The phrase "are about to attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that an action is imminent or will happen very soon.
Example: "The soldiers are about to attack the enemy stronghold at dawn."
Alternatives: "are ready to strike" or "are on the verge of attacking."
Hmmmm, I guess some enemies are about to attack.
In the meantime, the Germans have changed their code and are about to attack a flotilla of American ships bringing supplies and material across the Atlantic, and Wigram snoops around looking for security breaches.
If you attack about a half second early, you can hit the other player just as he realises you are about to attack!
Train troops before you are about to attack with full army camps so that when your attack is completed, additional troops while be trained during the attack; thus, resulting in less time spent waiting for troop production.
The lions are about to attack".
"My brother is a hundred per cent sure they are about to attack," he told Ismael.
That recalled Osama bin Laden's decision to pose in 1998 in front of a map of East Africa, where Qaeda operatives were about to attack two American Embassies, he said.
A Los Angeles man was arrested yesterday and charged with calling the North Plainfield police and falsely warning that terrorists were about to attack the British Embassy in Toronto, according to the F.B.I.
They arrested 27 people at the tail end of a protest parade on Saturday, based on what they said was solid information that those particular demonstrators were about to attack the police and storm the Plaza Hotel.
New Windows Worm Could Be On Its Way Security experts say patterns of activity on the Internet could indicate that a new computer worm is about to attack.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 78, she was mobilised due to concerns that the victorious Russians might be about to attack Constantinople, forcing Great Britain to intervene, but nothing transpired and Warrior cruised to Bantry Bay instead.
