Sentence examples for fall into enemy hands from inspiring English sources

The military destroyed the helicopter to ensure that it did not fall into enemy hands.

The captain of the Louisiana blew up his ship rather than see it fall into enemy hands.

What would a woman soldier be forced to endure, should she fall into enemy hands, that a male counterpart might not?

Reports that Iraq has already set oil wells on fire is a reminder that Mr. Hussein may destroy resources before they fall into enemy hands.

Yet when he is on the run from the Russians, his companion insists that he get rid of the SS jacket in case they fall into enemy hands.

Rather than fall into enemy hands she took poison and was buried along with her knife-studded chariot under platform 10 of King's Cross station.

The hospital, and its wounded and medical staff, fell into enemy hands.

The 1949 Geneva Conventions, which regulates armed conflict, prohibits degrading treatment of anyone who falls into enemy hands.

On Dec. 11, 1861, a squad from Milice's company fell into enemy hands while on patrol along the Potomac River on the Maryland-Virginia border.

Its stated goal is to prevent Israeli troops from falling into enemy hands, "even at the cost of hurting or wounding our soldiers".

And flight crews had to swear a special oath to protect the bombsight from falling into enemy hands by destroying it if necessary.