Sentence examples for detachments of from inspiring English sources

He had sent detachments of men to lonely outposts such as Liberia and forgotten about them.

The British even had detachments of slave soldiers in the Caribbean.

Small detachments of new fighters, perhaps from outside Mali, have been observed in both towns.

Under this plan, which is supported by the United States, individual countries would send small detachments of soldiers to outlying cities and the countryside.

By this time missiles were being thrown at the various detachments of Blackshirts, many of whom arrived in motorcars in which wire-netting took the place of windows.

Subsequently those refugees were sent west in 13 overland detachments of about 1,000 per group, the majority on foot.

And special detachments of paid workers will canvass public housing projects in Newark and solicit Latino residents in sites like Camden, Elizabeth and Perth Amboy.

Detachments of local police are stationed at the headquarters of each administrative division, as well as in Antananarivo.

Early in the operation, Captain Porteous -- a liaison between two detachments of the commando unit -- was shot at close range through the hand, the bullet lodging in his upper arm, while he was with the smaller detachment.

The French had grown in prestige as skillful soldiers and in power by detachments of the French fleet left behind on La Bourdonnais's departure.

Mr Muslim says that since detachments of the PKK in northern Iraq are fighting Isis, the Turkish actions can only benefit the Islamic militants.