Sentence examples for by firepower from inspiring English sources

And the winner, it seems, may be determined more by patience than by firepower.

When the enemy's ranks were broken by firepower, the pikemen evolved from square into line and advanced, shoulder to shoulder, in a massive charge calculated to sweep the field.

Disguised in coalition military uniforms, the Taliban fighters attempted to enter the airfield, known as Forward Operating Base Fenty, after the initial explosions, which occurred just before 6 a.m., but were repelled by firepower that included helicopter gunships, officials said.

With all the reservations about trying to win by firepower alone, Richards believes a quick reinforcement could prove vital to success or failure of the entire international enterprise in Afghanistan.

And counter-insurgency is not won by firepower alone.

Decimated by firepower and bullet holes, these artifacts seem to lose their shape, volume, and surface.

Especially in the Balkans, NATO's performance will be judged not just by its firepower, but also by the way it behaves.

The vanguard landed unopposed, their landing craft supported by ship's boats carrying cannon, supplemented by the firepower of the larger ships offshore.

In Ivory Coast, a power grab provoked a citizen uprising, later amplified by foreign firepower.

In the "asymmetrical" conflicts of the future, Mr Gansler predicts, "massed forces will be replaced by massed firepower".

This was not the only surprise: once pitched battles began later in the year, the Syrian military was amazed by the firepower of its opponents.