Sentence examples for mounted an offensive from inspiring English sources

Between 622 and 629 the Byzantine emperor Heraclius mounted an offensive and restored Syria-Lebanon to his empire.

A tall, joke-cracking Welshman with an Oxford education, Stringer has mounted an offensive based in part on charm.

The rebels ended their cease-fire last Tuesday and the government mounted an offensive the next day.

Abu Rami said five airstrikes had accompanied heavy shelling from tanks Saturday morning before the army and militiamen from the paramilitary National Defense Forces mounted an offensive.

But five days after Ethiopia mounted an offensive, the trenches are empty and the war has shifted firmly into Eritrean territory.

Republicans, pulled out of their existential lethargy and re-energized by the president's charm offensive, immediately mounted an offensive against him.

An Iraqi plan to mount an offensive was developed but shelved after negotiations between representatives from the Sadr movement and Shiite politicians led to a cease-fire accord.

The road is a key to mounting an offensive on Uli airstrip.

Still, Mr. Baryalai said that the insurgent forces are prepared to mount an offensive.

A pause of three weeks occurred before the 8th Army could mount an offensive against the Germans' new position.

Since mid-February, senior military officials have said there were sufficient forces in the Persian Gulf region to mount an offensive.