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The furious French counterattack at 5 pm, in which Desaix was killed almost immediately, forced the Austrians into headlong retreat.

Steven Naismith, Shaun Maloney and Ikechi Anya are quick and eager, capable of scuttling upfield on the counterattack at speed.

After defeating a Shan-led counterattack at Pyè (Prome) in 1544, Tabinshwehti was crowned as king of all Myanmar at the ancient capital of Pagan (Nyaung-U).

To many who have known him for years, the decision to mount a counterattack at a moment of vulnerability is classic Rupert Murdoch.

As it demonstrated against Portugal during the group stages, and against Brazil in a stunning semifinal, the Germans counterattack at great pace and punish mistakes mercilessly.

In cold war days, deterrence was straightforward: any attack would result in a devastating counterattack, at a human cost so horrific that neither side pulled the trigger, even during close calls like the Cuban missile crisis.

Seconds after Marco Silvestri clawed Stephen Dobbie's shot away, Leeds counterattacked at pace.

According to its officials, the Taliban counterattacked at Mazar-i-Sharif.

You must be a speed team, one-v-one, make cross and counterattacks at speed.

When the Communists counterattacked at the end of 1947, Nationalist units were left isolated in the cities or simply melted away.

Wigan won at Huddersfield for the first time in the league thanks to a fine display of counterattacking at the John Smith's Stadium on Monday night.