This fortification, and its subsequent upgrading, were to concentrate on an overland attack, so that they were built to face the south.

The base would be defended against Soviet overland attack by man-fired weapons:

We had six guns in the fort and we brought them all to bear on the river, leaving only the swivel-guns and our light arms to repel an overland attack.

Remote as the chances of overland attack seemed, yet von Kleine had set up a system of defence around the Blitcher.

The French military performed an overland attack on the airport, destroying two Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft and three helicopter gunships.

The superior firepower of the improved navy played the decisive role in the ultimate recapture of the city, supporting a large overland attack.

On 6 July, after an overland attack, Aqaba fell to those Arab forces with only a handful of casualties.

We must make an overland attack.

Instead, the Japanese decided to try to take Port Moresby in an ultimately unsuccessful overland attack along the Kokoda Track.

Deseret must launch an overland attack through one of the six viable mountain passes in order to carry the war onto Sierran-held territory.