Sentence examples for forward troops from inspiring English sources

Trench tramways and light railways were built for the maintenance of forward troops.

They come to Australia as forward troops of an eventual occupation," said one submission.

They said that it appeared that the Qaddafi forces, less pressured now by airstrikes, had managed to resupply their forward troops, and were emboldened and dangerous.

The United States' overwhelming air superiority was directed first against Iraq's military infrastructure and equipment and then against the morale of its forward troops, who could do little more than remain dug in.

Specialists like Joint Terminal Attack Controllers will be needed to move with the forward troops to coordinate airstrikes and artillery, and if necessary – and it's a near-certainty that it will be necessary – western troops will need the authority to fight offensively, not just in self-defence.

In essence what Fleming was proposing was a team of authorised thieves and looters - mavericks who would operate ahead of the forward troops and who were instructed to do whatever necessary to capture enemy intelligence, equipment or personnel.

Finally, in October 1779, he forwarded troops sent to him from Washington's Northern Army on to Lincoln in South Carolina, fulfilling his quota.

The resolution, which is intended to encourage countries to come forward with troops and donations, would set up a multinational force in Iraq authorized by the United Nations, with American troops a part of the force and American commanders in charge.

First, as conventional support: the group might, say, secure a fuel supply for forward SF troops.

That set the stage for it to move all the chess pieces forward — tanks, troops, artillery — on Saturday.

Early Army reports maintained that soldiers fired warning shots to stop the van, then fired into the engine, but that the van continued forward, forcing troops to fire into the passenger compartment.