bridgehead

All we have to do is get in and establish a bridgehead, so to speak.

"I'll want more soldiers from both of you to help build up the bridgehead."

Yet he must find some way to move troops and supplies into the bridgehead.

So he decided to wait a few days for the clearing of the bridgehead.

It took until early the next morning to break through the bridgehead just past the German lines.

Of course; there was nothing to stop them drawing resources from the bridgehead itself.

All the time, infantry were moving through into the growing bridgehead.

So those bombs had fallen on the wrong side of the bridgehead.

During the action, the French seized a bridgehead on the south bank.

Its units were positioned in the center and the north of the bridgehead.

Over the next three nights the Americans held their ground, but they could not expand the bridgehead.

The rest of the company were than able to cross the river and establish a bridgehead.

He thought this German bridgehead should be overwhelmed at any price.

They had secured sizable bridgeheads on either side of the town.

There were thousands more slaves now, working to finish the bridgehead.

To reach the bridgehead the novices must break through it.

And then artillery begins to rain down on the bridgehead.

Further north, they've been driven back into their bridgehead with heavy losses.

Once across they established a bridgehead on the Ottoman bank of the river.

All troops not required to hold these bridgeheads were withdrawn west of the river.

By the end of the day, the bridgehead had been consolidated and the objective taken.

Without it, the bridgeheads would not stand for long.

By midnight, all three companies were across and holding a narrow bridgehead on the far side.

Once needed, they were a fresh formation to oppose the bridgehead.

Its conquest meant to gain an important bridgehead in the region.