Use "counter-attack" in a sentence

1. He tries to counter-attack, but it’s half-hearted

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2. Kay laughed with mirth, and then Leland began his attacks in earnest, and she lost herself in the thrill of deflection, attack, and counter-attack under the darkening sky, billowing grey clouds beginning to slide in from the east

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3. On July 18, the Allies under General Ferdinand Foch counter-attacked with forces that included several American divisions

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4. Had I stood alone I would have been completely and utterly overwhelmed by his opening attack, but with the unified power behind me I was able not only to resist, but to send a counter-attack

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5. “Not about the rest of it, but about Somonik! He stands for justice, and he always has! In war, he will fight on the side of justice! But as he once explained, it often happens that when evil people attack, and they kill and destroy indiscriminately, those who were attacked will counter-attack the nation of those who initiated the hostilities, also killing and destroying indiscriminately in return, regardless of whether or not the individuals they are killing took part in their nation’s evils, or even agreed with them! In this way do the victims of evil fall into evil themselves, and it becomes a case of evil versus evil

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6. “Military renovations at all of your properties will be completed within the week, and we’ll fortify them defensively in the first two days, before we begin installing counter-attacking emplacements and spells

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7. The dwarves were left so weakened by their effort that they were unable to withstand the elven counter-attack, which drove the last of them from the continent eight weeks later

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8. “I be Senchak, Overlord of Kletiuk, and it is my great honor to announce that just moments ago, over my own Hall of Government and within it’s very courtyard, did the Six of Hilia defeat some ninety assassins of the insidious conspiracy! The counter-attack of the Six was so swift and so devastating that I was unable to discern what happened in any detail, but as you can see here, great energies were exchanged!”

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9. “The assassins acted with the greatest possible speed, but they failed to reckon with the incredible psionic sensitivity of Lady Povon, who was central to the counter-attack of the Six of Hilia

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10. If we throw everything we have at his first wave in an instant counter-attack, we may bloody them so badly that he will re-think the wisdom of his ways, with minimal losses on our side

11. If some of them attack us, we will counter-attack them with overwhelming force in the most spectacular manner possible, in order to deter others from doing the same

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12. It’s a nerve wracking business for our mobile forces, being constantly ready to counter-attack at a moment’s notice, and they’ve yet to save any victims

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13. “I led the counter-attack myself, with Grakonexikaldoron as second attacker, since we are quickest in the application of psionics

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14. None of their attackers escaped the staggering blow of his counter-attack

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15. Their counter-attack came from the sides of the fighting wedge that had pushed through their ranks

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16. He twisted around, bringing up his shield to meet the counter-attack that he knew would follow such an opening

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17. The Knights of Coermantyr parried the thrusting blades of the orcs tactfully and counter-attacked a number of them

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18. Gnoll and his wood trolls parried the strikes of their attackers with their shields and counter-attacked with their broadswords

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19. Reoren parried the flurry of strikes from the minotaurs and counter-attacked with a studded mace, similar to the one Bors used

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20. They waited for a counter-attack that never came

21. AND COUNTER-ATTACKS WILL NOT DISAPPEAR ANY TIME IN THE

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22. We probably can expect soon a large patrol or even a counter-attack force to head this way

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23. The reports from the survivors of the assault force, along with the panicked stories from the mere handful of fighters from the counter-attack force that had returned, made the sub-commander left in charge of the Taliban in Bala Buluk contemplate grimly his options

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24. The Germans may yet counter-attack by bringing in fresh forces, but we will be ready for them

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25. “What about the Japanese? They could launch a counter-attack soon

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26. I can however announce to you that Shanghai, like Nanking, is now firmly in the hands of the Time Patrol, and that all the Japanese counter-attacks to date have been defeated with very heavy losses to the Japanese

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27. MacArthur had also given in to the recommendations of his aviation commander, Lewis Brereton, and reestablished the plans for a counter-attack on Formosa by his B-17 heavy bombers

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28. That however left the Japanese troops in the beachheads isolated and without support, something the American forces surrounding them exploited at once by counter-attacking and starting to reduce the Japanese pockets

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29. The American Marines and Philippine Scouts soldiers spearheading the counter-attacks were no less ferocious, resulting in battles of rare intensity for the possession of the coastal towns and villages in the area

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30. ‘’Major, could I accompany you and your women on that counter-attack?’’

