Sentence examples for battle sustained from inspiring English sources

Thus, a man who has avoided military service may be a greater and braver warrior than a man who has served his country in battle, sustained grave wounds, performed "heroic" deeds, and been honored with clanking, showy medals pinned to his garment.

The street gun battles sustained over weeks that accompanied the alliance's doomed 2004 attack on the Gulf cartel (and its enforcement wing made up of military deserters called the Zetas), in their stronghold in north-eastern Mexico in 2004 marked a qualitative leap in traditional Mexican cartel turf wars that had previously been largely confined to targeted hits.

Macnamara saw action at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783 against M. de Suffren, in which battle Superb sustained losses of 12 men killed and 41 wounded.

In the ensuing battle, Charnley sustained a sword wound to his hand, but his assailants were forced to flee.

Last autumn it did have to battle a sustained DDoS attack which took its email service offline for more than 24 hours.

And when the dust ultimately settled in the battle for sustained growth, a quartet of conglomerates stood above the rest.

Belgian plans did not call for the garrison of the fort and the attached defending forces to fight a sustained battle against an attacking force; it was assumed that sufficient warning of an attack would be given so that the detachment on the eastern side of the canal could be withdrawn, the bridges destroyed and the garrison ready to fight a delaying action.

They describe the battle to sustain African traditions in the face of rapid urbanization.

But Prime Minister David Cameron, three months in office, faces an uphill battle to sustain popular backing for some of the sharpest cuts in public spending in living memory.

It is instead part of a battle to sustain the confidence of its own people — via nationalism, Confucian tenets, wealth, cultural renaissance, or whatever substitute that can be dreamed up — or risk the consequences.

He has told Americans to brace themselves for sustained battle against terrorists and can hardly seem to be sounding a premature retreat.