coup de main

The town could not now be taken by a coup de main.

"This place can be taken by a coup de main, and probably in no other manner."

"We will take Baghdad again in a coup de main."

"Our Major was so proud of the coup de main.

The next morning, under cover of fog, he seized the city in a coup de main.

But this kind of assertive coup de main carries a huge risk.

I was interested in this coup de main operation during the night of 5/6 June 19".

"We are not expecting to drive into Baghdad suddenly and seize it in a coup de main."

His last achievement was an audacious coup de main on the Danube.

It would have been a coup de main."

"They're trying a coup de main to seize the planet," Honor said flatly.

They did make several coup de main attacks against targets which were not protected by anti-aircraft guns.

The front line then remained static until March 1917, during which time several thousand soldiers died in local attacks or coup de main operations.

Certainly there were no coup de main parties in the gliders over Howard's head.

It seems possible that had D Company been available, someone would have thought to lay on coup de main parties for the bridges.

It had none of the excitement, or satisfaction that was inherent in the coup de main operation, but produced far higher casualties.

The term coup de main originally meant "by direct assault rather than by artillery".

He was confident that he had sufficient jeeps for the coup de main attempt on the bridge.

Encouraged by this surprising success, they now sailed to Flushing, which was also taken by a coup de main.

Of primary importance was the Commandancia, which was to taken in a coup de main.

It was quickly apparent that Delhi was too well-fortified and strongly held to fall to a coup de main.

An attempt was made to take Bouillon by a coup de main; but its garrison was strong enough to frustrate this project.

De Bussy's answer was a brilliant coup de main.

The British decided to storm the fort outright in a coup de main, walls unbreached, during a night attack.

Failing that, he had asked that a troop of light tanks be brought in by glider to escort the coup de main force.