Sentence examples for battalions were sent from inspiring English sources

Under increased pressure from military leaders to move Canadian troops into battle, two battalions were sent to help defend Hong Kong (then a British colony), but the results were disastrous, as the Japanese imperial forces swept to victory.

Major Ioan Dâmbu was assigned to lead it, and, under Czechoslovak orders, the new Mărăşeşti and Reserve battalions were sent on mission to other localities.

At the same time 36 Indian army battalions were sent to reinforce the British 10th (Irish) Division, 53rd Division, 60th Division and the 75th Divisions, which were reformed on Indian division lines with one British and three Indian battalions per brigade.

Mortier demonstrated his tactical prowess in the deployment of his small force: he sent all his cavalry to the north to attack the Spanish left; three battalions were sent south between the fort at San Cristóbal and the Spanish right wing; and his remaining six infantry battalions assaulted the Spanish front.

The alternative was to meet the demand made four days previously by Field Marshal Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, that 50 – the bulk – of Kitchener's new army battalions be sent to France.

3rd Battalion, then a hybrid unit with companies from multiple battalions, was sent to assist.

The 1st battalion were sent to Paris after Waterloo, and remained stationed in France until 1818.

The 32 survivors of Zayas Battalion were sent to Manila, where they boarded a ship for Spain.

While the rest of the brigade remained at Wismar, 'B' Company of the 13th Parachute Battalion were sent to Denmark to liberate Copenhagen, arriving on 5 May.

A detachment of around 200 soldiers from the 15th Battalion were sent to Port Moresby in the middle of 1940 and in October that year this detachment was transferred to the 49th.

His battalion was sent to Egypt during the Suez crisis.