British defenses collapsed quickly in the face of a Japanese attack that began hours after the assault on Pearl Harbor.

With the British outer defenses in their hands, allied engineers began to lay out positions for the artillery.

The Franco-American guns began to tear apart the British defenses.

The Americans reached the redoubt and began chopping through the British wooden defenses with their axes.

The depot was later demolished by British defenses towards the end of the battle.

He wants to give you an opportunity to see for yourself what the British defenses are like.

Militarily we know a great deal more about the British defenses than ever we did before.

His powerful armored units would simply smash through the lightly held British defenses and knock them out.

Montcalm's engineer went to survey the British defenses, accompanied by other officers and a party of Indians.

Nonetheless, Washington rode out the next day to view the British defenses, which turned to be stronger than he had expected.