"forward" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was designed "to stop an enemy's advance from the west and in particular a rapid advance supported by armoured fighting vehicles (up to the size of a German medium tank) which may have broken through the forward defences."
- Subsequently, the Indian Army headquarters contacted their Pakistani counterparts and "cautioned them against their decision to man their forward defences in the plains area of Jammu and Punjab".
- The forward defence is one of the most commonly used shots in cricket.
- In 1934, King Abdulaziz ordered his forces to attack Yemen's forward defences.
- On 13 December both columns met five kilometres from the forward defences of Son Tay.
- Virtually the whole of the Soviet 19th Army attack sector fell upon the 161st Division and its forward defences were overrun by 4 Russian infantry divisions and a tank division.
- As dawn broke on 26 October, they located the correct trail, but inexperienced or unwilling guides first led them about mid-morning to a point on the river opposite de Salaberry's forward defences.
- However, by 9 November forward elements of 8th Army were in contact with the forward defences of the German Winter Line, which had been set on the high ground north of the Sangro River.
- During the Cold War CENTAG was NATO's forward defence in the Southern half of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
- Having thus restored temporarily the forward defences, he now returned to his Company HQ where the Company Commander had been occupied in preparation of a counter-attack.
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