advance base
Example Sentences
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On 30 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay arrived back at advance base camp after climbing Everest.
From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2021
"It said, 'snow conditions bad, advance base abandoned, yesterday'," Jackson recalled.
From BBC • May 29, 2013
"Snow conditions bad" meant Hillary, and "advance base abandoned" meant Tenzing.
From BBC • May 29, 2013
Most logical spot for launching a Japanese drive to the south would be Japan's advance base at Formosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was therefore decided to move the whole of the headquarters staff and the advance base to Coomassie, Esumeja being selected as the point, between it and Kwisa, to be held in force.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter
