Cuando el capitán Reverte supo que se estaban trasladando tropas al frente sur, pasó al ataque.When Captain Reverte learned that troops were being transferred to the southern front, he went on the offensive.
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La ajedrecista rumana iba al ataque y la rusa solo se defendía.The Romanian chess player was on the attack, and the Russian was just defending herself.
El Estudiantes es un equipo que juega decididamente al ataque.Estudiantes is definitely an attacking team.
Perdíamos por diez puntos, así que nos lanzamos al ataque para intentar igualar el partido.We were trailing by ten points, so we launched an attack to try to catch up.