Sentence examples for swift offensive from inspiring English sources

Austria made unreasonable reparative demands of Serbia, which, when denied, led to a swift offensive.

But with Western governments engaged elsewhere and the African Union wary of tackling the CAR on its own, chaos is likely to persist.A swift offensive beginning in December last year brought Seleka a ragbag of factions meaning "the alliance" in a local language, Sango to the doorstep of the capital, Bangui.

While the American military was widely praised for its swift offensive into Iraq that captured Baghdad in just three weeks, the subsequent fight against a tenacious insurgency, combined with a political process that appears to be stumbling in advance of the June 30 transition to Iraqi sovereignty, makes clear that victory cannot yet be declared in the war in Iraq.

The terrain between Caen and Vimont was especially attractive to Allied planners, being open, dry and conducive to swift offensive operations.

The vicinity of Caen was attractive to Allied planners because it contained airfields and was open, dry and conducive to swift offensive operations, in which the Allies had the advantage of numerical superiority in tanks and mobile units.

The terrain between Caen and Vimont was especially promising, being open, dry and conducive to swift offensive operations the Allies greatly outnumbered the Germans in tanks and mobile units, and transforming the battle into a more fluid engagement would be to their advantage.

In a move that prompted a swift counter-offensive from hackers, authorities shut down the website on Thursday and swooped on its senior staff, accusing them of racketeering, money laundering and copyright infringement.

Encircled Ukrainian fighters have been engaged in a fight for survival in the town of Ilovaysk for more than a week as pro-Russian rebels, who had been on the retreat, staged a swift counter-offensive.

Positive appraisals of her "charm offensive" were swift and emphatic.

SAN FRANCISCO — Over the span of six quarters, played over two nights, in two time zones, Danilo Gallinari unleashed a small arsenal of offensive artistry: swift drives, clever fakes, fadeaways, dunks, layups, 3-pointers and a steady string of free throws.

However, the ground offensive brought swift criticism from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who said he regretted that despite his repeated urgings and "those of many regional and world leaders together, an already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further".