Sentence examples for divisions held from inspiring English sources

By nightfall the 1st and 29th divisions held positions around Vierville, Saint-Laurent, and Colleville nowhere near the planned objectives, but they had a toehold.

Standing ready immediately behind the belt were units (usually the size of regiments, sometimes entire divisions) held in reserve for launching counterattacks.

Two potent strike forces, he said, are stationed behind the front lines to exploit breakthroughs in the Pakistani lines and additional divisions held in reserve.

He lunches with the new Hungarian prime minister, telling him: 'The news could not be better … Now we have them [the Allied armies] where we can destroy them.' Hitler's behaviour during the day is critical: only he has authority to launch the Panzer divisions held in strategic reserve against the landing beaches.

The 7th, 19th and 20th Divisions held the shortest frontage in the entire Yildirim Army Group.

Part of the division was then diverted, to reinforce the remnants of the front divisions holding positions around Hollebeke.

These divisions holding the front line from the Mediterranean Sea where they faced the XXI Corps, and into the Judean Hills where they faced the XX Corps, were highly regarded veteran formations in the Ottoman Army.

Both sides knew which division held the power.

That division held a generation ago, but now it's diminishing.

Recently, Motorola's mobile devices division held a "town hall" meeting at company headquarters.

Entering Helsinki on April 13, his division held the city until after the armistice of Nov. 11, 1918.