Even if we assume a surprise attack on our bases, with a marked reduction in our striking power, our bombers would immediately be on their way in sufficient strength to accomplish this mission of retaliation.
Impossible to destroy by surprise attack, they will become one of our most effective sentinels for peace.
This is a major weakness in our plans for peace, since inadequate civilian defense is an open invitation to a surprise attack.
In the Mesopotamian campaign a surprise attack of General Sir S.
The other two were to separate, one scouting south and the other north, to discover any attempt at a surprise attack by swinging back to the creek in a half-circle.
It is the only instance I know of where insubordination saved any army from a surprise attack, and possibly from defeat.
He would imperil the lives of a score of friends bent on a surprise attack by firing upon the first savage he saw.
They attempted a surprise attack on one of the advanced French trenches, but were beaten off.
In the region of Moncel another party of French raiders successfully carried out a surprise attack on German positions.
A surprise attack in the region of Moulin-sous-Toutvent resulted in the capture of a dozen prisoners.
On the Piave some boats, containing Austrian troops attempting a surprise attack, were upset.
A surprise attack, in order to be justified, must be made in the first place only on the armed forces of the hostile State, not on peaceful inhabitants.
If the advancing armies are large and unwieldy, and the distances to be covered great, it will be a difficult and tedious task for the defending commander to take proper measures against a surprise attack.
If the required preliminary conditions are granted, then a political coup is as justifiable as a surprise attack in warfare, since it tries to derive advantage from an unwarrantable carelessness of the opponent.
Southeast of Lake Med a surprise attack, carried out by comparatively small Russian forces, resulted in the capture of some German trenches.
Between Kiselin and Zubilno the Austrians attempted a surprise attack, but it was repulsed with heavy loss.
A surprise attack, made by strong German forces late in the evening, drove them back again to the opposite bank.
A surprise attack in the Argonne, in the region of Boureuilles, was defeated by the French after a sharp engagement in which the Germans were severely punished.
It was a surprise attack, in which the American artillery played a brilliant part, throwing the whole German line in confusion and making it such an inferno that prisoners said they were glad to get out of it alive.
In view of the danger of a surprise attack on our weak forces at Narunyu I ordered them to be reinforced by the companies on Ruho Mountain and marched two of those that had come with me to take their place.
Freiherr Grote had already made a surprise attack on the small Anglo-Indian camp situated half-way up its slopes.
After some rearguard actions against English troops a success was scored in a surprise attack on the small Portuguese camp at Mitomoul, on the Rovuma.
He determined to try what he could effect at Bahia by a surprise attack.
The moon was shining brilliantly, and we knew that it would not be anything in the nature of a surprise attack.
It will cost a good many lives if we attempt to take the position by attack, but we are under the impression that a bombing party in the night on a surprise attack will be able to take it with little loss of life.
Stand to - Order for all men to stand ready in the trench in event of a surprise attack, usually at sundown and sunrise.
Five, the one important thing in desert warfare is surprise--surprise attack.
What's the best way to sneak up on an enemy ship for a surprise attack?
It stood to reason that the Axis High Command in Libya hadn't kept them bottled up in the Tripoli area for fear of surprise attack by Wavell's forces.
They might just as well send General Wavell a letter telling him they were creeping up for a surprise attack!
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