7 sentences with 'mounted'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mounted and other words derived from it.
• « He thought this type of engine could be mounted on wheels and adapted to drive itself, much like the boiler he had seen when he was 13. »
• « The Assyrians also invented a messenger service to maintain lines of communication and control, with mounted messengers and way stations to replace tired horses, so that they could communicate throughout their empire. »
• « The Babylonians allied themselves with clans of mounted warriors in Persia called the Medes, and between them the Assyrian state was completely destroyed. »
• « In the ancient world, the land was dominated by mounted warriors who were generally perceived as "barbarians" by the settled peoples of Mesopotamia to the west. »
• « So German forces mounted a major campaign in the spring of 1918 that broke through the western lines and got within 40 miles of Paris, but by then German troops had overrun their supply lines, lost cover and now faced the combined French, British and American reserves. Another attempted offensive in July failed, and the Entente (and American) powers began to push the German forces back. »
• « Thus, groups of "partisans" (i.e., insurgents) mounted successful resistance movements that cost the Germans men and resources. »
• « As Cold War tensions mounted, Stalin ordered a blockade of all supplies going to Berlin's western zones. The US led a massive airlift of food and supplies for nearly a year, while both sides carefully avoided armed confrontation. In the end, the Soviets abandoned the blockade, and West Berlin became a single western camp site in the middle of communist East Germany. »