Sentence examples for entrenched infantry from inspiring English sources

A quick cavalry break through entrenched infantry lines could shatter the stalemate, take the fighting on to new ground, and move it forward.Just once or twice, Mr Marshall lived that dream.

General Lawrence was criticised for taking a grave and unnecessary risk by relying on just one entrenched infantry division and two light horse brigades to defend Romani.

However, they were unable to press further, as they now became exposed to machine gun and rifle fire from the entrenched infantry of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and shelling from the horse artillery supporting the light horsemen's determined defence.

They managed to eliminate the anti-tank lines and entrenched French infantry.

The hill was protected by heavily entrenched Chinese infantry as well as mortars at the top of the hill.

The battalion directed effective artillery fire against the paratroopers, who were also receiving heavy machine gun and small arms fire from entrenched Egyptian infantry.

Reading about the guys who stormed Peleliu against entrenched fanatical Japanese infantry was not compatible with listening to the complaints of these kids who were most probably the same age as many of the guys highlighted in the book.

When the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers began to advance on 7 June, they were met by entrenched forces of the 716th Infantry and 21st Panzer Divisions.

The Chinese attacked Hill 598 again on the night of October 23 with two infantry companies, but the well entrenched US troops beat back the attack with little difficulty.

He quotes an eyewitness account of an infantry brigade advancing against well-entrenched Germans without artillery preparation, unsupported, headed in the wrong direction.

At the airfields, it encountered entrenched resistance from the Iraqi 37th and 49th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 6th Nebuchadnezzar Mechanized Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard.