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Bridgehead

noun

An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies. Synonym: foothold. "The only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"

A defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy.

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... movement, when it was made, might fairly be described as rapid. At any rate, the aid lent to the Archduke came more promptly than had seemed possible. I certainly thought, though I did not say so in so many words, that the capture of the bridgehead at Friedrichstadt would involve an immediate and successful advance by the enemy upon Riga, and in this opinion, I believe, no single authority, enemy or ally, differed. What has caused the check to the enemy advance here for ten full days no one in the West can tell, nor, for that ...

— Hilaire Belloc - The Man and His Work • C. Creighton Mandell

... will seldom be thrown against a single objective, although a series of objectives may be simultaneously attacked with success over a wide front. A Night Assault was delivered by two Federal brigades on the Confederate bridgehead at Rappahannock Station (November 7, 1863). One of the brigades was ultimately repulsed, but the other penetrated the Confederate position and cut off the retreat. Upwards of 1,500 of the defenders ...

— Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers • Anonymous