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Bridgehead

a defensive position established to cover or defend a bridge crossing. The forward edge of defense is usually set up at a distance to prevent enemy artillery from firing on the crossing. The flanks of the position run up to the river. Guard ships are set at upstream and downstream waterways to protect the crossing against destruction by floating mines and incendiary vessels.

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No references found			What of the bridge and its celebrated bridgehead and Prince Auersperg? War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context He could see no flying figure on the bridge, so it must have already fled; but he was half conscious of some faint significance in the fact that among the trees round the bridgehead opposite the wall he saw a lamp-post; and, beside the lamp-post, the broad blue back of an unconscious policeman. The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context			bridge limiter bridge magnetic amplifier Bridge of San Luis Rey Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Bridge of Sighs bridge oscillator bridge pier bridge plug bridge rectifier Bridge Roadbed bridge router bridge stone Bridge Train bridge trolley bridge vibration Bridge Walking bridge-over Bridge-Related Works bridgeboard bridged floor bridged gutter bridged intermediate bridged ion bridged tap bridged-T network Bridgehead Bridgeman, Frederick Bridgend Bridgeport Bridgeport State Park Bridgeport State Recreation Area Bridger, Fort Bridger, James Bridger, Jim Bridger-Teton National Forest Bridges Bridges, Calvin B. Bridges, Calvin Blackman Bridges, Charles Bridges, Harry Bridges, Military Bridges, Robert Bridges, Robert Seymour Bridges, Styles Bridget Bridget of Sweden, Saint Bridget, Saint Bridgetalk Bridgeton Bridgetown bridgewall			bridgeable bridgeable bridgeable bridgeboard bridgeboard Bridgecraft Bridgecraft Bridgecraft Bridgecraft Bridgecraft bridged bridged bridged bridged bridged bridged Bridged Amplifier Switching Hybrid bridged floor Bridged Frequency Ringing bridged gutter Bridged Individual Hybrid Conjoint Analysis bridged intermediate bridged ion Bridged Line Appearance Bridged Loop-Gap Resonator Bridged Permanent Virtual Circuit Bridged tap bridged-T bridged-T network Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Bridgehead Bridgehead Gateway Server bridgehead line bridgeheads bridgeheads Bridgeing Bridgeing Bridgeing Bridgeing Bridgeing Bridgeing Bridgeless Bridgeman, Frederick Bridgemonkeys Bridgend Bridgend Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations Bridgend County Borough Council Bridgend Local Health Board Bridgend, Wales Bridgend, Wales Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr Bridgepoint Education Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Area Youth Ministry Bridgeport Bandit Sports Association Bridgeport Bluefish Bridgeport Brass Company

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