Sentence examples for bridgehead by from inspiring English sources
"bridgehead by" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English
It is typically used in military or strategic contexts to refer to a location or position held by a military force as a base for further operations. Here is an example sentence: "The army was able to establish a bridgehead by crossing the river and securing the high ground on the other side."
Don't for a minute envy Lao Lan, since he'll wind up like that landlord father of his, dragged off to the bridgehead by a mob of poor peasants to be shot".
The brigade, less some patrols, was back within the bridgehead by 18 00.
The 15th Division would then assemble across the river, expanding the bridgehead by capturing several important villages.
Infantry from the 11th Armoured Division, expanded the bridgehead by taking the village of Baron-sur-Odon Baron-sur-Odon Baron-sur-Odonandry advanced on Hill 112.
Planning began for a second offensive, codenamed Operation Dreadnought, to be launched out of the Orne bridgehead by VIII Corps, outflanking Caen from the east.
On the Cotentin Peninsula, the American 4th Division had suffered lighter casualties in securing Utah, and had established a strong bridgehead by the end of D-Day.
Beginning on 4 December, four infantry divisions one British, one Canadian, one Indian and one New Zealand (which included an armoured brigade)—and two armoured brigades (one British and one Canadian) of the British V and XIII Corps attacked heavily defended German positions along the Moro River, achieving several exploitable bridgeheads by 8 December.
The Ostsack (east sack) of the Krivasoo bridgehead, defended by the Soviet 6th and the 117th Rifle Corps, were confused by the Strachwitz Battle Group's diversionary attack on 6 April.
The 104th Brigade tried to cross the Kupa River at 5 a.m., but failed and fell back to its starting position by 8 a.m., at which time it was shifted to the bridgehead established by the 110th Home Guard Regiment.
Reasonably or unreasonably, Hippias was obviously hoping to establish a kind of political bridgehead here by appealing to old bonds of clientship.
The operation jumped off on 5 December, with the 29th/46th Infantry Battalion passing through the bridgehead established by the 22nd.
