Sentence examples for occupy fighting from inspiring English sources

The mujahideen would emerge from their bunkers, occupy fighting positions and wait for the approaching infantry".

In enumerating the reasons for the complete Axis victory in Greece, the following factors were of greatest significance: Germany superiority in ground forces and equipment; The bulk of the Greek army was occupied fighting the Italians on the Albanian front.

During the American Revolution, when the slave owners were occupied with fighting the British, fugitive slaves numbered in the tens of thousands.

Mr. Arafat has called for a halt to all attacks, whether in pre-1967 Israel or the territories it occupied in fighting that year.

In the middle of the 2nd century, during a period when Rome was not otherwise occupied by fighting in the eastern Mediterranean or Africa, large-scale wars broke out in Celtiberia in the northern part of the Meseta and in Lusitania, which resulted in a series of consuls (senior magistrates) being sent to Spain.

Now we are told the Chilcot inquiry will be completed by April, but will not be published until June or July, seven years after Gordon Brown's announcement that it was to be set up – longer than British soldiers spent occupying Iraq, fighting and trying to keep the peace in an increasingly violent and sectarian civil war.

It has been suggested that the Mercian revolt succeeded because Oswiu may have been occupied with fighting in Pictland, in northern Britain.

Jabhat al-Nusrah's eastern branch has seen its numbers dwindle since fleeing Deir al-Zour for southern Dara'a province, where it has mostly occupied itself fighting a war of attrition with a local ISIS affiliate.

And even with much of the Germany army occupied with fighting the Red Army, FDR had to employ his fabled charm to the fullest, not to mention promises of American supplies, to fend off Stalin's years-long demand for a "second front" of American and British Empire forces on the European continent.

He's been a tireless organizer in Los Angeles for Occupy Fights Foreclosure, fighting on behalf of minority homeowners who have fallen prey to the predatory lending practices of the Mega-Banks.

ISIS have gained a reputation for meting out brutal punishments to those who fail to comply with their strict interpretation of Islamic law and are often criticized for their focus on governance and state building in the areas they occupy, rather than fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad alongside other rebel groups.