Sentence examples for advance force from inspiring English sources

But mostly the Iranians wanted Hezbollah as an advance force to confront Israel.

Early the next year an advance force of the Macedonian army crossed to Asia Minor.

The commander of the French advance force was not available for a comment.

In Iraq, the advance force, called the House of Islam, is dominated by foreigners, including several hundred Europeans, Australians, and Americans.

Their missions include land and amphibious advance force operations and also support to British police and law-enforcement agencies during counterterrorist operations in the homeland.

An advance force of 250 British paratroopers crossed into the country yesterday from Senegal, and 200 were flying in from Britain.

The city was blockaded by Union land and sea forces from July 10 , 1863 to February 18 , 1865 the siege ending only when General William Tecumseh Sherman's advance forced the city's evacuation.

Spring's slow advance forced landscapers, plumbers and interior designers to push back their schedules as second-home owners put off opening their houses and pools.

The advance forced those who had previously performed trials in public to vanish into laboratories.

The IS advance forced thousands from their homes in the north-west cities of Qaraqosh and Sinjar, seeking safety in nearby Kurdish provinces.

The advance forced the Turkish outposts to withdraw.