The government declared on 25 January 2009 that its troops had entered the town and were consolidating their positions.

Despite hours of fighting, Israeli troops consolidate their hold on the Karameh camp with the aid of artillery and airstrikes, blowing up 175 houses.

Northern troops consolidated their positions to the north of the city with firefights and hand-to-hand fighting Thursday, casualties said.

Thereafter they began to withdraw troops to defend the Japanese homeland (Operation Ketsu-go) and consolidate along the coast.

Israeli troops consolidated their hold on Merj 'Uyun, a Christian village from which Hezbollah was firing rockets, Israel said.

They grab a likely piece of terrain, and these amphibious troops can come ashore and consolidate too damned fast for the defenders to react.

Her troops stormed ashore on the island and quickly consolidated their position in preparation for the second phase of the operation, the invasion of Inchon itself scheduled for that afternoon.

Meanwhile, American troops seized two of Mr. Hussein's palaces in the capital and British troops consolidated their control of Iraq's second-largest city, Basra.

Between 05:00 and 06:00 the next morning, the troops landed at Fedhala and consolidated their beachhead quickly.

Since there was no organized Japanese garrison on the island, troops from Waters and the other fast transports established and consolidated their beachhead quickly.