By the end of January he had secured his bridgehead in Tunisia and had given Rommel a safe enclave to move into. |
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The force in the bridgehead disintegrated, the Germans remaining in possession of St. Germain. |
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After the 2005 opening in Taiwan, Chaumet opened a major store in Hong Kong in September, the bridgehead of its expansion in China. |
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The idea is that Brazil becomes our bridgehead for the southern cone, within the next 3-5 years. |
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It's Québec as bridgehead to the huge market of the continent's Northeast and Midwest. |
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Finally a bridgehead would be established, and they crossed the canal to take control of the road north. |
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Alexandria, on the western tip of the Nile delta, will be the Group's bridgehead. |
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Examples include the Gulf oil states, and Turkey as a bridgehead between the Orient and the Occident. |
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Sephora has established a bridgehead in Brazil, a market where the distribution of beauty products holds considerable potential. |
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This perception refers to the fact that Bengal was the first imperial bridgehead in India and Bengalis the first group of Indians who took to English education. |
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With the brothers edging towards the full-blown feud, or broigus, Blinky must position himself as bridgehead between them and consigliere to both. |
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My concern is that this plant is somewhat a bridgehead of the auto industry in Quebec. |
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Modern and versatile industrial capacity, with a strategic bridgehead in Nordenham. |
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In order to make a breakthrough beyond the bridgehead, General Montgomery prepared a series of major operations all along the front. |
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The new office in Vienna will support development of the Austrian market and will also serve as a bridgehead for operations further east. |
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Hannibal foresaw problems if he left Catalonia as a bridgehead for the Romans. |
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Google and PayPal, which also use Ireland as a bridgehead into the European market, increased their workforces during the worst years of the recession. |
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That is the path trodden by David Burnside, a steely former Ulster Unionist MP turned public relations man who has emerged as a key bridgehead between Russian interests and the Conservatives. |
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But whereas Vredestein has been a bridgehead for Apollo's products in Europe, Tata's cars have made few inroads there. Nor did JLR seem to need any advice from Tata on how to run its plants in Britain. |
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I have consistently argued that the accession of Turkey could form an important bridgehead between East and West and help consolidate Turkey as a secular democracy and a calming force in an otherwise unstable region. |
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It gives the Group a firm foothold in Greece, which still has major infrastructure needs and where the PPP culture is now well established, as well as a bridgehead into the Balkans. |
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It was not always this quick however. For example, the battle to cross the Ghent Canal was a bitter one, with the Canadians establishing a bridgehead only after a mighty effort. |
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The Canadian Battalion was later involved in ground operations to strengthen the bridgehead and support the advance of Allied troops towards the Seine River. |
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A narrow bridgehead was finally set up in the morning of November 2nd and the RĂ©giment de Maisonneuve held on to it desperately for several hours until relieved. |
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Looking beyond Europe, the newly established representative office in Shanghai provides a bridgehead for access to the growth regions of South East Asia. |
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It is generally agreed that Haiti serves as a bridgehead between Colombia, the principal cocaine producer, and the United States, its primary consumer. |
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His success in recovering twenty-three tanks was a vital factor in the support given the infantry during the crossing and the subsequent securing of a firmly held bridgehead. |
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The next day, further elements of the brigade crossed, securing a further bridgehead and repulsed more German attacks. |
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While a bridgehead was secured, it was abandoned due to losses and the 38th Division was moved forward. |
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French and British troops fought the Battle of Abbeville from 27 May to 4 June but failed to eliminate the German bridgehead south of the Somme. |
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But after the peace negotiations in Geneva, the Turkish government reinforced their Kyrenia bridgehead and started a second invasion on 14 August. |
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Haig claimed in his diary that a proposal that he be sent to report on the Gallipoli bridgehead, was shelved because of the imminence of French's removal. |
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In November, Edward led a raid on Qaqun, which could have served as a bridgehead to Jerusalem, but both the Mongol invasion and the attack on Qaqun failed. |
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After ten years, the bridgehead at Coblenz and the territories to the north would be evacuated and after fifteen years remaining Allied forces would be withdrawn. |
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