Sentence examples for The encirclement from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
The encirclement of German forces in Stalingrad was completed on 22 November 1942.
The encirclement of Humaitá could not be completed until the Allies gained full control of the river.
The encirclement of what remained of the Seventh and Eighth Armies, still west of the Jordan River in the Judean Hills, was complete on 25 September.
Turkish soldiers are watching the encirclement of Kobani from their positions a few hundred yards away.
The coalition has control of the main northward roads, but the encirclement of Baghdad is porous.
The Germans captured 240,000 Soviet prisoners in the encirclement that followed.
Even his titles have a classical ring: "The Encirclement," "The Miracles of Saint Marx".
Three years later Saladin occupied Aleppo, virtually completing the encirclement of the Latin states.
But the U-turn by the marines suggested that some problems with the encirclement remained.
There was fresh evidence of the encirclement of Ponting coming into this Test.
About the encirclement of the village, Major Dixon said, "There are going to be three landing zones for the choppers.
