The objective was Buxières-lès-Clefmont, where hostile troops were concentrating.

The hostile troops concentrated their fire on the lone officer and he was painfully wounded by exploding grenades.

The border is the site of the greatest concentration of hostile troops in the world.

However, the plan was scrapped, as the tunnel was thought to be too vulnerable to assault from either side by hostile troops.

If hostile troops came out in force, he'd be forced to flee or fight, with neither option offering much prospect for success.

During the recent operations he has performed exceptionally good work in bombing and firing upon hostile troops from very low altitudes.

Ground defences will ensure that no hostile troops are allowed to take offensive action after their 'planes have crashed.

The officers of either side with their powerful glasses could plainly see the hostile troops.

This was not wartime, and they were not going to encounter hostile troops.

Mostly elderly, local soldiers were tasked with searching the horizon for hostile troops, but the island did not witness any combat.