The phrase "column of troops" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a formation of soldiers marching in a line, such as, "The column of troops marched quickly down the street."
Two weeks ago, the army sent a column of troops and tanks along the desert road that leads to Aleppo to try and relieve beleaguered troops there.
The next day, they spotted an incoming column of troops from the North Korean 105th Armored Division.
Laverdure detached a small column of troops to take his wounded to Khénifra, remaining behind with the rest of the force.
One armoured personnel carrier flying the flag of the United Arab Emirates was seen by bystanders this morning amid a column of troop carriers.
Russia sent columns of troops into South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and deep into Georgian territory.
Many people here say they welcome the federal intervention, even if it means having columns of troops patrol their streets.
(July 16 , 1939 And in Berlin two months later he was unperturbed by columns of troops and other signs of war: "Lunch at the Adlon with Charlotte.
Russia, saying it needed to protect civilians, sent columns of troops into South Ossetia and a second breakaway region, Abkhazia, and then took positions deep in Georgian territory.
Keith and Allen, both of whom were well-to-do residents of Marshall, set out with two columns of troops, absorbing sniper fire and killing 12 of the raiders as they made their way into the Shelton Laurel Valley.
A hot year ahead Flexing its mussels Putin's PR coup ReprintsIn March Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, sent columns of troops without insignia into Crimea while claiming only local pro-Russian volunteers were at large.
