Sentence examples for ground north from inspiring English sources

Gen. Arthur Currie, opted instead to seize the high ground north of Lens at Hill 70.

The plane came down outside the fence at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, hitting the trees and then the ground north of the airfield.

Most of the defendants work for baggage handling contractors, including Evergreen Eagle, Globe Ground North American, Hudson General and Swissport USA.

A shrine held in high veneration is the tomb of the poet and saint ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, situated on rising ground north of the city; it was built by the Timurid Shāh Rokh.

As the location of several rare ecosystems including an intact coral atoll environment and a notable seabird breeding ground, North Keeling Island and its surrounding waters were designated a protected area, Pulu Keeling National Park, in 1995.

The attack began around midnight with rocket and artillery blasts -- dull thuds of scores of rounds that were fired against Iraqi artillery positions and an observation post on the high ground north of the dam.

The brigade's objective was to capture the high ground north-west of Arnhem.

Two batteries of Australian Mounted Division were in action on the high ground north-west of Summeil firing on this fresh Ottoman force moving over the open plain in full view of the gunners.

Here Ottoman soldiers were discovered to be occupying a strong position on high ground north-west of the village; the brigade made a dismounted attack capturing 600 prisoners along with large amounts of supplies, materiel and an abandoned German field hospital.

This study describes the benthic biodiversity of a rocky reef and its surrounding sand bottom with dense L. conchilega beds in the Borkum Reef Grounds, north of the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch North Sea.

Because these geese were arriving from their summer breeding grounds north of the Arctic Circle, they were not observed to breed locally.