Sentence examples for troops hit from inspiring English sources

A mortar shell fired by the Pakistani troops hit and killed Ms. Bano.

Troops hit pockets of rebellion in Homs, Idlib and Dara'a, activists said, even as pro-Assad rallies purported to celebrate the restoration of order.

In 2012, suicides among active-duty troops hit a record 350, twice as many as a decade before and more than the number of American troops killed in either combat operations or transportation accidents that year.

A Turning Point On Jan . 30 , 1968during a cease-fire in honor of the Vietnamese New Year (called Tet Nguyen Dan), more than 80,000 North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops hit military bases and cities throughout South Vietnam in what would be called the Tet offensive.

That is how Pfizer got into the drug business; by the time Allied troops hit the beaches in Normandy, Pfizer provided a full 95% of the penicillin used to treat them.

The North Korean troops hit the regiment with heavy attacks beginning at 05:00 that morning, targeting the 3rd Battalion's forward positions.

It said the troops had hit two, while the other two fled.

The Israeli military confirmed that its troops had hit a number of armed Palestinians.

(During the Normandy invasion, he was in the fourth wave of troops to hit Omaha Beach).

The report also said that Sri Lankan troops had hit the principal hospital in the zone with rocket-propelled grenades, causing heavy civilian casualties.

"Initially, German troops were hit by an I.E.D. attack, followed by gunshots, in an engagement with the insurgents in Essa Khel village of Chardara, a volatile district," Mr. Omar said, using the initials for "improvised explosive device".