Sentence examples for was ordered to engage from inspiring English sources

Panzer-Regiment 2 was ordered to engage the Soviet T-26 tanks which were supported by strong infantry units.

In the light of propaganda suggesting the rebels had an army of 40,000 and that 500 royalist troops had been lost at Norton St Philip, Feversham was ordered to engage Monmouth's forces.

While an artillery battery got into position to support the light-horse regiment's attack on Tel el Sakaty, at 11 40 the 5th Light Horse Regiment 2nd Light Horse Brigadee) was ordered to engage the Ottoman left flank.

Schools and youth organizations were ordered to engage in atheist propaganda.

It's also possible, though it seems unlikely to me, that Burmese military units would be ordered to engage the foreigners.

Its U-boats were ordered to engage in unrestricted warfare, even if this meant sinking passenger liners and the trading ships of neutral nations.

The R-boats were ordered to engage Rauøy, Bolærne and the naval port and city Horten.

Helmut Lent was ordered to intercept and engage the attacking bomber force and after refuelling Lent had just landed at Jever from an armed patrol claimed three Wellingtons, two of which, shot down at 14 30 and 14 45, were later confirmed.

As MacFarland noted in the recommendation, about 4 p.m. their unit was ordered to "move out and engage the enemy". The aim, he recalled, was to take pressure off other companies so they could evacuate their dead and wounded.

The aircraft was detected while shadowing the Bristol group, and Cardiff was ordered to drop back and engage.

This battalion withdrew when it came under heavy fire, as it had been ordered to not engage the Iraqi column.