Sentence examples for enemy garrison from inspiring English sources

The battalion then attacked Le Plein, securing the village by expelling the platoon-sized enemy garrison.

The artillery piece inflicted a number of casualties on the small group, killing the company commander, and a stalemate ensued until 10 00 when the enemy garrison surrendered after being subjected to mortar bombardment.

Meanwhile, another company of the battalion had been attempting to complete the tasks it had been ordered to fulfil; it was to clear the enemy garrison from Varaville and destroy a gun emplacement, demolish a bridge over the Rive Divette and also destroy a radio transmitter near Varaville.

The commander, Gen. Tommy Franks, said that after reviewing an inquiry into the nighttime assault on two compounds on Jan . 23 he was convinced that Special Operations forces acted appropriately using intelligence gathered over weeks that suggested the compounds were enemy garrisons.

In describing the results of the official inquiry into the Special Forces mission, Mr. Rumsfeld said the United States alone generated the intelligence that pointed to two compounds in the Hazar Qadam Valley as enemy garrisons.

Two companies of the 1st Hampshires landed very close to the strong point at Le Hamel, and had to fight inland through enemy garrisons to get off the beach.

Nor could it rely on the foolishness of the enemy in garrisoning the islands with poorly trained conscripts and without attack helicopters.

The post was held, however, by the enemy with a garrison, albeit not a very strong one.

On every side were trees, derelict buildings and rises in the ground that provided potential vantage points for an enemy to attack the garrison, which, with the paras and other troops, was never much more than 120 strong.

The castle is a military building which can build trebuchets, train the civilization's "unique unit", and fire arrows at enemy units within range, with garrisoned units firing extra arrows.

It would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbour.