However, the exchanging off of the pair of bishops had taken the punch out of surprise counterattacks and thus simplified White's play.

He was conceding Karpov terrain and relying on surprise counterattack.

On 16 December 1944, the Germans launched a surprise counterattack through the forests of the Ardennes.

So did rape-crisis counselors and prosecutors who specialize in rape cases, saying that a surprise counterattack could provoke an already angry assailant to even greater violence.

Compounding the Russian military's problems, the rebels staged a surprise counterattack on soldiers in the Staraya Sunzha area, just north of the city.

That same night, a surprise Japanese counterattack on shore left large numbers of wounded near Garapan requiring evacuation.

Sentries were on duty on all sides to safeguard against a surprise counterattack.

The surprise counterattack sent the Allies reeling back 50 miles; 16,000 Americans, mostly infantrymen, died and tens of thousands were wounded or taken prisoner.

The Russians captured Grozny in the 1994-96 war, only to have the militants take it back in a surprise counterattack.

This bridgehead was subjected to a major surprise counterattack by German forces on 5 October, but the 193rd was successful in helping to narrowly hold it.