Despite the objections of his subordinates , Hooker withdrew Escaping his men to the defensive Defending lines around Chancellorsville , ceding GiveUp the initiative to Lee .

Simultaneously , Sayhood gained Getting a lock on Rodriguez , throwing Motion him onto the defensive Defending .

When they charged the gate bearing Bearing_arms clubs and firearms , the miners were met with Come_together defensive Defending baton blows by the police and there were hand-to-hand clashes Hostile_encounter .

The British provided Supply most of the defensive Defending effort , although Malaysian forces Military_operation steadily increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their contributions , and there were periodic contributions from Australian and New Zealand forces Military_operation within the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Far East Strategic Reserve stationed Placing then in West Malaysia and Singapore .

Because there were no other feasible defensive Defending locations north of Tawang , the government had more or less decided Deciding that in the event of a new war Military_operation , they would abandon GiveUp the town and prepare GetReady for battle Hostile_encounter at the Se La pass to its east .

Other armies from the front then resumed the advance and captured Conquering several bridgeheads over the Inhulets river , which became Becoming the next German defensive line .

The invasion Attack of Poland ( September campaign , , 1939 defensive war , , Poland campaign , ) , marked Recording the beginning of World War II .

As a result , the ROKA and US troops retreated Escaping to a small area behind a defensive Defending line known as the Pusan Perimeter .

With most of its army in Europe fighting Hostile_encounter Napoleon , Britain adopted Choosing a defensive strategy , with offensive operations initially limited Limiting to the border and the western frontier .

After pursuing Aiming the Confederate general Robert E. Lee into Maryland , Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the Union Army launched Process_start attacks Attack against Lee 's army , in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek .

the German third defensive position being built Building as the battle began Process_start , ran Motion close behind the village .

The British attack swiftly established Building the defensive flank and patrols began Process_start to probe Criminal_investigation southwards .

In an attempt to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength their defensive Defending position in the South Pacific , the Japanese decided Deciding to invade Attack and occupy Control Port Moresby ( in New Guinea ) and Tulagi ( in the southeastern Solomon Islands ) .

The failure of the Nivelle strategy and the high number of French casualties led to Causation mutinies and the dismissal of Nivelle , his replacement by Pétain and the adoption of a defensive strategy by the French , while their armies recuperated Recovering and were rearmed .

The second half was a more scrappy affair - England by and large having the greater amount of possession , but unable to create Creating any significant chances against a well-drilled Australian defensive line .

Late on in the game , a defensive error finally allowed Preventing_or_letting Jon Potter in to score , but it was too little , too late : Australia hung Body_movement on for a 2-1 victory .

After victory Getting at First Battle Hostile_encounter of Bull Run , the Confederate States Army ( CSA ) established Creating a defensive Defending line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River .

In 1916 , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Verdun had been a costly failure Earnings_and_losses for the Germans and the Anglo-French Battle of the Somme had forced a defensive Defending battle Hostile_encounter on the Germans , leaving Departing the western armies ( ) exhausted Expend_resource .

The shorter defensive Defending position behind the Noyon Salient was built Building to economise on manpower , contain an Allied breakthrough and make possible a deliberate withdrawal Escaping to prepared positions Employment .

A shorter Western Front could be held Defending with fewer troops and by incorporating Cause_to_amalgamate the lessons of defensive Defending battle on the Somme , the importance of troop dispersal Dispersal , reverse-slope positions , defence Defending in depth and camouflage , German infantry casualties Catastrophe could be reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale .

The Hindenburg Line ( or Siegfried Position ) was a German defensive Defending position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front during the First World War .

While the German army recuperated Cure from the losses Earnings_and_losses of 1916 , protected Defending by the Hindenburg Line and similar defensive positions Placing on the rest of the Western Front , a return to unrestricted submarine warfare Hostile_encounter and a strategic bombing Attack offensive against Britain was planned Arranging .

The 8th Brigade were then transferred Military_operation to the eastern side and the inner defensive lines were attacked Attack from both sides .

New German defensive Defending tactics adopted Choosing after the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Somme of defence Defending in depth and rapid counter-attack Attack , had been enforced Action on the German 6th Army after the disaster Attack of 9 April .

On 20 November , Haig ended Process_end the offensive , except for local attacks in December for better defensive positions .

Arsenal manager George Graham adjusted Control his usual formation to a defensive one to stop Liverpool 's attacking threat ; David O'Leary was employed Employment as a sweeper in a back five .

The Swiss attack Attack columns precipitously attacked Attack the Imperial positions , staggered Motion under the weight of the defensive Defending fire Use_firearm from the Imperial artillery , but , propelled Cause_change_of_strength forward by their serious warfighting ethos , kept up the assault Attack .

Neither side could particularly afford Commerce_buy the casualties suffered Bodily_harm but the Austro-Hungarians in particular were finding Know their defensive lines increasingly stretched Expansion .

