Sentence examples for advanced on it from inspiring English sources

Almost all residents fled the town as the Syrian army advanced on it, with many now having crossed the border into Turkey where they are being housed in refugee camps.

Rather, it was the PKK and the YPG (the PYD's militia) who came to Iraqi Kurdistan's aid when ISIS advanced on it in August 2014.

Schumacher hired Barbara Ling for production design, claiming that the film needed a "force" and felt Ling could "advance on it".

By June 5 the military had secured complete control, though during the day there was a notable, widely reported incident involving a lone protester momentarily facing down a column of tanks as it advanced on him near the square.

As the Arab army advanced on Bukhara, it was encircled by the Turgesh and cut off from water.

From there the Byzantine army advanced on Rome, which it captured without a fight.

When the Partisans launched their spring offensive on 20 March 1945, it fought the Partisan 2nd Army as it advanced on Zagreb.

Together they followed the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army as it advanced on the front lines.

Japan also finished the pool stage with a 1 2 record, but it advanced on a yield of fewer runs.

A relative of Kony's, spirit medium Alice Lakwena, led a rebel group called the Holy Spirit Movement, which was quashed by government troops as it advanced on Kampala, the capital.

A couple of days before I met Haftar, his jets had bombed an armored column from Misrata as it advanced on facilities held by his proxies, and he described the advance as a kind of moral affront.