Then it was eerily quiet, as Russian troops apparently succeeded in seizing the theater.

Wallace's troops charged and succeeded in retaking all the ground lost that morning.

The dogged French troops then succeeded in piercing the first two lines of Russian infantry.

The oncoming troops succeeded in regaining control of the local TV station and other central buildings, she said.

His troops succeeded in breaching the outer defences, forcing the garrison back to the keep.

The African troops eventually succeed, but the tactics result in high casualties among the colonial troops.

Japanese troops began firing their mountain guns, and finally succeeded in demolishing part of the gate.

We already know from experience - and I am perhaps old enough to have been involved in these experiences - that foreign troops simply do not succeed.

At midnight, April 18 2003, more than 300 infantry troops from the Argentine federal police and about 30 civilians succeeded in forcing out the workers.

But in the face of all this, fresh troops in ideal conditions might have succeeded.