The Beast took note of defensive preparations, watching the two companies march into position to defend the road.

My defensive preparations for this meeting, therefore, go quite beyond what meets the eye.

Shibazaki continued the defensive preparations right up to the day of the invasion.

The Mormons' lack of information on the army's mission created apprehension and led to their making defensive preparations.

His mind was only half on the defensive preparations they were making.

However, defensive preparations were not carried out very extensively because the British expected to hold the position for only a short time.

Suvorov also states that Stalin had made no major defensive preparations.

Regis stepped back a bit and let the four ramble on with their defensive preparations.

One day, the Emperor's man would attempt to kill him; therefore, careful defensive preparations were necessary.

German losses were initially heavy due to Soviet defensive preparations.