Sentence examples for immediate assault on from inspiring English sources

Its Plan XVII called for an immediate assault on Lorraine.

Siena is about 25 miles away – but I decide we should not attempt an immediate assault on the cultural peak without first taking a foothill or two.

Despite the urging of Clinton and others, Howe decided against an immediate assault on these fortifications, claiming "the Troops had for that day done handsomely enough".

The presence of both army and navy at Aspendos may have persuaded him that there was to be no immediate assault on Ionia.

Emboldened by Lincoln's call for a general advance of all Union forces, Grant ordered an immediate assault on nearby Fort Donelson, which dominated the Cumberland River (this time without Halleck's permission).

The "mulling" process itself is meant to contrast with what Gore aides characterize as a frantic scramble for Mr. Bush and an incomplete vetting of Mr. Cheney that left him unprepared for an immediate assault from Democrats on his voting record.

However, the columns marched purposefully onwards, and by mid-afternoon they had crossed the river Wörnitz at Ebermorgen, intent on launching an immediate assault.

Uniting against an immediate legislative assault on their communities is one thing; but finding the political consensus and organisational cohesion to rally round a programme or plan of action is another.

But there is no question of an immediate assault".

The precise purpleness of the packet, and the memories of a thousand past unwrappings, was an immediate assault.

Manstein's first attack on Sevastopol in November failed, and with insufficient forces left for an immediate assault, he ordered an investment of the heavily fortified city.