Sentence examples for pincer force from inspiring English sources

The dimensions of scorpion chelae are strongly correlated with maximum pincer force, and individuals with relatively shorter and wider chelae have a greater mechanical advantage than those with longer, thinner chelae [ 35].

The now pincered Axis forces in Africa withdrew into Tunisia, which was conquered by the Allies in May 1943.

Opposition factions north of Aleppo have been increasingly stuck "between the pincers" of YPG forces on one side and pro-government fighters on the other, a military source said.

Meanwhile, the American Fifth Army would push north along the centre of the peninsula, hopefully converging on Bologna and trapping a large German force in a pincer movement.

Kleist was then ordered to wheel northward from the Ukraine, Guderian southward from Smolensk, for a pincer movement around the Soviet forces behind Kiev; and by the end of September the claws of the encircling movement had caught 520,000 men.

On Wednesday, pro-government forces completed a pincer maneuver northwest and southwest of the city, tightening a siege that has been effectively in place since earlier this month despite repeated counter-offensives by the rebels.

His strategy was to divide his cavalry forces into two columns, of nearly sixty horsemen each, and make a surprise pincer movement to trap the enemy forces.

Less extreme Sunni rebels pushed out IS in the north-western provinces of Idleb and Aleppo early this year, but have since fallen back and are now caught in a pincer between IS and pro-Assad forces.

The battle started at dawn, when the grenadiers made a surprise pincer movement to trap the enemy forces.

South Vietnamese command ers had planned to attempt to trap North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces in a kind of pincer movement in the Par rot's Beak area.

Half the pincer movement was well underway, although Klenau's force could not move further ahead: The guns on the Island of Lobau prevented further advance.