Sentence examples for field defences from inspiring English sources

Field defences may be set up in real-time on the battlefield, to adjust for given situations.

The beaches themselves were overlooked by pillboxes of various types (see British hardened field defences of the Second World War).

The field fortifications constructed throughout Britain included large numbers of hardened field defences: mostly in the form of pillboxes.

Field defences on the River Orne and the vicinity of Carpiquet, 3.5 mile north-west of the Caen town centre, obstructed an advance toward Caen from the north.

During August and September sappers from the 1st Commonwealth Division were subsequently engaged clearing minefields and demolishing many of their former defended localities and field defences, while new battle positions were established to the rear.

The stand-off's blushes were spared a minute later by Simpson-Daniel when he ghosted his way through broken-field defence to put Qera clear.

But Professor Chalmers said that could change, and European governments could come under more public pressure to field such defences in the future.

The bloc had to improve "in the domain of security, internal and external security, the fight against terrorism, the cooperation in the field of defence", as well as defence and jobs, she added.

The EU proclaims that it is about to do something ambitious and new in the field of defence and security—and then proves, once again, that European governments are better at discretion than valour.

But the arguments are equally important in the field of defence against cyber-attack, where some argue that similarly large bodies of data - much of it private but transiting, if you like, the public realm - may need to be interrogated.

Silva's absence did not matter against an emasculated United reduced to 10 men and fielding a defence failing the Trades Description Act.