Sentence examples for offensive commenced from inspiring English sources
The Soviet offensive commenced with the Soviet 2nd Shock Army breaching the defence of the II Army Corps along the Emajõgi River in the vicinity of Tartu.
The battered village of Charektar in Kelbajar had already seen extensive fighting in earlier weeks and was reinforced by both Azerbaijani and foreign fighters as the Armenian offensive commenced on March 27.
The offensive commenced on July 6 , 1995 with Bosnian Serb forces advancing from the south and burning Bosniak homes along the way.
The second stage of the offensive commenced on 12 September.
The offensive commenced at 16:00 on 16 September.
As preparations for the offensive commenced, the attack's starting points were positioned on stretches of front to the rear of the German Sixth Army, largely preventing the Germans from reinforcing those sectors quickly where Axis units were too overstretched to occupy effectively.
Next, she went on the offensive, commencing shore bombardments in the Battle of Tarawa and later in the Battle of Kwajalein.
In August, having gained the initiative, the Allies launched their own offensive commencing at Amiens on 8 August 1918, where the battalions of the 1st Brigade were attached temporarily to the 4th Division, to act as its reserve, guarding the river crossing at Cerisy.
Based in the Pas-de-Calais area, No. 4 Squadron supported Allied forces during the German Spring Offensive that commenced the following month.
Napoleon also expected the Austrian offensive to commence no earlier than 15 April (it would in fact begin on 9 April) and his two contingency orders relayed to Berthier were based heavily on this supposition.
The observations that "Obama folded" and "the United States is losing its leadership position and is being replaced by Russia" because the president did not rush to military action in Syria, or that the United States has been "duped to surrendering to Iran's smiles offensive" because it commenced negotiations with Tehran, are wrong.
