Sentence examples for close fighting from inspiring English sources
"Fundamentalist Christians and those people are pretty close, scary close, fighting for God and country.
Last Saturday Royal Marine Thomas Curry, 21, was shot during close fighting near Kajaki, in northern Helmand.
A small convoy of rebel trucks and an ambulance had entered an area of close fighting between the lines of the two sides.
Despite the brutal close fighting, and perhaps because of it, British commanders say that Operation Panther's Claw, in which the British have won back a lot of the respect they lost from their American peers in Basra two years ago, is succeeding.
These units remained with the infantry in the village for several days, unable to withdraw, and acquitted themselves well in close fighting.
The English militiamen were equipped with "long pikes topped with a bill hook, and daggers, knives and clubs for close fighting", as well as the Welsh longbow.
As southern Sudanese independence inches closer, fighting has escalated between ethnic southern and northern tribes in the area.
It's about getting in close to the target, close quarters fighting".
Mr. Kerry, for his part, relished the idea of talking about how to create jobs while Mr. Bush was so close by, fighting to preserve his own.
