Bridgehead

Pollack, pp. 124–25 Securing the bridgehead Despite the success the Israelis were having on the west bank, Generals Bar-Lev and Elazar ordered Sharon to concentrate on securing the bridgehead on the east bank.

Soviet forces also made several attempts to force the Finns out from their bridgehead south of the Svir during October and December 1941; however, the Soviet efforts to reduce the bridgehead were blocked by the Finns.

He stated also that members of the committee composed of men of sterling qualities who are or have been market leaders at the Oniitsha Bridgehead market and have traded there for over 30 years.

Moisey posed an enormous threat not only to the boat crews supporting the Krynky bridgehead, but also to every marine squatting in the cold mud in Krynky.

The Budapest city administration plans to use 2-2.5 billion forints-worth of European Union funds to revamp a landmark square at the Buda bridgehead of Chain Bridge, the capital's mayor said on Thursday.

Although it does not cover Northern Ireland, which the government says it is considering separately, some fear it could become a bridgehead for similar legislation.

After hearing from paramedics, the Crown then unexpectedly called the first of six women who reported being sexually assaulted that morning in and around the Bridgehead café on Wellington Street.

Butler later used the Gatlings to hold a bridgehead against Confederate cavalry at the James River.

Campaigners are calling for better bus services between communities at Tay Bridgehead and St Andrews.

Ottawa's Bridgehead chain bought by Second Cup parent in deal worth $9.

Adam only mentions the port, but otherwise Birca seems to have been significant to him because it had been the bridgehead of Ansgar's Christian mission and because archbishop Unni had been buried there.

After ten years, the bridgehead at Coblenz and the territories to the north would be evacuated and after fifteen years remaining Allied forces would be withdrawn.

Although by 26 October XXX Corps' infantry had completed the capture of the planned bridgehead west of the second mine belt, the armour of X Corps, although established just beyond the infantry, had failed to break through the enemy's anti-tank defences.

As a result of this failure, it was decided to withdraw the 1st Airborne Division from its bridgehead on the northern side of the Rhine.

Buller withdrew early when it appeared that the British would be isolated in an exposed bridgehead across the Tugela, for which he was nicknamed "Sir Reverse" by some of his officers.

Day 7: Saturday, 23 September The Germans had figured out what the Poles were attempting to do and they spent the rest of the day trying to cut off the British in their northern bridgehead from the riverside.

Egyptian aircraft attempted to bomb the bridge every day, and helicopters launched suicide missions, making attempts to drop barrels of napalm on the bridge and bridgehead.

Egyptian commandos and frogmen with armored support launched a ground attack against the bridgehead, which was repulsed with the loss of 10 tanks.

For bridged alkenes, Bredt's rule states that a double bond cannot occur at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system unless the rings are large enough (8 or more atoms).

From 1922 to 1930, Baku was the venue for one of the major Trade fairs of the Soviet Union, serving as a commercial bridgehead to Iran and the Middle East.