Joffre and his Headquarters Staff, decreed that the northwest corner of France was untenable and that the main army of defense should withdraw into a stronger and closer formation.
Only this could save Paris--the rapid strengthening of the allied front by enormous reserves strong enough to hold back the arrow-shaped battering ram of the enemy's main army.
Main army headquarters, the residence and working quarters of a commanding General whose name may not yet be mentioned, were in Château Chambley, a fine French country house.
With the capture of Visé, the way was clear for Von Kluck's main army to concentrate on Belgian territory.
Von Kluck's main army endeavored to sweep around the Belgian right at Wavre, but was checked for a brief space.
Two hours later it was discovered by McCook that the interval between the main army and me was widening, and he ordered me to send Laiboldt's brigade to occupy a portion of the front that had been covered by Negley's division.
Together they drove it back, capturing twenty-five pieces of artillery, a hospital train, and a large park of wagons which were being sent ahead of Lee's main army.
Chalmers then retired to Cave City, but returned with Bragg's main army on the 16th.
Pickett and Fitz Lee, heavily reinforced from Lee's main army, concentrated in front of Five Forks, where they intrenched.
The latter managed to hold Atahuallpa's generals in check until Huascar's main army advanced.
At the same time the government troops attacked and defeated the isolated insurrectionists at Colon, and shortly afterwards the latter's main army suffered a bloody repulse in an assault on Cartagena.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "main army" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
