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    counter-attack


    1. He tries to counter-attack, but it’s half-hearted


    2. Kay laughed with mirth, and then Leland began his attacks in earnest, and she lost herself in the thrill of deflection, attack, and counter-attack under the darkening sky, billowing grey clouds beginning to slide in from the east


    3. On July 18, the Allies under General Ferdinand Foch counter-attacked with forces that included several American divisions


    4. Had I stood alone I would have been completely and utterly overwhelmed by his opening attack, but with the unified power behind me I was able not only to resist, but to send a counter-attack


    5. “Not about the rest of it, but about Somonik! He stands for justice, and he always has! In war, he will fight on the side of justice! But as he once explained, it often happens that when evil people attack, and they kill and destroy indiscriminately, those who were attacked will counter-attack the nation of those who initiated the hostilities, also killing and destroying indiscriminately in return, regardless of whether or not the individuals they are killing took part in their nation’s evils, or even agreed with them! In this way do the victims of evil fall into evil themselves, and it becomes a case of evil versus evil


    6. “Military renovations at all of your properties will be completed within the week, and we’ll fortify them defensively in the first two days, before we begin installing counter-attacking emplacements and spells


    7. The dwarves were left so weakened by their effort that they were unable to withstand the elven counter-attack, which drove the last of them from the continent eight weeks later


    8. “I be Senchak, Overlord of Kletiuk, and it is my great honor to announce that just moments ago, over my own Hall of Government and within it’s very courtyard, did the Six of Hilia defeat some ninety assassins of the insidious conspiracy! The counter-attack of the Six was so swift and so devastating that I was unable to discern what happened in any detail, but as you can see here, great energies were exchanged!”


    9. “The assassins acted with the greatest possible speed, but they failed to reckon with the incredible psionic sensitivity of Lady Povon, who was central to the counter-attack of the Six of Hilia


    10. If we throw everything we have at his first wave in an instant counter-attack, we may bloody them so badly that he will re-think the wisdom of his ways, with minimal losses on our side

    11. If some of them attack us, we will counter-attack them with overwhelming force in the most spectacular manner possible, in order to deter others from doing the same


    12. It’s a nerve wracking business for our mobile forces, being constantly ready to counter-attack at a moment’s notice, and they’ve yet to save any victims


    13. “I led the counter-attack myself, with Grakonexikaldoron as second attacker, since we are quickest in the application of psionics


    14. None of their attackers escaped the staggering blow of his counter-attack


    15. Their counter-attack came from the sides of the fighting wedge that had pushed through their ranks


    16. He twisted around, bringing up his shield to meet the counter-attack that he knew would follow such an opening


    17. The Knights of Coermantyr parried the thrusting blades of the orcs tactfully and counter-attacked a number of them


    18. Gnoll and his wood trolls parried the strikes of their attackers with their shields and counter-attacked with their broadswords


    19. Reoren parried the flurry of strikes from the minotaurs and counter-attacked with a studded mace, similar to the one Bors used


    20. They waited for a counter-attack that never came

    21. AND COUNTER-ATTACKS WILL NOT DISAPPEAR ANY TIME IN THE


    22. We probably can expect soon a large patrol or even a counter-attack force to head this way


    23. The reports from the survivors of the assault force, along with the panicked stories from the mere handful of fighters from the counter-attack force that had returned, made the sub-commander left in charge of the Taliban in Bala Buluk contemplate grimly his options


    24. The Germans may yet counter-attack by bringing in fresh forces, but we will be ready for them


    25. “What about the Japanese? They could launch a counter-attack soon


    26. I can however announce to you that Shanghai, like Nanking, is now firmly in the hands of the Time Patrol, and that all the Japanese counter-attacks to date have been defeated with very heavy losses to the Japanese


    27. MacArthur had also given in to the recommendations of his aviation commander, Lewis Brereton, and reestablished the plans for a counter-attack on Formosa by his B-17 heavy bombers


    28. That however left the Japanese troops in the beachheads isolated and without support, something the American forces surrounding them exploited at once by counter-attacking and starting to reduce the Japanese pockets


    29. The American Marines and Philippine Scouts soldiers spearheading the counter-attacks were no less ferocious, resulting in battles of rare intensity for the possession of the coastal towns and villages in the area


    30. ‘’Major, could I accompany you and your women on that counter-attack?’’

    31. That counter-attack of theirs was textbook tactics, both in plan and execution


    32. Unfortunately, due to a number of reasons I was told little about, that invasion turned into a disastrous failure, with our forces pushed back into the sea with heavy losses following a ferocious German counter-attack


    33. Assuming that they did establish air superiority and a beachhead in Southern England, there was still a considerable British force waiting for them, and a quick powerful counter-attack supported by the Home Fleet was a real possibility


    34. This permitted well-equipped winter trained Siberian troops to be transferred west to counter-attack the under strength Germans on the outskirts of Moscow


    35. Either launch an immediate counter-attack to regain the reservoirs and the military food depots or capitulate


    36. All present agreed that no counter-attack was possible


    37. The Corsairs remained at three thousand meters to cover the Barracudas against counter-attack


    38. Less than ten minutes later, as Ming had just finished informing Governor Vandong about the convoy disaster and the fruitless counter-attack, his communications officer ran to him, a shocked air on his face


    39. A Japanese unit commander that had finally succeeded in assembling a coherent force launched a coordinated counter-attack from Malabang Airfield, to the East of Lae


    40. That counter-attack force, counting at least a thousand Japanese soldiers, also included nine TYPE 95 light tanks, small vehicles armed with a 37mm caliber gun

    41. Once a wide enough secure perimeter will have been seized, more divisions will then be ferried from England to help engage decisively the German forces that will rush in to counter-attack


    42. Eisenhower’s next task now was going to ensure that enough follow-on forces were landed quickly in France to help hold the western flank along the Rhone and the Saone against the inevitable German counter-attack by the forces now finding themselves facing the wrong way, with their rear door wide open


    43. Brigadier General Dows, who devised the major lines of our invasion plan, expected such a massive German counter-attack to follow in the days following our landings


    44. We still have in England over 2,000 medium bombers and fighter-bombers poised for just that task and they will exact a very painful toll out of the Germans before the latter can even get into position to counter-attack


    45. Up to now, everything had gone as she had predicted, with totally flustered German senior commanders having ordered most of their mechanized units in France to rush towards the Rhone and Saone Rivers to counter-attack the Allied invasion force rushing northward from Provence


    46. Army and the Second British Army advancing in parallel towards the Rhine, the Second British Army will halt and pivot to redeploy westward to take defensive positions along the east banks of the Rhône and Saone Rivers, insuring the security of our left flank against German counter-attacks coming from the Atlantic coast


    47. As you all know, our air forces have been able up to now to slow down and hurt badly from the air the German counter-attack forces, which still have to make firm contact with our left flank


    48. They were not going to give him any time at all to launch a counter-attack


    49. counter-attack the Warlock whilst he was distracted


    50. Cherry crouched low, ready to counter-attack, but then Bastard-mate


















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