Sentence examples for preliminary attacks from inspiring English sources
The drive for Trun by Polish and Canadian Armoured Divisions began on 16 August, with preliminary attacks in preparation for an assault against Trun and Chambois.
(See Battle of Nablus (1918)#Preliminary attack for a full description of this operation).
The 60th (London) Division's preliminary attack and capture of the redoubt on Hill 1070, led to the bombardment of the main Ottoman trench line.
In the Judean Hills a preliminary attack took place in the Battle of Nablus section of the front line on 18 September.
After a preliminary attack by 1,056 heavy bombers, elements of the 11th, Guards and 7th Armoured Division assaulted the positions of LXXXVI Corps north of Bourguébus but despite early gains of around 12000 yards, strong resistance prevented VIII Corps taking the ridge.
The next British offensive, codenamed Operation Epsom, was launched by VIII Corps on 26 June, after Operation Martlet (also known as Operation Dauntless) a preliminary attack on 25 June, to secure the right flank of VIII Corps.
Just as the preliminary attack by the 53rd Division, XX Corps on the Judean Hills front (see Battle of Nablus) was pausing, at 04 30 a bombardment by artillery, trench mortars and machine guns began firing at the German and Ottoman front and second lines of trenches in front of XXI Corps.
A preliminary approach to cold boot attacks for acquiring memory of a previously running system was to force a reboot where memory is fully preserved [9].
Preliminary air attacks to suppress the Japanese air forces in the vicinity of Morotai began in August 1944.
It halted 3,000 yards in front of the battery to allow B-24 Liberators from the USAAF to carry out a preliminary bombing attack on the battery.
UNCERTAIN DAMAGE -- A preliminary assessment of attacks on 31 targets showed gains, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said, but it was not certain if the missiles and planes had destroyed the Taliban's command posts or fully disabled its air defenses.
