bridge-head

Pliny the elder, the historian of the German campaigns, writes that she stood at the bridge-head to thank and congratulate the returning column.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

The dead of the fortress lay thick around tower base and bridge-head.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

Down from between the towers dropped a wide ramp, the approach to the bridge-head.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

They swayed and tossed, and then, like water racing through an opened dam, they swept upon the bridge-head.

The Moon Pool 2004

The soldiers of Karak were pouring down the ramp from the bridge-head.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

Clothed in the armour of that mist, they pressed back from the bridge-head the invaders.

The Moon Pool 2004

The cavalry were all dismounted by the bridge-head, eating and drinking like business men.

Twilight in Italy 2003

The river ran swiftly, the soldiers, very haphazard and slack in uniform, real shack-bags, chewed their bread in large mouthfuls; the young lieutenant, who seemed to be an officer only by consent of the men, stood apart by the bridge-head, gravely.

Twilight in Italy 2003

He was threatening the enemy by a vast bridge-head across Jordan, as if he were about to cross a third time.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Commerce (Nafcoc) congress in Sun City, Molefe said government believed black privanterprise was the bridge-head of economic growth and sustainable development.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998