Sentence examples for defence regiment from inspiring English sources

The 1st Battery of the 5th Light Anti-Aircraft Defence Regiment was also added to the battalion.

The artillery, antitank, and air defence regiments of divisions provided specialised fire support that enabled motorised rifle and tank regiments to maneuver.

Six Estonian border defence regiments, the 113th Security Regiment, and remnants of the 20th Waffen SS Division retreating from the most distant part of the Narva front in the Krivasoo swamp were blocked by the advance units of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps and destroyed in the battles of Porkuni and Avinurme on 20 and 21 September.

To support the aforementioned units, North Vietnam deployed the 273rd Armoured Regiment, two artillery units (40th and 675th Artillery Regiments), three air-defence units (232nd, 234th, and 593rd Air-Defence Regiments), two combat engineer units (7th and 575th Combat Engineer Regiments), and the 29th Communications Regiment.

In 1959, as part of a defence review, the regiment was amalgamated with the South Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's).

He was instead appointed to command the 23rd Queensland Regiment, Volunteer Defence Corps, which he led until his retirement from active duty on 8 February 1944.

After spending the winter in the defence of Quebec City, his regiment fought in the April 1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy, and led a brigade in the capture of Montreal under Jeffery Amherst before returning to England.

Previously the defence secretary warned that regiments with poor recruitment records would be the most vulnerable.

Throughout May the regiment constructed defences around Musallabeh.

In some places, the Turkish force got close enough to throw hand grenades into the regiment's defences.

The Turkish forces attacked and managed to close on the regiment's defences before they were stopped by rifle and machine-gun fire.