It stretched from coast to coast and the monastery was one of the key strongholds overlooking highway 6 and blocking the path to Rome.

The boy's father is the warlord who's holding the key stronghold on Ebo.

Bro Härad would remain the key stronghold of ULF throughout its existence.

He then advanced on the key Jacobite strongholds of Galway and Limerick.

The Soviets held their own positions on the slopes of the hill, as the 284th Rifle Division defended the key stronghold.

John besieged the castle of Roche-au-Moine, a key stronghold, forcing Louis to give battle against John's larger army.

Soon after, Al-Shabab fighters took control of Baidoa, formerly a key stronghold of the transitional government.

Since 940 it was one of the key strongholds of the early Piast dynasty.

Nicopolis, located in a natural defensive position, was a key stronghold controlling the lower Danube and lines of communication to the interior.

Shein's prominence dates from 1607, when he was made a boyar and sent to govern the key western stronghold of Smolensk.