Sentence examples for a small battalion from inspiring English sources

If this was Germany or England, there would be a small battalion of ruddy-cheeked walkers, admiring, smiling, snapping away.

It cut up badly from an early stage, with a small battalion of groundsmen having to replace large sandy divots following the majority of scrums.

With the title of interim city manager, Mr. Porter drafted requests for proposals and fielded calls here, often from people who imagined him in charge of a small battalion of employees.

The weapons market, a long row of one-room shops selling enough small and medium arms to equip a small battalion, marked the end of the state's nominal control.

Whites, who still control most of the wealth, live largely locked away behind high security fences, on which the words 'armed response' are emblazoned, and are still looked after by a small battalion of non-whites in subordinate domestic roles.

A man has been murdered, and a small battalion — a doctor, a prosecutor, a few policemen, several soldiers, diggers with shovels and a transcriber with a laptop — has invaded the countryside with the suspect to dig up the body.

A small artillery battalion would be a fairer assessment.

At the other end of the old city, I met a small katiba ("battalion" in Arabic, but in practice any medium-size autonomous group of fighters) called the Mujahedeen of Aleppo.

A small, concealed battalion of infantry had opened fire on a crowd of around 5,000 men, many of whom were carrying improvised weapons, marching to demand the right to vote.

Also under command of the brigade, co-located with brigade headquarters at Wolfheze were the Glider pilots of No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, the equivalent of a small infantry battalion.

When he arrived in Pando, a sleepy industrial city of 12,000, he and his small battalion robbed its banks and tried to take over the local government, killing a police officer and one civilian in a brazen, chaotic shoot-out in broad daylight.