Sentence examples for capture the capital from inspiring English sources

"It's hard to imagine they thought they could capture the capital with 50 to 100 cars".

And if he held the north, he could capture the capital, Kabul.

Within weeks of annihilating Hicks's force, they had taken control of huge swaths of land and were threatening to capture the capital.

The AK planned to capture the capital and act on behalf of Mikołajczyk's government as host to the entering Red Army.

In a series of brilliant military operations, he defeated three Myanmar armies that had invaded Siam, frustrated repeated attempts of the Myanmar to capture the capital, and simultaneously defeated Cambodian invasions.

Though NATO had confidence that Qaddafi's regime was already imploding, its combined forces, local rebels, and special forces from Arab states took from March 18 until late August to capture the capital, Tripoli.

In 1995 he allied with the Taliban movement, which captured the capital from the mujahideen the following year.

In September, the Houthis captured the capital Sanaa and have been pushing south against Sunni tribes ever since.

Finally, a domestic rebel named Li Zicheng captured the capital in April 1644, and the Chongzhen emperor committed suicide.

Islamists and their allies have captured the capital, Tripoli, and most of Benghazi, the country's second city.

Caesar captured the capital of the Catuvellauni; although he withdrew to Gaul, the Trinovantes were protected and Mandubracius restored under the terms of the treaty.