There are three main defensive positions ( guards or styles ) used in boxing.

Land mines were designed for two main uses: to create defensive tactical barriers, channeling attacking forces into predetermined fire zones or slowing an invasion force's progress to allow reinforcements to arrive ; and to act as passive area-denial weapons ( to deny the enemy use of valuable terrain, resources or facilities when active defense of the area is not desirable or possible ).

Imperial forces bypassed the main defensive site near Krosno Odrzańskie and besieged Niemcza.

But the Rams main strength was their defense which featured defensive end Jack Youngblood, who made the Pro Bowl for the 7th year in a row and was playing with a broken leg, and lightning-quick Fred Dryer on the opposite end.

The main attack of the offensive by II Corps across the Ghelveult Plateau to the south, confronted the principal German defensive concentration of artillery, ground-holding and Eingreif divisions.

Several archaeological digs in the castro of La Carisa ( municipality of Lena ) have found remnants of a defensive line whose main purpose was to protect the valleys of central Asturias from invaders who came from the Meseta through the Pajares pass: the construction of these fortifications reveals a high degree of organization and cooperation between the several Asturian communities, in order to defend themselves from the southern invaders.

The main role of fighters is destroying enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat, offensive or defensive.

They were supported by several tanks, including D-17 ( known as Dinnaken ) which smashed through the barbed wire protecting the village, crossed the main defensive trench and then drove up the main street, using its guns to destroy defenders in the houses.

The hastati and principes formed the main attacking strength of the legion with sword and pilum, whilst the triarii formed the defensive backbone of the legion fighting as a phalanx with long spears and large shields.

At the entrance to the north in the center, between the streets Via Aliprandi and Via Zanzi, a fork of the river artificially created for defensive purposes in the early decades of the 14th century gives rise to Lambretto, which is joined to the main course Lambro at its exit to the south from the ancient circle of medieval walls ( Monza ) ( now completely demolished ).

The main decision for a fielding captain is to strike a balance between setting an attacking field and a defensive field.

Injuries to Jermaine O ' Neal and Marquis Daniels, a lack of a solid back up point guard, the blockbuster trade midway through the season that interrupted the team chemistry, poor defensive efforts, and being the NBA's worst offensive team were the main reasons leading to the team's struggles.

Mohenjo-daro had no circuit of city walls, but was otherwise well fortified, with guard towers to the west of the main settlement, and defensive fortifications to the south.

It contains trails that guide visitors through the remains of earthwork forts that were the main defensive position for Union troops protecting the city during an 1864 Civil War skirmish.

Recent evidence suggests that there may have been an additional defensive enceinte of the castle, enclosing the low flat land around the foot of the main fort.

During the night, Wallenstein deployed his army in a defensive position along the main Lützen-Leipzig road, which he reinforced with trenches.

During this time, the town was fortified with defensive walls, three main gates and a postern.

Beauregard bottled up Benjamin Butler in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Pickett's division was detached in support of Robert E. Lee's operation in the Overland Campaign, just before the Battle of Cold Harbor, in which Pickett's division occupied the center of the defensive line, a place in which the main Union attack did not occur.

With a defensive scheme, whose main symbol was mid-fielder Dunga, and three full-backs, the team lacked creativity but made it to the second round.

The stockade seems to have separated Cahokia's main ceremonial precinct from other parts of the city, as well as being a defensive structure.

However, the US preserved their most essential programs like Trident and cruise missiles, which President Carter wished to use as his main defensive weapon as they were too slow to have first strike capability.

Moreau's main defensive position consisted of four divisions facing east.

The 10th and 156th Parachute Battalions moved north of the railway line to take up their planned defensive positions north west of Arnhem but the leading elements of 156th Parachute Battalion made contact with the main 9th SS blocking line after dark and withdrew for the night.

The chief Roman road linking the provincial capitals of Cologne and Mainz cut right through the fort where it joined the fort's main road ( now, Römerstraße ).

Five of the Banda islands were within gunshot of each other and he realised that a fort on the main island Neira would give him full control of the group.

Placenames show that the Helsinger may have had their main fort at Helsingborg and a fortified landing place at Helsingør, to control the ferry route across the strait.

The nearby settlement of Inverlochy was the main settlement in the area before the building of the fort, and was also site of the Battle of Inverlochy.

The English established their main coastal town at Port Royal and by 1659, two hundred houses, shops, and warehouses surrounded the fort.

The fort had two main gateways: one facing the sea, known as Kharra Darwaaza ( Brackish Gate ) ( Kharadar ) and the other facing the Lyari River known as the Meet ' ha Darwaaza ( Sweet Gate ) ( Mithadar ).

When the main defenses became ready for use, the fort was armed with cannons hauled from Montreal and Fort St. Frédéric.

This area contained the main landing for the fort and additional storage facilities and other works necessary for maintenance of the fort.

Aerial view of Mohamed Abdullah Hassan's main fort in Taleh, the capital of his Dervish State.

The main portion of the city is separated from several landmarks — the monastery, the fort and the port, as well as its suburbs — by another tributary, the Ida ( or Ushakovka ) River.

The route from Nizhnekolymsk to the fort at Anadyrsk along the southwest of the main Chukchi area became a major trade route.

The Masnedø fort was positioned such as it guarded the Storstrøm Bridge between the islands of Falster and Masnedø-on the main road from the south to Copenhagen.

The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak and Eureka streets near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe.

For the Board of Ordnance, the brothers were the main contractor at Fort George, a large modern fort near Inverness designed by military engineer Colonel Skinner.

The Ottomans possessed a shore battery on each side of the main entrance to the bay, in Navarino fort and on the southern tip of Sphacteria island.

The main reason for establishing the fort was to protect white settlers from the native people of the region.

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto spent several weeks at Chiaha in 1540 and Juan Pardo built a small fort near chiefdom's main village in 1567.

The layout of the town was influenced by the Roman fort and the associated civilian settlement ; the main road through the town was the route that led east from the fort.

All that remains of the fort today is a vaulted trance in Dock Street which was its main entrance.

Although only the main gate of the fort remains today, the name " Fort Garry " lives on through various institutions and businesses.

The main entrance to the fort is on the northern side of the hill and traces of a ruined medieval tower 36 feet by 24 feet have been found on the summit.