"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- French fighter forces were not yet ready for an all out defensive campaign against the Germans either.
- Napoleon now had to decide whether to fight a defensive or offensive campaign.
- The defensive campaign of 1638, in all, was exceptionally successful for the Spanish.
- During the defensive campaign of 1814, MacDonald again distinguished himself.
- But in 1962, he ran a strangely defensive campaign.
- The Allied air forces had, up until then, been fighting a defensive campaign over their own bases.
- The general election followed, in which Labour fought a vigorous but undeniably defensive campaign.
- He was not told whether to fight an offensive or defensive campaign.
- Consequently, he attempted to lead a defensive campaign in the east until his forces had recovered enough to defeat the Seljuks.
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