Sentence examples for secure the bridge from inspiring English sources

Initially the United Nations had expected French troops to secure the bridge for relief operations in the north but the Northern Alliance vetoed that idea.

To secure the bridge, he also founded another city on the river's opposite bank, naming it Apamea after his Persian queen.Later, Zeugma (a Greek word for "bridge") was taken over by the Romans and turned into an opulent fortress city that housed 5,000 soldiers and stretched across an expanse twice the size of Roman London and three-and-a-half times that of Pompeii.

The voice on the radio tells them to secure the bridge, and they secure the bridge.

Initially, however, no units were ordered to secure the bridge itself.

Essex's most obvious route of advance was to push past the Royalist forces, secure the bridge and return to London.

It was not until late in the afternoon that the Reconnaissance Battalion of 10th SS Division were ordered to secure the bridge.

The marines were trying to secure the bridges and retrieve four wounded Army soliders.

The 2nd OBLI, landing in the north, had to secure the bridges over the River Issel.

Manstein's corps was to advance with Georg-Hans Reinhardt's XLI Panzer Corps to the Dvina River to secure the bridges near the town of Daugavpils.

If Essex was able to cross to the west bank of the River Avon, he could secure the bridges across it and prevent the Royalists from crossing it and confronting his army.

With the need to secure the bridges, towns and drop zones for subsequent supply drops, the 1st Airborne would need to defend a perimeter of some 18 mile whilst waiting for XXX Corps.