Sentence examples for control of the hill from inspiring English sources

This peace, and the subsequent the reopening of road links, and the Trans-Asian Railway – which seeks to connect India to Myanmar – could be held up in the Naga inhabited areas because of disputes among the Naga, Kuki and Meitei ethnic groups over control of the hill tracts of Manipur.

Rebel and Nusra Front forces then took control of the hill, the Observatory and a Nusra Front statement said.

The 18th North Korean Regiment, in control of the hill, mounted a disastrous counterattack in hopes of pushing the Marines back.

In fierce fighting the Germans temporarily took control of the hill, but were dislodged by the end of the day, with both regiments virtually destroyed.

Several counter-attacks were launched by 12th SS Panzer and the battered Hussars were relieved at 1500 by the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment but neither side was able to take complete control of the hill.

SOHR said Hezbollah, backed by fighters from Iran and the Assad regime, took control of the hills of al-Sarja and al-Arous in the south-western countryside of Damascus.

Control of the hills would have united the Anzac and Suvla fronts but both attacks failed.

Infanterie-Division holding two hills just across the Sanmarinese border; after heavy fighting to gain control of the hills, the situation stabilised on the 19th, and Allied forces began to push into the city of San Marino itself.

For the first time in over 30 years, the Lebanese authorities have regained control of the turbulent hill-country along Israel's northern border.

Control of these hills would have united the Anzac and Suvla fronts, but neither battle achieved success.

The following month the battalion seized control of Artillery Hill, while the 29th Brigade began patrolling operations in the southern sector.