But they have yet to fortify the position in any way, or to move communications equipment to it, or to dig trenches for their ever accumulating waste, or to provide it and its environs with any sense of order.
Mackay then instructed his party to fortify the position with sandbags.
Washington's men instead used logs, branches and anything else available to fortify the position overnight.
They undercut rather than fortify the position of Muslim moderates, and they provoke a backlash from western publics against what's seen as pandering to extremists.
These words are based not on King but our desire to be seen in lockstep with him in order to fortify the position we hold.
He transferred 750 of 1,025 UCOP employees to campuses, fortified the position of chancellor at each institution and, in the process, strengthened the UC-wide Academic Senate.
) By taking the knoll, Barlow was following Howard's directive to obstruct the advance of Early's division, and in doing so, deprive him of an artillery platform, as von Steinwehr fortified the position on Cemetery Hill.
"In order to fortify our national security, information must be controlled by the people, so that it will not be used against us to fortify the positions of those in power".
The vote is expected to yield a "yes" result, which would fortify the Kurds' position for secession during talks with Baghdad but would not automatically enable independence.
Albert J. Krupski, a Southold councilman who was a town trustee for 20 years, said the state's ruling would "fortify the town's position on this issue".
Afraid that this constitutional change could undermine the Habsburg position in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which nominally were still under Ottoman suzerainty, Aehrenthal decided to use the opportunity to fortify the Austro-Hungarian position in the Balkan Peninsula.
