advance base
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On 30 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay arrived back at advance base camp after climbing Everest.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2021
"Snow conditions bad" meant Hillary, and "advance base abandoned" meant Tenzing.
From BBC ● May 29, 2013
"It said, 'snow conditions bad, advance base abandoned, yesterday'," Jackson recalled.
From BBC ● May 29, 2013
The aim is to convoy a group of repair ships, mine sweepers, food, fuel, hospital ships and the aeroplane carrier Langley to Culebra in order to establish an advance base.
From Time Magazine Archive
The occupation of this region by our troops was considered of great strategical importance, as it formed a convenient advance base for further operations.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke
