The British advance was held up by these reinforcements.

It was almost noon before the British advance resumed.

Another theory is that the British advance was due to the presence of an entrepreneurial class which believed in progress, technology and hard work.

We were resisting the vigorous British advance with our last resources.

In the two vital weeks since, the British advance had been reduced to a crawl.

Domingo square in order to hinder the British advance inside the city and the other along the coast.

He was finally sent to Greece in 1944 to record the British advance.

Finally, he put a company of 20 men behind a house on the southern road, where he was expecting the British advance.

This had the consequence of slowing the British advance to a crawl.

A defeat of that garrison would allow the British further advance along the river.