But it will certainly try to achieve tactical surprise, as military commanders say.

We will have tactical, and possibly operational, surprise in the morning.

The overall problem was that the Chinese had strategic, if not tactical, surprise.

The change enabled the military to gain a measure of tactical surprise and quickly seize the oil fields.

They had tactical surprise, secure communications, and a superior position.

However, a Japanese attack came as both a strategic and tactical surprise.

He also had hired 4,000 peasants and these would cause a tactical surprise.

"This approach gives us more tactical surprise," a military official said.

Coalition forces attacked from the north, achieving complete tactical surprise.

I'm rather pleased that we appear to have achieved tactical surprise.