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Forward defence also seemed more important in the age of nuclear weapons.

The forward defence is one of the most commonly used shots in cricket.

The attacks isolated the forward defence lines.

Clashes around the Kilinochchi forward defence line claimed the lives of 1206 soldiers in this year.

On 13 December both columns met five kilometres from the forward defences of Son Tay.

The government then attempted to open a third front along the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line.

In 1934, King Abdulaziz ordered his forces to attack Yemen's forward defences.

British, North of Somme: We break into German forward defences on front of 16 miles.

During clashes in the Forward Defence Lines, separating their forces, both sides exchanged heavy artillery fire, after which military incursions followed.

In addition to the trenches themselves, barbed wire was strung up to impede movement, and wiring parties went out every night to improve these forward defences.

So strong is the evidence for forward defence under Diocletian that Luttwak himself struggles to avoid that conclusion.

Furthermore, NATO's 'forward defence' strategy was based on the Elbe.

He sends in a bouncer for good measure before Kallis fends off a straighter one last up with an immaculate forward defence.

Colonel Ramanan was killed by a sniper along Vavunathivu forward defence line on 21 May 2006.

This system of a series of buffer zones of "client tribes" clearly represents an efficient and economical form of "forward defence".

Adopting a forward defence policy, the British army under General Townshend fought off a series of small Ottoman forces.

These were strikingly similar to the pincer movements described by Luttwak as being characteristic of forward defence in the early Principate.

As the 2nd Platoon moved to establish forward defences on the hillside the NVA opened fire from concealed positions.

The Australian withdrawal from Vietnam brought to an end the doctrine of 'forward defence' through involvement in South East Asian wars.

This set the stage for the Army's attack on the Forward Defence Lines (FDL) in the island's north.

In July 1963 the battalion moved to Poonch where it took over forward defence of localities/pickets on the Line of Control.

In Luttwakian terms, he was able to return to a traditional strategy of "forward defence" after being obliged by circumstances to engage in defence-in-depth for three years.

But as opening batsman in Sky's Ashes commentary team, Gower resists extravagant flourishes, offering only timid forward defences.

But the existence of such a "strategy" is strongly disputed by several scholars, as many elements of the late Roman army's posture were consistent with continued forward defence.

The report said that US officials had advised the Pakistani military that plans to man forward defences along the Kashmiri line of control were "extremely foolish".

These changes will still leave gaps in the alliance's forward defense posture.

And for political reasons these forces are configured in static forward defenses.

They were intercepted at forward defense positions and caught in a deadly crossfire.

Fierce clashes with artillery and mortar fire continued at the government's forward defense lines.

One positive lesson learned in the year after the bombing is that the best strategy is a forward defense.

"Forward defense," for example, meant defending against an invasion right from the East German border.

Bean made a big deal about how he was going to go down the hill to see how things were going with the forward defense.

If the strikers were to provide a forward defense, Farrell needed to know where forward pointed.

"General Taylor doesn't think much of Forward Defense, does he?"

"Where shall we have forward defense now?"

Instead of relying on "forward defense," it has moved toward "flexible response" involving smaller forces and fewer exercises.

Forward defense, however, called for the carrier to trade maneuverability for concealment.

The unit conducts live-fire training and coordination with other units to provide a forward defense of Japan.

The first major challenge to forward defense was the great invasion of Germanic tribes (esp.

If the math works out I will be the most vocal supporter of Forward Defense you ever heard.

"You're really against the Forward Defense, aren't you."

Several experimental blasts from the raiders bounced harmlessly off the starship's forward defenses.

He looked at the television again and said: "General Taylor, give me your opinion of the Forward Defense argument."

Johnston's forward defense was broken.

"NATO has to give up the strategy of forward defense, flexible response and the first use of nuclear weapons."

Thus, for West Germans the forward defense strategy was desirable, and even essential, for political and military reasons.

He has crafted a posture of strategic patience, premised upon a forward defense and the durability of American constitutional values.

He knew about the NATO exercises in these waters, about the concept of forward defense.

It's my understanding that you believe it would be more advantageous to employ them with your vessels in a forward defense rather than from an orbital position."

I had the Mongrels take out the forward defenses and then the Bandits unloaded and started raising all kinds of hell.