Sentence examples for defensible location from inspiring English sources

It is likely that they were attempting to reopen the old Pasión-Usumacinta trade route and were drawn to Seibal by its defensible location overlooking the Pasión River.

In 403 BC, he led a party of 70 exiles to seize Phyle, a defensible location on the border of Attica and Boeotia.

Swim quickly and smoothly to safety, either out of the water or to a defensible location, and prepare to defend yourself.

William J. Fetterman, ignored warnings that the Sioux often used apparently injured riders as decoys to draw their enemies into poorly defensible locations.

At the Pentagon on Friday, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said some of Syria's chemical weapons components might have been moved in recent weeks to more defensible locations, but all of the main chemical weapons depots were secure.

Between ∼870 and 925 AD deforestation coincided with intensification of agriculture associated with development of monastic estates that exploited increasingly larger land holdings as well as new settlement patterns in higher-elevation defensible locations (incastellamento).

The UN began to redeploy its forces to more defensible locations, so that they would be harder to attack or take hostage.

The expedition passed onwards through Kejache territory and reported that the Kejache towns were situated in easily defensible locations and were often fortified.

Zaculeu was likely originally developed because of its proximity to the Seleguá River, providing a permanent water supply and transportation waterway, together with its easily defensible hilltop location.

The location of the city appears to have been originally selected partly because of its easily defensible position and partly because of its favourable trading location.

This a perfectly defensible position.