They pushed through the defences to the last line before the sea.

After the day long battle, German forces broke through the Polish defences and took the town.

They make comparatively short work of cutting through the dilapidated defences.

How had they got to him through the defences of the pentagram?

To break through the German defences a carefully prepared and coordinated offensive would be required.

I had to find some way through the defences.

However, Horton had not been able to break through the Mexican defences.

On the north a 2.1m road passed diagonally through the defences from the north-west.

The opportunity to break through the French defences, if it ever really existed, was lost.

Chinese medium machine gun fire pierced through the Indian tactical defences.