Sentence examples for secure the crossing from inspiring English sources

As the French withdrew into the Black Forest, which lay to the east of the Kehl, Austrian troops attempted to secure the crossing at Kehl.

Realizing that his command was too small to withstand a concerted attack by the stronger Austrians, Scherb withdrew toward Kehl to secure the crossing across the Rhine to Strasburg: Moreau, now well into a retreat across the mountains, would need the crossing for a safe passage to France.

In securing the crossing, the brigade had suffered almost 300 casualties.

'A' Company crossed the footbridge under fire just before dawn, and after a short fight had secured the crossing.

Nevertheless, shortly before noon they had secured the crossing and began to fan out, carrying out further flanking moves before establishing a firm base to receive supplies and from where it began patrolling operations on 20 May.

And we had at least three Tory MPs who could barely contain their fury at Hacked Off's starring role in the Ed Miliband-hosted talks which secured the cross-party regulation deal with David Cameron.

Again, on 5 and 6 September, the Austrians and French spent most of the day skirmishing at their advanced posts but these masked the Austrian intention of circling around Bruchsal and marching south to secure the Rhine crossing to Strasbourg.

He said temporary splints were used to secure the broken cross beams.

Rebels have made the most headway right along the Turkish frontier, which has allowed them to secure the crucial border crossing and supply line.

But at the same time, only a strong centre, including Number 10, can secure the pan-Whitehall, cross-departmental collaboration on which most policies depend.

Some payment providers even hold and secure the database that cross references the tokens, so that retailers don't have to secure that data either.