counter-stroke

Kmoch: Here comes White's carefully prepared counter-stroke, and necessary it is.

Lubomir Kavalek: When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal Lubomir Kavalek 2011

In the meantime his skirmishers coming up on us from the river were pressing us too hard to give Custer time to regroup for any kind of counter-stroke.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Rostov was now held by the Leibstandarte and the 60th Motorized divisions, the 13th and 14th Panzer having been withdrawn beyond the western outskirts to provide a mobile reserve against the expected Soviet counter-stroke.

Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

As William B. Stevenson writes in The Cambridge Medieval History, it was “The Muslim attack on southern Europe, from the eighth century to the eleventh, that called forth the counter-stroke which is known as the First Crusade.”

The crusader. Ann Althouse 2009

The Contessa moved two quick steps away from Crabbé — clear of any counter-stroke from a weapon of his own — and wheeled to Miss Temple.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

Using Poland as a counter-stroke to offset the bad news from France and Holland, holding the line on the EU constitution, rather seems to be backfiring.

The best laid schemes of mice and men… Richard 2005

EU Referendum: Stroke… and counter-stroke skip to main

Stroke… and counter-stroke Richard 2005

We wrote to Air-Vice-Marshal Salmond for a revengeful counter-stroke.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The day of our arrival the Turks sent a force of camel corps, cavalry and infantry, down to re-occupy Faraifra as a first counter-stroke.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The Turks, full of spirit, put in a counter-stroke, and suffered sharply.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003