You now have your twenty-three thousand men, and General Hooker is in close support, so that you can hold all of Jos.
I knew, therefore, that General Schofield must be near by, in close support of Hooker's right flank.
Twenty-third Corps, as a strong right flank in close support of Hooker's deployed line.
Then, as Taylor resumed his advance, the Stonewall regiments, with Elzey in close support, rose suddenly from their covert, and the whole line swept forward across the ridges.
Two-and-twenty heavy cannon swept the front; the right of the position was secured by a deep ravine; masses of infantry were observed in rear of the intrenchments, and several regiments of lancers were in close support.
So, with the remnant of Ashby's cavalry in advance, and the Stonewall Brigade in close support, the column toiled onward through the darkness.
The following day battle positions were occupied, the London Scottish moving forward to close support in rear of the Kensingtons, and the 1/4th Londons to Brigade reserve in the Circular Work.
Since there were always insufficient aircraft for the missions assigned to the air forces, close support of ground troops suffered.
At the same time, American aircraft from the carriers struck at the Japanese troops and their installations in close support of the ground troops.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf interfered greatly with the close support rendered by the Navy, since the carrier-based planes had to be withdrawn.
The forward guns were left in close support of the infantry, in some cases 1200 yards from the enemy, and continued harassing him all night.
These forward guns, as well as trench-mortars and machine-guns, had all been employed in attempting to subdue the hostile machine-gun nests in close support of the infantry.
Between the Black line and the Blue line, as far as the 152nd Brigade was concerned, lay only two lines of trenches, of which one was in close support to the other.
Preston) was to follow in close support to the 52nd Battalion, and on their clearing the wood was to follow through and make a turning movement north on Boiry Village.
The Devons were to advance in close support of the Somersets, and we were given the K.
This made us right leading battalion--objective Beitania--with the Ayrs and Lanarks in close support.
We, in close support, and the Devons in reserve, were to follow the left battalion.
Our position was in close support, and the chief difficulty was to prevent the leading lines from going too fast, and getting mixed up with the battalion in front.
And we've got orders to be ready to move in close support of the infantry if they get through.
On March 28 our line from Marcelcave to the Somme was manned by Carey's Force, with the 1st Cavalry Division in close support.
Infantry were in close support, and a single Lewis-gun section could have prevented the use of the field gun.
The advance was preceded by battalions of Tanks, with Infantry in close support, and was followed by Cavalry, to round up fugitives and disorganise reinforcements.
Wright moved in close support of Emory and personally directed the operations of both corps, the Nineteenth as well as the Sixth.
For the chief assault Grover had selected Paine's division and had placed the main body of his own division with Weitzel's brigade, in close support.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "close support" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
