Sentence examples for a bridgehead at the from inspiring English sources

They made a final attempt to establish a bridgehead at the small island of Ruad off the coast of Tortosa, again in an attempt to coordinate military action with the Mongols, but the plan failed, and the Muslims responded by besieging the island.

In the North, the Wons Position formed a bridgehead at the eastern end of the Enclosure Dike; it had a long perimeter of about nine kilometres to envelop enough land to receive a large number of retreating troops without making them too vulnerable to air attack.

Against resolute opposition from the local Turkish commander (Mustafa Kemal, the future Atatürk), Australian and New Zealand troops won a bridgehead at "Anzac Cove," north of Kaba Tepe, on the Aegean side of the peninsula, with some 20,000 men landing in the first two days.

Against determined opposition, Australian and New Zealand troops won a bridgehead at "Anzac Cove" but stalemate prevailed for the rest of the year.

As a result of the withdrawal, Canadian efforts would focus on achieving a bridgehead at San Leonardo.

Anzac soldiers did manage to secure a bridgehead at Anzac Cove.

However, with only a platoon from D Company holding a tenuous bridgehead at the Pakchon ford as dusk fell, Green could either cross the river the following morning via the ford, or he could attempt a lodgement across the bridge that night.

There he was well placed to repel the British airborne assault on Arnhem, and he thereby prevented the Allies from gaining an early bridgehead at the Rhine River.

Eight C-130 aircraft -- six British and two American -- landed at the airfield, establishing the first allied bridgehead at the base, which troops began preparing for shipments of food.

After conversion to M18 Hellcat self-propelled tank destroyers, the battalion moved into Germany, helping force a bridgehead over the Neckar River at the Battle of Heilbronn.

A coordinated attack over the Mark River at Standdaarbuiten on 2 November established a bridgehead and the rest of the division crossed the river.