Sentence examples for platoon engaged from inspiring English sources

On September 29, 2006, Monsoor's platoon engaged four insurgents in a firefight, killing one and injuring another.

John Bartle and his platoon engage in a bloody campaign to control the city.

The two forward Australian platoons subsequently lost contact with each other, while the left section of 4 Platoon was engaged by a 12.7 mm heavy machine-gun, and began to fall behind.

Over the next five months, Monsoor and his platoon frequently engaged in combat with insurgent forces.

Almost simultaneously, 3 Platoon was engaged with small arms fire, while behind them the company headquarters was engaged by more snipers.

Most of these were established with minimal resistance, however, one platoon became heavily engaged by a machine-gun positioned near a sandpit on the other side of a road.

After running into a platoon of Australians who engaged them with Bren light machine guns, the Japanese withdrew just before dawn to the sounds of a bugle call.

Some of the survivors took refuge among a number of haystacks and rice stooks in front of 9 Platoon, from where they engaged the Australians with sniper fire.

However, three previously undetected Viet Cong machine-guns subsequently engaged 5 Platoon, which succeeded in breaking up the Australian attack on the right flank with intense enfilade fire which killed three men and wounded five more.

In 2007, Pte McClure was sent to Helmand as part of the 7 Platoon B (Suffolk) Company who were engaged in fighting in Southern Afghanistan.

Finally, they were engaged by an antitank platoon of three 2 pounders mounted on portees.