Sentence examples for a division of troops from inspiring English sources

The army – believing that the film would prove "a vitamin pill for recruitment" – lent them a division of troops.

My father's unit, a division of troops from East Africa, arrived soon after, and together with British and Indian forces, pushed the Japanese back to Rangoon.

In July the government sent a division of troops into the valley to try to contain the violence, but they have met with frequent attacks.

American officials have been saying for several days that the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, has deployed a division of troops into western Iraq, near Jordan, apparently in a move intended to unnerve the summit meeting.

That summer Washington placed Lafayette in charge of a division of troops.

In the afternoon the crowd turned hostile, however, and a division of troops opened fire on it, killing five.

He hired a division of eunuch troops to control the palace and created a network of spies throughout the empire.

He was in command of a division of French troops in Morocco, with H.Q. at Casablanca, when the Americans landed.

At the moment the coalition most needs a boost, leaders of the powerful Turkish Army are now ready to provide a division of peacekeeping troops.

When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, transit facilities were demanded for a division of German troops from Norway to Finland, and Sweden acquiesced under threat of military reprisals.

By the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29 , 1864 Beaty had risen to the rank of first sergeant in Company G. His regiment was among a division of black troops assigned to attack the center of the Confederate defenses at New Market Heights.