31. That counter-attack of theirs was textbook tactics, both in plan and execution

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32. Unfortunately, due to a number of reasons I was told little about, that invasion turned into a disastrous failure, with our forces pushed back into the sea with heavy losses following a ferocious German counter-attack

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33. Assuming that they did establish air superiority and a beachhead in Southern England, there was still a considerable British force waiting for them, and a quick powerful counter-attack supported by the Home Fleet was a real possibility

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34. This permitted well-equipped winter trained Siberian troops to be transferred west to counter-attack the under strength Germans on the outskirts of Moscow

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35. Either launch an immediate counter-attack to regain the reservoirs and the military food depots or capitulate

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36. All present agreed that no counter-attack was possible

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37. The Corsairs remained at three thousand meters to cover the Barracudas against counter-attack

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38. Less than ten minutes later, as Ming had just finished informing Governor Vandong about the convoy disaster and the fruitless counter-attack, his communications officer ran to him, a shocked air on his face

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39. A Japanese unit commander that had finally succeeded in assembling a coherent force launched a coordinated counter-attack from Malabang Airfield, to the East of Lae

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40. That counter-attack force, counting at least a thousand Japanese soldiers, also included nine TYPE 95 light tanks, small vehicles armed with a 37mm caliber gun

41. Once a wide enough secure perimeter will have been seized, more divisions will then be ferried from England to help engage decisively the German forces that will rush in to counter-attack

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42. Eisenhower’s next task now was going to ensure that enough follow-on forces were landed quickly in France to help hold the western flank along the Rhone and the Saone against the inevitable German counter-attack by the forces now finding themselves facing the wrong way, with their rear door wide open

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43. Brigadier General Dows, who devised the major lines of our invasion plan, expected such a massive German counter-attack to follow in the days following our landings

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44. We still have in England over 2,000 medium bombers and fighter-bombers poised for just that task and they will exact a very painful toll out of the Germans before the latter can even get into position to counter-attack

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45. Up to now, everything had gone as she had predicted, with totally flustered German senior commanders having ordered most of their mechanized units in France to rush towards the Rhone and Saone Rivers to counter-attack the Allied invasion force rushing northward from Provence

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46. Army and the Second British Army advancing in parallel towards the Rhine, the Second British Army will halt and pivot to redeploy westward to take defensive positions along the east banks of the Rhône and Saone Rivers, insuring the security of our left flank against German counter-attacks coming from the Atlantic coast

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47. As you all know, our air forces have been able up to now to slow down and hurt badly from the air the German counter-attack forces, which still have to make firm contact with our left flank

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48. They were not going to give him any time at all to launch a counter-attack

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49. counter-attack the Warlock whilst he was distracted

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50. Cherry crouched low, ready to counter-attack, but then Bastard-mate

51. A handful turned and fled – mostly mothers with children – but most of them kept counter-attacking, a few at a time, with the same predictable outcome

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52. That should give them enough breathing room to regroup, and come up with a strategy for a counter-attack

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53. He'd become isolated when the French counter-attacked

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54. It appeared the Pakistan eagerly wanted our soldiers to counter-attack them

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55. At this moment there is a period of inaction between- the adversary’s attack and the counter-attack, when you can grasp his forearm or wrist and apply the kansetsu-waza techniques

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56. He needed the numbers until he was certain they could not be counter-attacked

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57. may succeed temporarily in the "counter-attack

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58. My father's counter-attack was delivered a few days later

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59. He ordered massive celebrations in Rome when Italian troops from Libya advanced over the border into British-run Egypt, but the British, with their African and commonwealth troops, counter-attacked, conquered Abyssinia, restored the emperor (see Chapter 8 to find out what the Italians were doing in Abyssinia) and started driving the Italians out of Libya as well

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60. So when the Russians, who knew how to dress properly for their own climate, launched a devastating counter-attack in front of Moscow, the Germans were sent reeling back

61. He then launched a terrifying counter-attack, shooting hundreds of thousands of ‘red sympathisers’: It was one of the worst outbreaks of indiscriminate slaughter of the twentieth century

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62. The Old Huntsman and Other Poems (1917); Counter-Attack and Other Poems (1918); War Poems (1919); Satirical Poems (1926); Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1928)

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63. Our company of the Middlesex Regiment had captured a hill from Johnny Turk one evening, and at once prepared for the counter-attack on the morrow

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64. In the night a counter-attack was made in the immediate vicinity of the pill-box, which left some doubt as to whether it had again fallen to the enemy

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65. The enemy counter-attacked in overwhelming numbers; shells rained on us; our own were falling short; it was suicide to show one's head

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66. Late one afternoon towards the end of 1917, on the Cambrai sector, enemy counter-attacks had caused confusion behind our lines, and as I was walking along a road I met a disconsolate-looking little Cockney infantryman leading a large-size horse

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67. Our first big engagement was a counter-attack to recapture the trenches lost by the K

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68. Over that sinister strip of ground attack and counter-attack had surged and ebbed in a darkness often turned to day by Verey lights and star-shells

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