Sentence examples for they held their position from inspiring English sources

They held their position for half an hour.

They held their position for about 65 seconds, as a melodious prayer was chanted across the courtyard.

Here they held their position until some artillery men managed to scramble across the wreck of the bridge at Gremsheim and support them.

On July 3, the second day of the battle, Gwyn led the 118th to Little Round Top where they held their position for two days until Union forces had achieved albeit a costly victory.

In the next attacks, they held their positions and fought.

During the battle for Jazaa, participants described how they held their positions despite being heavily outnumbered and facing tank fire and a constant shower of mortar rounds.

Although heavily shelled, they dug in and held their position.

Under heavy fire, they dug in and held their position while two regiments of 2nd Light Horse Brigade were able to advance towards Shunet Nimrin.

The tribe has held their position that they cannot afford the $3.9m price tag, and some tribal members wonder why compulsory purchase under "eminent domain" has not been considered by the federal government as an option for the tribe.

The SAO Krajina force attacked the vehicles carrying the Croatian police and held their position until they fell back to the national park post office two and a half hours later.

The participants were between 43 to 66 years of age, 13 were female and they had held their positions from one to 20 years.