Sentence examples for supporting assaults from inspiring English sources

On the other flanks the supporting assaults had failed, leaving the regiment and the Otago Mounted Rifles isolated on a narrow front.

In April 1945, the 77th Division was ordered to seize the island of Ie Shima in the Ryukyu islands so that the US Army could use the island's airfields to support assaults on Okinawa and other islands in Japan.

This latest outbreak of violence began at the same time as an Hezbollah supported assault just over the Syrian border in the strategic town of Qusair.

More important, however, is the issue of how to support assaulted staff after an incident and especially how to deal with the avoidant behaviour that affected employees show after assaults.

HARRY REID finally announced he had evolved into supporting an assault-weapons ban on Wednesday, about a month after it might have made a difference.

These experiments, which proved effective in supporting helicopter assault operations, led to the AH-1G HueyCobra, deployed in 1967 as the first purpose-built helicopter gunship.

They held signs excoriating the NRA and supporting an assault weapons ban.

No. 237 Squadron embarked on reconnaissance flights and supported ground assaults on Italian desert outposts during July and August 1940.

Stuart and other ships of Waller's 10th Destroyer Flotilla supported the assaults on Tobruk in January 1941 and Benghazi the following month.

Squads should be composed of snipers, support, assault and squad leaders.

At a debate before the Children's Defense Fund in Washington last spring, Dr. Dean said: "I support the assault weapons ban, I support reauthorization of the assault weapons ban".