The intention to break through is repeatedly stated: 'although fresh reinforcements had been sent up by the German General Staff .
It was Sherman's hope to break through Johnston's lines, cut his army in twain, hold one half of it in position by stubborn fighting and crush the other half by a desperate rush.
Archie Forbes with a few of the others rallied round the queen with her ladies, and repelled every effort of the wild clansmen to break through, and continued to draw off gradually down the glen.
Then the guard rallied, and, joined by other soldiers who had run up, made a fierce attack upon him; but his line of pikes drawn up across the gate defied their efforts to break through.
Their leaders strove to rally them, and dashed with their men-at-arms against the spearmen, but their efforts to break through were in vain, and their defeat increased the panic of the footmen.
But behind each force that occupied the passes won in the first Italian dash was a large reserve ready to lend support wherever the enemy tried to break through.
For five weeks Von Linsingen hammered at the Russian front without being able to break through.
The attack had evidently not been an attempt to break through.
Ere the ranks could close, William and his whole force were charging into the gap made for a moment, trampling down the brave men, slaughtering on all sides, yet still unable to break through to the standard.
But in spite of these strong forces it became clearly evident by the middle of November that the attempt to break through to Calais had failed for the time being.
Therefore, if the enemy is able to break through on either side of the front, there is great danger that he may swing his forces around and cut these lines of communication.
This attempt on the part of the French might be regarded as tentative, and preliminary only to a real effort to break through; perhaps it was so intended.
The end of the month of July was now approaching, and every attempt made by General Grant to break through Lee's lines had resulted in failure.
German attempt to break through at Zonnebeke was concerned, but the position was still one for the very gravest anxiety.
Zonnebeke, where the enemy made persistent efforts to break through to Ypres--efforts which were frustrated by the timely arrival of the 1st A.
If the attempt to break througheither at Ypres or La Bassee had succeeded, the little British force would either have been wiped out, or hopelessly disgraced in the eyes of its allies.
It would be bad strategy, too, to break through at the southern fort and leave the northern forts unreduced, for it would cut the attacking army in two and give the northern forts a chance to snip the Line of Communication.
For four successive nights, waves of men, such as those which were hurled at Liege, drove against Foch, striving by weight of numbers to break through.
Von Hausen was therefore exerting every pound of force he owned to break through Foch's right wing, in other words, he was driving southeastward.
Thus the ability of our organization to continue the advance after the "break through" included the indispensable factor of efficient arrangements at the rear.
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