Sentence examples for forces first from inspiring English sources
The invading US forces first bombed their bases, seeing them as a military threat.
But they insisted that Yasir Arafat's security forces first arrest those who assassinated an Israeli cabinet minister.
Jenin has been under curfew most days since Israeli forces first seized it in June after another suicide bombing.
It also marks the day when Israeli forces first put down an Israeli Arab demonstration with bullets, killing six.
When World War II broke out, he was put in charge of naval forces first assigned to assist Allied landings in North Africa.
In April 1915 the Canadians saw their first major action in the Second Battle of Ypres Belgiumm), where German forces first used poison gas as a weapon.
It took 22 days from the time that Colonel Qaddafi's forces first opened fire on protesters in Libya for the United Nations-backed military assault to begin.
Iraqi forces first sought to enter the city on Thursday when special forces were dropped into a university from four helicopters.
When French forces first went into Mali, Laurent Fabius, the foreign minister, said that the main operation would be a "question of weeks".
Allied Iraqi forces first entered the Isis stronghold through its northern Qadisiyya neighbourhood, according to video obtained by The Associated Press.
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