"defence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The third battle ended on 11 July when another Austrian attempt to break through the Hungarian defences also failed.
- After the day long battle, German forces broke through the Polish defences and took the town.
- Whoever had done it had been clever enough both to break through the defences and to avoid waking the weapons themselves.
- To break through the German defences a carefully prepared and coordinated offensive would be required.
- The German Forces had to use heavy artillery to break through the defences and capture Leman as a prisoner of War.
- However, Horton had not been able to break through the Mexican defences.
- Gough held that the draft exaggerated his intention to break through the German defences at Ypres.
- The opportunity to break through the French defences, if it ever really existed, was lost.
- Despite fierce opposition initially, British forces broke through the German defences with relatively few casualties.
- The plan was to break through the Bulgarian defences and concentrate four divisions before Sofia.
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