Sentence examples for major trench from inspiring English sources

Lipsett's battalion was instrumental in holding the line during the action and he was consequently rewarded by being made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, promoted to acting brigadier-general and given command of the Canadian 2nd Brigade, which he trained during the spring of 1916 to conduct major trench raids on German lines.

Of the Earth's 20 major trenches, 17 are found in the Pacific basin, a vast area rimmed by trenches of both marginal and island arc varieties.

Seafloor geodetic monitoring systems with GPS-acoustic ranging were deployed on the landward slope of the major trenches.

In order to monitor seafloor crustal movements around the offshore plate boundary, the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan (JHOD) has been carrying out seafloor geodetic observations using a GPS-acoustic combination technique on the landward side of the major trenches around Japan.

Have students identify the locations of mid-ocean ridges (which resemble the seam on a baseball) and major oceanic trenches, including the Mariana Trench.

The Great Sumatran fault (GSF) system is a major 1900-km trench-parallel strike-slip fault system with several segments.

When Turkish troops got into the left side of the 2nd Squadron trench, Major James Elmslie led a troop in a counter-attack, clearing them out.

An attack was ordered, but the order was rescinded when the senior officer in the forward trench, Major Aubrey Darnell, expressed concerns about the state of the soldiers in the assault wave.

The Vikings will attempt to take away the deep pass by exploiting a major mismatch in the trenches: the All-Pro defensive end Jared Allen versus the inexperienced left tackle Jermon Bushrod.

For the next two and half years they fought in a number of major battles in the trenches along the Western Front including Polygon Wood, Amiens and the St Quentin Canal, as well as playing a supporting role in a number of others including Bullecourt and Morlancourt.

There has been a major international study of trenches containing contaminated materials from the Chernobyl accident, which has resulted in a series of papers.