Sentence examples for sharp fighting from inspiring English sources

BAGHDAD — Sharp fighting broke out in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sunday as American and Iraqi troops sought to control neighborhoods used by Shiite militias to fire rockets and mortars into the nearby Green Zone.

Sharp fighting has since continued, with scores of civilians reportedly among the dead.

Sharp fighting north of the Warrenton Turnpike on Matthew's Hill and Buck Hill slowed the Union advance, but the rebels, ably led by Brig.

After short but sharp fighting between the French and Tunisian forces in July , 1961 the French then agreed to eventual evacuation of the Bizerte base, but the terminal date was left open.

On 30 November, the 2/23rd reached the Song, fighting its way across and the next day, after sharp fighting amidst a renewed local counterattack by Japanese forces, Kuanko was taken.

The city, defended by 5,000 Chadian soldiers, fell on 18 February after sharp fighting to a force of 2,500 rebels, supported by possibly as many as 4,000 Libyan troops.

There the Dutch bore the sharpest fighting, and Marlborough himself barely escaped with his life.

The sharpest ground fighting in South Vietnam yesterday flared in the Mekong Delta, where Government troops said they had killed 17 Vietcong and captured seven.

The Security Council mandate for the force is up for renewal at the end of this month and will probably be suspended if Mr. Kabila does not yield, leading to fears of a sharp increase in fighting.

Those of us who just about recall Millwall supporters at the height of their notoriety or the sharp suits and fighting prowess of Chelsea's Headhunters will perhaps not be as shocked as we should have been.

MOSCOW — After a sharp escalation in fighting this month between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists, the two sides took an unusual break from shelling each other on Wednesday to carry out their biggest exchange of prisoners since the conflict began in 2014.