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Military position   /mˈɪlətˌɛri pəzˈɪʃən/   Listen
Military position

noun
1.
A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons.  Synonym: position.





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... moved towards Monte Rotondo, one of the castellated heights near Rome, which commands the Nomentane and Tiburtine ways to the south, and the railway and Via Salara to the west. It was generally considered the most important military position in the Papal states. The garrison was small, but, perched as they were on a hill crest which looks inaccessible, the defenders might well hope to hold out till help came from Rome. They had artillery, of which the volunteers had none, and the old castle of ...
— The Liberation of Italy • Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
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Words linked to "Military position" :   armed forces, military, point, line, military machine, war machine, ground, armed services


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