Definition of Counterstroke. Meaning of Counterstroke. Synonyms of Counterstroke

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Definition of Counterstroke

Counterstroke
Counterstroke Coun"ter*stroke` (-str?k`), n. A stroke or blow in return. --Spenser.

Meaning of Counterstroke from wikipedia

- The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the Mississippi...
- drive on Tikhvin. Although the town fell in November, within a w**** a counterstroke was begun against the vastly overextended German force, which was forced...
- that month the 182nd, now under command of 11th Army, took part in the counterstroke at Soltsy against LVI Motorized Corps, and a further action near Staraya...
- be politically unreliable. In mid-July to took part in 11th Army's counterstroke at Soltsy, which briefly encircled the 8th Panzer Division and dela****...
- action, Manstein intended to utilise his forces to make a series of counterstrokes into the flanks of the Soviet armoured formations, with the goal of...
- Yankee guns, they met Carr's men advancing downhill in an aggressive counterstroke. The Confederate advance stalled near Elkhorn, but Price's left flank...
- orders on August 9 and 10 to the Northwestern Front to orchestrate a counterstroke aimed at destroying German forces in the Soltsy, Staraya Russa, and...
- evidence of specific intent of shielding the rocket launchers from counterstrokes by the Israeli armed forces. From a legal perspective, the report said...
- routed by Coburg at Aldenhoven, Dumouriez began gathering his army for a counterstroke. Coburg took up a defensive position at Neerwinden and awaited the confident...
- involved in the defense of Kharkov after the beginning of the German counterstroke. Like their German counterparts, Soviet divisions were also seriously...