"You know they've all been loaded just for high-explosive land attack."
Neither is yet willing to support a land attack.
Sixty-eight men were killed in the land attack and nearly 300 wounded.
So American commanders advanced the timing of the land attack.
The land attack on Baghdad is still in its initial phases.
The sea battle was followed up by a land attack later that day.
The land attack went under cover of darkness, but it was heavily unsuccessful.
That will be the signal for me to launch my land attack into their rear.
It seemed, then, that land attack would be the most important mission for the new ships.
The airforce provided cover for the army as they launched their land attack.