal menace had spewed forth hundreds of tanks on November 20.

The real reason was ' the establishment of a strategic bridgehead in the fight against al- Qaeda.

Then came the Portuguese in the 15th Century, naming the town Mogador and setting up a trading post and military bridgehead.

At the battle of Caporetto, Badoglio commanded the same corps, the left wing of which was broken by Otto von Below's attack from the Tolmino bridgehead.

But the real weakness of the situation was due to the enemy's possession of the Tolmino bridgehead.

The bridgehead was well protected by these flanking bastions, and for this reason it made an excellent point of departure for an attack.

He felt, in addition, that opposite the Tolmino bridgehead he had little room for defence, and he was anxious to anticipate the enemy's move by an attack N.E.

What of the bridge and its celebrated bridgehead and Prince Auersperg?