enemy line
Example Sentences
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John's colonel later wrote that he had been spotted near the enemy line, hobbling and with a head injury.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2016
Yet for five long years, U.S. combat troops were halted time and again by one seemingly impenetrable enemy line: South Viet Nam's twisting 600-mile border with Cambodia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The enemy line was broken at a spot that he could not afford to lose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Net result: the 18 big guns on North Carolina and Washington will almost double the 16-in. broadside power of the Fleet, tremendously enhance its chances to crush an enemy line.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw Longstreet sitting on a rail fence, gazing out into the glittering fields toward the enemy line.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
