Sentence examples for were ordered to engage from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

At the F.B.I., it was not until last year that all field offices were ordered to get engaged in the war on terrorism and develop sources.

The Germans found the minesweeper, which had been detached earlier from the convoy to search for stragglers, as they maneuvered to close with the convoy and the destroyers were ordered to sink her while Hipper engaged the convoy's escorting destroyers.

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

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.