Sentence examples for unable to counterattack from inspiring English sources

To Lincoln's great consternation, Meade felt unable to counterattack, and Lee retreated into Virginia.

North of the Maas, meanwhile, where the bulk of the Dutch defense was concentrated, the Germans achieved a narrow breach of the Geld Valley line on May 12, whereupon the Dutch, unable to counterattack, retreated to the "Fortress of Holland Linee protecting Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Believing that the UN forces in Korea were thoroughly demoralized and unable to counterattack, Mao finally permitted the PVA to rest for at least two to three months, while Peng and other Chinese commanders were planning for one last decisive battle in the spring of 1951.

Everton sat deep waiting to counterattack.

This seems to have spurred the Kremlin to counterattack.

Some insurgents fled and others tried, unsuccessfully, to counterattack.

The army had no choice than to counterattack.

Yet once Everton trailed, Sunderland were afforded opportunities to counterattack.

Now he relishes the chance to counterattack.

Evolution has equipped plants with defense mechanisms to counterattack virus infections.

Kurdish forces prepare to counterattack the Islamic State.