Over the next eight hours, the American forces fought defended against the retreat.

When threatened or under fire and at risk of taking casualties, our forces must defend themselves.

This force will defend the entire planet and is open to everyone.

Or as a place where forces defending the city could engage an advancing enemy.

The nationalist force defending the city totaled more than 210,000.

Now he had no prisoners, and commanded a force too weak to defend the walls.

Besieged, the forces under his command defended the area until 29 September.

In 1538, the king made him the supreme army commander of the armed forces defending the borders.

He also was maintaining running arguments with the government in Washington, demanding that the forces defending the capital city report to him.

During an offensive, and when in defence, they learned how to combine forces to defend the front line.