As the newly elected Choosing right-wing Government asserted Statement its control over Cambodia 's provinces , it penetrated Attack into the village level and was supported Supporting by the Prime Minister Lon Nol and the army , boring down heavily on many peasants and pushing the Left towards a defensive .

During the First World War , German troops constructed Building deep dugouts throughout the Butte and surrounded Surrounding it by several belts of barbed wire , making it a formidable defensive Defending position in advance of ( Gird Trenches to the British ) .

Japan 's geography made this invasion Attack plan quite obvious to the Japanese as well ; they were able to accurately predict the Allied invasion Attack plans Arranging and thus adjust Change their defensive Defending plan Arranging , Operation `` Ketsugō '' , accordingly .

The campaign was designed Creating as part of an offensive launched by General Sir Harold Alexander 's Allied 15th Army Group , with the intention of breaching the German Army 's Winter Line defensive system and advancing Cause_to_make_progress to Pescara—and eventually Rome .

Throughout the next week , nearly continuous combat operations by both sides—designed to keep one another pinned down—created stagnated defensive positions near Orsogna and a narrow pit known as `` The Gully '' .

The conflict Hostile_encounter has been compared to World War I in terms of the tactics used , including large-scale trench warfare with barbed wire stretched across fortified defensive lines , manned machine guns posts , bayonet charges , Iranian human wave attacks , extensive use of chemical weapons by Iraq , and , later , deliberate attacks on civilian targets .

although caesar portrayed this invasion as being a preemptive and defensive action , most historians agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act that the wars Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter primarily to boost Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale caesar 's political career and to pay Commerce_pay off his massive debts .

The two sides exchanged Exchange air raids Attack on the first day of war Hostile_encounter , but little transpired Coming_to_believe on the Alpine front , since France and Italy had defensive Defending strategies Arranging .

During the first centuries , the Byzantines were usually on the defensive Defending , and avoided Preventing_or_letting open Openness field battles , preferring Choosing to retreat Escaping to their fortified Cause_change_of_strength strongholds .

the germans began Process_start systematic fortification of the area , according to a directive from erich von falkenhayn the german army chief of staff , to fortify the western front so that a small number of infantry could defend Defending the front indefinitely and later in the year began Process_start work on second and third defensive positions but in the somme area , the defences north of the unk were improved Cause_to_make_progress first and by july 1916 the first position defences around mametz were extensive but the second position was a shallow trench and the third position had only been marked Recording out .

The UN forces Causation withdrew Escaping from North Korea to the 38th Parallel where they sought to re-establish defensive Defending positions Placing .

following british defeats at the first and second battles of gaza in march and april 1917 , lieutenant general philip chetwode commanding Control the eef 's eastern force and kress von kressenstein 's ottoman empire force had each adopted Choosing a defensive posture and a stalemate had developed Coming_to_be in southern palestine .

The battle is controversial because many historians and writers have concluded Process_end that it was failures by British divisional and corps commanders that squandered Expend_resource an opportunity to capture Conquering Caen , rather than the Germans achieving Achieve a defensive success .

During the heat of summer , regular mounted Connect patrols Patrolling and reconnaissance Scrutiny were carried out Action from their base at Romani , while the infantry constructed Building an extensive series of defensive Defending redoubts .

The German ships were sheltering Placing in a strong defensive Defending position in Førde Fjord , Norway , forcing Causation the Allied aircraft to attack Attack through massed anti-aircraft fire .

The combined American forces , however , were insufficient in number to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the combined British forces , and it was only after a series of controversially confusing orders by General Sir Henry Clinton , the British commander-in-chief , that Cornwallis moved Motion to Yorktown in July and built Building a defensive position that was strong against the land forces he then faced , but was vulnerable to naval blockade and siege .

Jackson became Becoming only the second safety and third defensive Defending back named Name_conferral Super Bowl MVP .

The attack Attack was not immediately successful at all points , but seizing Hold key positions led to Causation the collapse of the ARSK command structure and overall defensive capability .

The number of fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns assigned Choosing to defensive Defending duties in the home islands was inadequate , and most of these aircraft and guns had difficulty reaching the high altitudes at which B-29s often operated Control .

The defensive cost Cost the loss of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 due Causation to their tactical errors .

The U.S. offensive Attack made Getting small gains Earnings_and_losses because of limited Limiting combat Hostile_encounter experience by its soldiers , poor leadership by inexperienced US Army officers , harsh terrain and conditions on New Georgia , and effective defensive Defending measures by the Japanese .

In October 1944 , the Australian 5th Division took over Military_operation from the US troops and undertook Action a Landing Self_motion at Jacquinot Bay the following month , before beginning Process_start a limited Limiting offensive to secure a defensive line across the island between Wide Bay and Open Bay behind which they contained Containing the numerically superior Japanese forces for the remainder of the war .