Sentence examples for maintained a bridgehead from inspiring English sources

The Soviet units established a number of bridgeheads on the western bank of the river in February while the Germans maintained a bridgehead on the eastern bank.

The idea that the Kremlin's objectives might have to do primarily with Russia's own security, rather than with keeping Ukraine inside a latter-day eastern bloc or maintaining a notional bridgehead in the Donbass, is rarely entertained.

The division maintained its bridgehead after it had linked up with Allied ground forces advancing from the invasion beaches, and was then deployed in a purely ground-based role as infantry.

A seaborne Ottoman invading force landed at Abū Qīr in July but failed to maintain its bridgehead.

The brigade would then adopt a tight defensive perimeter on the hills overlooking the north bank, so as to maintain the bridgehead over the river.

Schools – and particularly female education – are seen as a bridgehead of "corrupting modernity".

It gave Miliband a bridgehead into his wider argument about who will prosper from the recovery.

The osteospermums used Tresco as a bridgehead before launching their invasion of the gardens of Britain.

They have a bridgehead in London and the South East of England.

Soon the Iberian Peninsula, up in arms, became a bridgehead on the Continent for the British.

But he is also now the leader of a party with MEPs in Brussels and a bridgehead in parliament.