Sentence examples for bridgehead was established from inspiring English sources

The battalion seized the bridge at Tourmauville at around 1700 and a bridgehead was established.

The HV was tasked with advancing towards Glina but the operation failed after a shallow bridgehead was established within two days.

The British position, shared by the military and ministers, is that ground troops should be used as quickly as possible and that a bridgehead be established around the strategically vital city of Mazar-i-Sharif, as the bombing campaign creates hostility in Muslim countries across the world.

He retreated in good order, however, with only limited losses, and a bridgehead across the Hellespont was established.

It was in the shadow of these cliffs that the camel caravans passed on the ancient frankincense trade and the colonial port of Aden -- "the white man's grave" -- was established by the British as a bridgehead to India.

In the aftermath of the war, towns along the Rhine were rebuilt, bridgeheads created on the eastern banks at such places as Mainz and Cologne, and a military frontier was established, comprising forts, roads, and fortified towns.

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In the end it was agreed that a realistic threat would be to stage an initial assault with two divisions from the United Kingdom, landing a further six divisions direct from the East Coast of the US once a bridgehead had been established.

Known as Kampfgruppe Hanke after their commander Hans Hanke, they moved from the Brčko bridgehead and joined a blocking position at Pélmonostor on 14 November south-west of a second Russian bridgehead that had been established at Batina (in modern-day Croatia).

In January Hafiz Saeed, a cleric wanted by India for his alleged masterminding of the 2011 terrorist attack on Mumbai, announced his Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) was establishing a bridgehead in Karachi for the first time with a fleet of 15 ambulances.

The Castellis made a leisurely exit in the general direction of New York, where Mihail Schapira, Ileana's father, was establishing a comfortable bridgehead.