Sentence examples for commando against from inspiring English sources

However, when he learned that Boshoff had called on Schoeman to lead a commando against Pretorius from Zoutpansberg and Lydenburg, he realised that simply disbanding was no longer enough and that they would have to make terms.

On his return Burgers resolved to send a commando against Sekhukhune; he called on Kruger to lead the column, but much to his surprise the erstwhile Commandant-General refused.

A group calling itself Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claimed responsibility.

The intelligence technology, General Petraeus said, has also enabled the expanded campaign of raids by Special Operations commandos against Taliban operatives in those areas.

But American troops in the area — probably U.S. special operations forces conducting joint operations with Afghan commandos against Islamic State — did not allow anyone to come to their aid for hours, she said.

But in the chaos of a predawn commando operation against heavily armed guerrillas, the result was all too lethal.

Siegel next made China Venture (1953), a middling World War II drama that pitted a U.S. Marine commando unit against Japanese soldiers.

Redefining the American mission to focus primarily on training Iraqi forces and conducting commando raids against terrorists, General Petraeus said, would be premature.

But the agreement's detractors have said that although it reduced ill will between the Lebanese and the commandos, it was followed by increasing commando assaults against Israel and by stepped-up Israeli counterblows.

In May 2011, Sohaib Athar, an Internet cafe owner in Abbottabad, posted details on Twitter of a mysterious helicopter raid in his neighborhood that, hours later, turned out to be the American commando assault against Osama bin Laden.

But what's a Defence Secretary supposed to do: discuss with the President whether to launch a commando strike against Osama bin Laden with the whole of cabin class listening in?