Sentence examples for initial clashes from inspiring English sources

In the initial clashes there were reports that columns of Iraqi tanks were headed toward the Americans, but none appeared.

Netanyahu distrusts Obama not only because of their initial clashes over settlements and the Palestinian question but also for reasons of personality.

Three other people were killed in initial clashes with the police, and most likely with other forces, in Iguala that night; many more were injured.

In the initial clashes, allied officials said, French airstrikes inflicted heavy losses on Islamist columns that could be easily identified and attacked as they advanced on roads.

The initial clashes between the French and German armies along the Franco-German and Franco-Belgian frontiers are collectively known as the Battle of the Frontiers.

The Palestinian Authority's Information Ministry issued a statement after the initial clashes on Sunday accusing the "Israeli occupation police and extremist settlers" of "breaking into the courtyard of the mosque, firing tear gas bombs and live bullets" against Palestinian worshipers.

Each side accused the other of provoking the initial clash.

The initial clash was brief, owing to approaching nightfall.

Frequently, the girls are able to coexist in class and in school after their initial clash.

It shows police officers walking and shooting far from the initial clash, and the television cameras there, near the rocks of the koppie.

Early today Russian fighter jets and helicopters, as well as artillery batteries, struck at what commanders said were pockets of 50 to 70 fighters who had escaped from the initial clash here, not far from the Chechen border.