At this particular moment, our troops were holding it for the first time.

Men fell on all sides but still his troops held their positions.

However, Winthrop's troops arrived first, and held the fort themselves.

Greek troops held military operations in the south of Albania.

The troops held a special hatred for the Path.

Wayne's troops held their ground at first, then retired in good order from one position to the next.

Casualties were heavy on both sides, but the airborne troops held.

In 1541, Turkish troops occupied the fortress and held it for 145 years.

The troops we had fallen in with had held it back on the west.

But troops simply don't hold their ground when it's 30 below zero.