Sentence examples for advanced corps from inspiring English sources

In a letter to Congress, Washington justified the defeat by saying, "This Morning the Enemy came out with considerable force and three pieces of Artillery, against our Light advanced Corps, and after some pretty smart skirmishing obliged them to retreat, being far inferior in number and without Cannon".

Despite being joined by the sole survivors of Colborne's brigade (the 31st Foot), just 1,900 men stood in line to face the advancing corps.

Fraser's advance corps was only a few miles behind Colonel Ebenezer Francis' 11th Massachusetts Regiment, which acted as St. Clair's rear guard.

Gen. George H. Thomas's corps advanced along the Manchester Pike toward Hoover's Gap.

Manstein's corps advanced rapidly, reaching the Dvina River, 315 km distant, in just 100 hours.

Eventually around 5 00 von Kreutz's corps advanced towards Forts 21 and 22 in two columns.

The two divisions of V Corps advanced one behind the other against Zayas's position.

During the Battle of Tulkarm the 60th Division, (XXI Corps) advanced to cut the front line Ottoman trenches.

The corps advanced north, catching the German forces by surprise on their south flank, cutting them off.

The three corps advanced north with IX Corps at the center of the line, on both sides of the Han River.

On October 24, the ROK 6th Infantry Division of the ROK II Corps advanced westward from Huich'on, and Onjong was captured on the same day.