Examples of using Lunga in English and their translations into Serbian
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The Lunga Point hasn't broken in half.
At the same time,Oka's troops approached the Lunga perimeter from the west.
DRAGON(as a sacred spiritual power) or Lunga- symbolizes the strength and generosity, courage and endurance, happiness and prosperity.
By 7 September, Kawaguchi had 5,200 troops at Taivu Point and1,000 west of the Lunga perimeter.
We're gonna be moving west toward lunga, up on the ridge. 164th's gonna take this position.
During this time, Vandegrift continued to direct efforts to strengthen andimprove the defenses of the Lunga perimeter.
The next day,against little resistance, the Marines advanced to Lunga River and captured the airfield by 16:00 on 8 August.
Oka's unit of about 650 men attacked the Marines at several locations on the west side of the Lunga perimeter.
The U.S. Marines at Lunga Point received intelligence that a Japanese landing had occurred and took steps to find out exactly what was happening.
Two of the five Raider companies,"B" and"C", held a line between the ridge, a small, swampy lagoon,and the Lunga River.
The next day, again against little resistance,the Marines advanced all the way to the Lunga River and secured the airfield by 16:00 on 8 August.
Map of the Lunga perimeter on Guadalcanal showing the approach routes of the Japanese forces and the locations of the Japanese attacks during the battle.
As the Japanese troops gathered west of the Matanikau,the U.S. forces strengthened their Lunga defenses.
The main tributaries to the Kafue river in this park are the Lufupa and Lunga rivers in the north, the Luansanza(or Lwansanza) in the centre and the Musa in the south.
Vandegrift placed his 11,000 troops of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal in a loose perimeter around the Lunga Point area.
Kawaguchi's Center Body of troops was planning to attack the Lunga perimeter at the ridge, which they called"the centipede"(mukade gata) because of its shape.
These new soldiers enabled Vandegrift,beginning on 19 September, to establish an unbroken defence around the Lunga perimeter.
At 21:30 on 12 September,the Japanese cruiser Sendai and three destroyers shelled the Lunga perimeter for 20 minutes and illuminated the ridge with a searchlight.
The main attack would be by Kawaguchi's"Center Body", numbering 3,000 men in three battalions,from the south of the Lunga perimeter.
The next major Japanese attack on the Lunga perimeter occurred at the Battle of Edson's Ridge about three weeks later, this time employing a much larger force than had been employed in the Tenaru battle.
Several official U.S. military histories identify the location of the eastern defenses of the Lunga perimeter as emplaced on the Tenaru River.
The main Japanese assault occurred around Lunga ridge south of Henderson Field, manned by troops from several U.S. Marine Corps units, primarily troops from the 1st Raider and 1st Parachute Battalions under U.S.
As the Japanese regrouped west of the Matanikau,the U.S. forces concentrated on shoring up and strengthening their Lunga defenses.
Kawaguchi's 1st Battalion-led by Major Yukichi Kokusho-attacked the Raider's"C" company between the lagoon and the Lunga River, overrunning at least one platoon and forcing the Marine company to fall back to the ridge.
These crucial reinforcements allowed Vandegrift,beginning on September 19, to establish an unbroken line of defense around the Lunga perimeter.
The main Japanese assault occurred around Lunga ridge south of Henderson Field, manned by troops from several U.S. Marine Corps units, primarily troops from the 1st Raider and 1st Parachute Battalions under U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Merritt A. Edson.
These reinforcements allowed Vandegrift, beginning on 19 September,to establish an unbroken line of defense completely around the Lunga perimeter.
The Marines seized documents, equipment and food supplies, destroyed the rest,and returned to the Lunga perimeter at 17:30.
Leaving about 100 personnel behind as a rear guard, Ichiki marched west with the remaining 800 men of his unit andmade camp before dawn about 14 kilometers(8.7 miles) east of the Lunga perimeter.
Without pausing to try to"roll-up" the other nearby Marine units, whose flanks were now unprotected,Kokusho's unit surged forward through the swampy lowlands between the ridge and the Lunga River, heading for the airfield.