Sentence examples for brigade about from inspiring English sources

We had about 200 people in the youth brigade, about two-thirds of them women.

Now the same area is covered by nearly a full brigade, about six times the combat power.

Such biographical detail may sway few votes with the blue-rinse brigade about to return their ballot papers to Conservative central office, but will surely hold interest for future biographers of the prospective Tory leader.

Witnesses at the site of the fire in Mumbai said it took the fire brigade about half an hour to arrive after the fire was reported around 2 30 p.m. local time, though state officials disputed that assertion, saying the firefighters responded within minutes.

After these delays, Percy's brigade, about 1,000 strong, left Boston at about 8 45 AM.

Having captured its objectives, No. 4 Commando reformed and set out to join the rest of the brigade, about 6 mile away.

Several states with large bases -- Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina and Texas -- will have their Army populations grow, with the addition of at least one brigade, or about 5,000 soldiers, and their families.

Speaking with reporters after his latest visit to Baghdad, Mr. Gates said another brigade of about 5,000 troops could leave by the end of December on top of the two brigades, or 10,000 troops, now scheduled to pull out this year.

The increase of 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers would give McChrystal one U.S. advisory brigade of about 5,000 troops to speed the development of Afghan forces and a large number of support forces to include engineers, route-clearance teams and helicopters.

A surge of 44,000 soldiers and Marines would also allow McChrystal to designate a brigade of about 5,000 soldiers to train and advise the Afghan army and police forces, accelerating their growth.

At the same time, elements of the Harel brigade took about 10 villages to the south of Latrun to enlarge and secure the area of the Burma road.