Crossword clues for counter-attack
counter-attack
Wiktionary
alt. An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents n. An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents vb. To attack in response to an attack by opponents
Wikipedia
Counter-Attack is a 1945 war film starring Paul Muni and Marguerite Chapman as two Russians trapped in a collapsed building with seven enemy German soldiers during World War II. It was adapted from the Broadway play Counterattack by Janet and Philip Stevenson, which was in turn based on the play Pobyeda by Mikhail Ruderman and Ilya Vershinin.
Usage examples of "counter-attack".
German 15th and 21st Armoured Divisions and possibly Ariete Armoured Division in reserve for counter-attack purposes.
The situation now looked extremely serious, for the Turks, growing bolder, launched a most determined attack on Mansura, and in spite of numerous counter-attacks rapidly made the ridge untenable.
When they regrouped, Westermann and Fournier led a furious counter-attack, with the Marseillais in the van shooting their way over the empty space towards the palace.
A severe counter-attack was made at daylight by the Boers, and the troops were compelled with no great loss and less glory to return to the town.
He knew none of them had an answer to his strength today plus, as insurance, his two remaining team members, his domestiques, who had come to the front with him suddenly slowed, disrupting the counter-attack and giving it no time to form before he crested the hill, after which there was only descending.
As, in the rules of tactics, an attack in one sector compels a counter-attack in another, so as not to be hurt by the the asperities of my nature, all of them effected in their own an identical resilience, always at the same points, and to make up for this took advantage of the gaps in my line to thrust out advanced posts.
Tungata, acting without conscious thought, gathered the men closest to him and led them in a desperate counter-attack down a shallow don ga that bisected the line of Scouts.
He had kept them busy all day: bottoming, shutting-off for going deep, shutting-off for counter-attack, assuming the Ultra Quiet State - he had repeated the drills over and over again until he was satisfied.
Whereas formerly I would meekly allow myself to be choused or bullied or put down, I now counter-attack with a confidence and an asperity that quite surprises me and that nearly always answers.
He continued to kick out frantically with his right foot, afraid that his enemy would use this occasion to counter-attack.
While they would be safe there, surrounded by High Tennes sorcery, they would not be able to counter-attack, should Vorcan arrive.