The assaulting troops were subjected to intense shelling and heavy small-arms fire, but they charged onto the objective and were locked in bitter hand-to-hand combat.

Its sole occupant, a uniformed police officer, was staring at the bitter combat with an expression of despair on his face.

After 15 hours of bitter combat, the Japanese 5th Division had captured Jitra and with it a large quantity of Allied supplies in the area.

The fighting included bitter hand-to-hand combat with heavy losses on both sides.

As with the assault on fort eight, bitter close combat began in the fort, lasting all night and ceasing only in the morning when the last troops surrendered.

An extremely bitter aerial combat took place on 11 March.

Again the five attacked and again, after long minutes of bitter hand-to-hand combat, they were repulsed.

With the fierce savagery of bitter physical combat, he fought to rise out of the pit of shadows.

The fighting included bitter hand-to-hand combat, and losses from both sides were heavy.

The castle was the target of bitter combat during the Hundred Years' War.