Sentence examples for drive the enemy from inspiring English sources

Losses were light on both sides, but Ellet managed to drive the enemy from Austin.

Gen. Braxton Bragg immediately ordered his corps to "Sweep everything forward.… Drive the enemy into the river".

The underlying aim is to drive the enemy out of the coveted centre into more extreme positions.

Audie Murphy got his for jumping on a burning tank and using his weapon to drive the enemy back".

To forestall this prospect, he tried quickly to gather the South's maximum strength and to score a victory that would drive the enemy to the negotiating table.

The British captain in the jungle was training a new national army, a force meant to drive the enemy toward surrender, to guarantee the security of civilians, to protect Sierra Leone's besieged democratic president.

I was wounded a week ago today, in making a charge & we drove the enemy two miles back...

The Confederates rolled over the three federal brigades manning the earthworks northwest of the city and drove the enemy back toward town as quickly as Rosecrans threw fresh troops into the fight.

Mahan concluded that command of seaborne commerce was the key to winning wars, and that what was needed was an "overbearing power on the sea which drives the enemy's flag from it".

With the Mexican artillery out of action, the 8th Infantry Regiment and 5th Infantry Regiment were able to maneuver forward and eventually drove the enemy from their positions.

His citation states that his leadership ensured that the South Staffordshire gave no ground and drove the enemy off in complete disorder.