Sentence examples for objective of seizing from inspiring English sources

On 12 August, the 40th Battalion was tasked with the objective of seizing and holding a valley to the south of the Proyart Chuignes road.

The first was Operation 41, which involved an offensive along the entire Suez Canal with the objective of seizing the key passes of the Sinai.

Departing from Cape Henlopen, Delaware, on February 17 , 1776 the fleet arrived in the Bahamas on March 1, with the objective of seizing gunpowder and munitions that were known to be stored there.

There was also Operation Beneficiary, intended to support the American XX Corps in capturing St Malo, and Operation Lucky Strike which had the objective of seizing bridges across the River Seine at Rouen.

Although the Germans had destroyed the shipping at Papeete and wreaked havoc in the town, they had been denied their primary objective of seizing the French coal piles and replenishing their own stocks.

Having achieved their initial objectives of seizing the bridges and eliminate the long-range artillery pieces possessed by the Fort, the airborne troops would then defend their positions until the arrival of German ground forces.

Instead of seizing the day, David Haugh writes in The Chicago Tribune, the day seized them.

An observational study of seizing and nonseizing patient's left and right rSO2 readings compared with nonseizure patients.

They set only the broadest of objectives and emphasised seizing unforeseen opportunities as they arose.

Players use strategic movements and positioning to complete mission objectives such as seizing a base, surviving for a number of turns, or defeating a boss.

Four-hundred Bosnian Serb policemen were assigned to participate in the takeover, the objective of which was to seize the functions of the president of the municipality, the vice-president of the municipality, the director of the post office, the chief of the police, etc.