Sentence examples for fixed defence from inspiring English sources

The Belgians, recognising the danger posed by the Germans, secretly made their own defence policies, troop movement information, communications, fixed defence dispositions, intelligence and air reconnaissance arrangements available to the French military attaché in Brussels.

The Polish plan was based on fixed defence of the front line, with the forces under Umiński and Dembiński behind the second line of defences and acting as a mobile reserve, together with divisional artillery and cavalry.

Dembiński did not take advantage of this success, and the Polish infantry remained hidden behind fixed defences.

In addition to the air and naval forces assigned to protect shipping in Australian waters, fixed defences were constructed to protect the major Australian ports.

Once it became clear that the Russians would attack further south, the plan was called off and the western sector returned to fixed defences.

In between exercises, further training was undertaken and the battalion also worked to improve fixed defences throughout July and into August and September.

Over time there formed a consensus favouring Semaphore for fixed defences or fortification; a strategy also argued by the government established Hart Commission in 1858.

During this posting Headlam was promoted to flying officer, on 1 July 1935, and wrote a paper on national defence in which he suggested that with "strong air forces, naval forces (including submarines), and fixed defences, Australia may be made practically invulnerable".

Perhaps his greatest mistake was to resist the building of fixed defences in either Johore or the north shore of Singapore, dismissing them in the face of repeated requests to start construction from his Chief Engineer, Brigadier Ivan Simson, with the comment "Defences are bad for morale – for both troops and civilians".

"We have played some quality sides but we really need to fix our defence up.

Just as he did at Roma during that remarkable 2009-10 season – when he took over a club with no points from two games and took them to within two points of denying José Mourinho's Inter their treble – Ranieri has focused on fixing the defence first and then building from there.