Word: strongpoint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...several wounded, but they gave a good account of themselves with their shotguns, killing a total of six of the better-armed Greeks and wounding eleven. Next morning a band of 50 armed Turkish Cypriots arrived to escort the 200 survivors of Ayios Sozomenos to the nearest Turkish strongpoint at Louroujina, four miles away. As the villagers moved silently off with their flocks of sheep and few cattle, one member of the Turkish rescue column pleaded with a British lieutenant, 'Please take the dead to Louroujina. We came to save the living. If you do not take the dead...
...defense. Most welcome gift of all was the news that India's army, for the first time since the Red Chinese breakthrough on the border last month, in a small way had gone on the offensive. In NEFA (North East Frontier Agency), an Indian patrol raided a Chinese strongpoint near Towang. killed a number of Communist troops and returned to its lines without loss. A heavier attack was mounted outside Walong where, after an artillery barrage, 1,000 Indian jawans (G.I.s) stormed into "the forward slopes of the Chinese position in spite of heavy enemy fire." The Chinese counterattack...
Next day, two Indian Canberras swooped down for a shot at Elisabethville's central post office, a Katangese strongpoint in the heart of town, just around the corner from the Leo II. The jets were after the post office's central switchboard and telegraph machines, soon reduced the machinery to molten ruins as Katangese operators fled for their lives...
...matter of fact, is a classic example of something we might call "brand-name journalism," as opposed to the "chain-store" variety offered by the large groups. The Herald has latched onto a very good wire service, the New York Times service, and with that as its main strongpoint, has more or less given up being a newspaper at all. It runs entertainment features like puzzles and comics, a small amount of local news and sports, and acts as the middleman for the Times service and the Boston reading public...