Sentence examples for the initial clash from inspiring English sources

The initial clash was brief, owing to approaching nightfall.

Each side accused the other of provoking the initial clash.

It shows police officers walking and shooting far from the initial clash, and the television cameras there, near the rocks of the koppie.

Early today Russian fighter jets and helicopters, as well as artillery batteries, struck at what commanders said were pockets of 50 to 70 fighters who had escaped from the initial clash here, not far from the Chechen border.

The initial clash favoured the Dutch and Danish squadrons.

But the initial clash was not in the Germans' favour.

In the initial clashes there were reports that columns of Iraqi tanks were headed toward the Americans, but none appeared.

The initial clashes between the French and German armies along the Franco-German and Franco-Belgian frontiers are collectively known as the Battle of the Frontiers.

In the initial clashes, allied officials said, French airstrikes inflicted heavy losses on Islamist columns that could be easily identified and attacked as they advanced on roads.

The Palestinian Authority's Information Ministry issued a statement after the initial clashes on Sunday accusing the "Israeli occupation police and extremist settlers" of "breaking into the courtyard of the mosque, firing tear gas bombs and live bullets" against Palestinian worshipers.

A mosque at the corner of Salah Salem and Youssef Abbas Street, where Morsi supporters reportedly took refuge after the initial clashes, is visible to the right of the picture.