D halted Finnish advance and all troops started to prepare defensive positions.

Three-quarters of our men were put to work preparing positions for 77s and even for light machine guns.

Due to marshy terrain and the high water table, it was often difficult to prepare proper defensive positions.

Instead, Badoglio would prepare defensive positions for an Ethiopian attack.

As the Americans went to work preparing defensive positions, the village became a hive of activity.

In only a few hours, they managed to prepare defensive positions.

But he seems to have done little to prepare positions that could resolve the three outstanding Start issues.

The Germans fell back to the Aisne valley, where they prepared defensive positions.

The programs prepare graduates for the education field as well as other positions in education administration.

A Pentagon official said that some Iraqi troops were digging in preparing positions for tanks.