Sentence examples for enemy battalions from inspiring English sources

You're almost tempted to stick different-colored pins in the thing, the way generals in old war movies mark enemy battalions: over here, a Senate panel and an independent counsel clustered together; over there, a Times columnist; and, in scattershot formation, a Fifth Column of disaffected ex-supporters.

An estimated 2 enemy battalions, 85th Main Force (VC) and the 95th NVA Regiment, were rendered ineffective as they had 297 KIA's, with D/16 Armor receiving credit for killing 218.

Let's start that unpacking process with racism: That was the first and one of the last times I heard the word "enemy" in battalion.

Upon contact with the enemy, the 1st Battalion broke and fled to the rear.

During the evening of March 17, General Tat organised a counter-attack against the enemy's 9th Battalion with support from fighter-bombers, tanks and artillery, but his troops were repeatedly beaten back in their attempt to keep the road open.

This is the only occurrence noted in the battalion history in which the battalion engaged enemy armor.

The brigade suffered a number of casualties as it engaged the German forces in the Diersfordter Wald, but by 11 00 hours the drop zone was all but completely clear of enemy forces and all battalions of the brigade had formed up.

Following this, although several units from I Anzac Corps took part in a number of raids against the German line during late June and early July, the 2nd Battalion was not involved and as such, apart from experiencing some enemy shelling, the 2nd Battalion's first significant action came at Pozières in July 1916.

Nintendo's enemies have arrived by battalions.

On 1 September, 1914, Honeyball's commanding officer, Captain Ronald Rose, wrote an account of one particularly ghastly day, which was read by a captain from Rae's battalion: "The enemy got their guns up unobserved and fired on the L battery.

A deeply controversial figure in his home country and in several others, Crispin had battalions of eloquent enemies.