Sentence examples for assert army from inspiring English sources

While in Manchester, General Benjamin Lincoln, whose promotion in preference to Stark had been the cause for Stark's resignation from the Continental Army, attempted to assert Army authority over Stark and his men.

Napoleon asserted the army would follow him, and Ney replied the army would follow its generals.

With the animal kingdom's prowess re-asserted, the army major retook the mic, gesturing to the skies and calmly announcing to the crowd that everyone should wave hello to Prince Harry, who was flying in on a chopper overhead.

Two days later, Khánh went public in support of the Young Turks' coup against the HNC, condemning the advisory body and asserting the army's right to intervene if "disputes and differences create a situation favorable to the common enemies: Communism and colonialism".

Addressing potential troop contributors, the U.N. deputy secretary general, Mark Malloch Brown, said no U.N. task in Lebanon was "more urgent, nor more fundamental to preserving peace" than sending a "strong, robust force" to help the Lebanese army assert its authority over south Lebanon for the first time in more than 25 years.

Militant Muslims have been encouraged by the army to assert Pakistan's territorial claims and bleed Indian forces.

With American combat troops leaving Afghanistan in 2014, and the drone campaign already winding down in Pakistan, analysts fear that unless the Pakistani Army can assert itself conclusively, the tribal region could be plunged into deeper chaos.

This would make it difficult for Mr Hu, who lacks a military background, to assert his leadership over army matters, and military analysts fret that any future security crisis could put under stress the delicate leadership arrangement stitched together at last month's congress.China's response to sudden crises is notoriously slow and clumsy.

Unless he can somehow assert command of the army and security forces for a desperate and doubtless bloody defense of his regime, his options will be few, including accepting an orderly transfer of authority to Mr. Kostunica or attempting to flee the country.

So, our passivity – the passivity of civilians who depend on a professional army to assert our moral will, and the passivity in my case – and quite possibly yours – of citizens who have long since recoiled from the spectacle of this interminable conflict worthy of Orwell's 1984: the so-called "war on terror".

Since we cannot win with air alone, this reduces to "where will we find a pro-western army?" David Cameron asserted that the "Free Syrian Army" commanded 70,000 troops.