Sentence examples for engage troops from inspiring English sources

The division's objectives were to capture intact the Caen canal bridge, the Orne river bridge, destroy the Merville gun battery – which was in a position to engage troops landing at the nearby Sword beach – and the bridges crossing the River Dives, the latter to prevent German reinforcements approaching the landings from the east.

MILITARY OVERVIEW -- Airstrikes continued against Baghdad, four soldiers were killed in a suicide attack and Iraqi irregulars engaged troops approaching Baghdad.

The journalist, who declined to be named, said he subsequently learned that the fighters returned later on Sunday and "engaged troops redeployed to the town in fierce battle".

To their east, the Regina Rifles advanced south towards Reviers, engaging troops of the 7th Battalion of the 736th Grenadier Regiment.

Two of its companies engaged troops at Lambay Wood and Benay and the battalion's casualties for the day exceeded 160.

Local Baathists, the Fedayeen of Saddam, other militia groups, and some regular troops have engaged coalition troops at Nasiriya, Najaf and elsewhere.

TAKING BASRA -- Marines engage Iraqi troops here.

He said an order was given for the group to take a "defensive position" and not to engage Malaysian troops.

The missions of these coalition forces are to prevent Saddam from torching the Kirkuk-Mosul oil fields and to engage Iraqi troops that would otherwise join the defense of Baghdad.

When Devon finally arrived, he was either unable to engage his troops, or too late to make a difference.

He also campaigned against Phlius and Arcadia, decisively defeating the Phliasians and plundering the territory of the Arcadians when they refused to engage his troops.