Sentence examples for abandon the position from inspiring English sources

Risking a charge of insubordination, he delayed carrying out the order, but at shortly past 5 p.m. he reluctantly began to abandon the position.

Lieutenant Bouguignon repeatedly asked General Aymé, his commander at the 3rd Colonial Infantry Division for permission to abandon the position.

On October 21, the ship arrived, and the gunfire from her 30.5 cm guns forced the French to abandon the position.

As the day passed, with ammunition down to about one clip per man and only a few grenades left and no help in sight, McDoniel decided to abandon the position that night.

McInally has not abandoned the position he first played while on loan to Bristol.

Natural things, he tells us, are received in a natural light, while the things that the intellect contemplates in the order of belief (ad credenda vero) are received in a light that is gratuitous (gratuitum est), and the beatifying realities are received in the light of glory.[16] It seems that Albert has abandoned the position that even naturalia require divine illumination.

The insurgents abandoned the position as the barrage threatened the town.

The British quickly abandoned the position they had just captured, but Jackson resented the setback in an otherwise spectacular victory.

At 8 25 am patrols were sent out from 'B' Company, 2/48th Battalion, and they subsequently reported that the Japanese had abandoned the position sometime during the night.

He also said that the withdrawal of the platoon did not constitute "abandoning" the position because no permanent defensive infrastructure was developed or left behind.

The following morning, the Australians launched a costly and unsuccessful company-level attack against the ridge, but after darkness the Japanese abandoned the position, allowing the 2/15th to occupy it and then clear Nongora on 2 December.