Sentence examples for force of the commonwealth from inspiring English sources

It may be demanded here, What if the Executive Power being possessed of the Force of the Commonwealth, shall make use of that force to hinder the meeting and acting of the Legislative, when the Original Constitution, or the publick Exigencies require it?

In December 1914, a War Pensions Act was passed to provide for the grant of Pensions upon the death or incapacity of Members of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth and Members of the Imperial Reserve Forces residents in Australia whose death or incapacity resulted from their employment in connection with warlike operations.

The following month saw the Swedisch-Brandenburg-Transylvanian-Romanian-Cossack forces play cat and mouse with the Polish Lithuanian forces, moving about all of the commonwealth without any major engagements, except the capture of Brest by Charles X Gustav in May, and the sack of Warsaw by Rákóczi and Gustaf Otto Stenbock on 17 June.

Section 114 of the Constitution prevents the States from raising armed forces without the permission of the Commonwealth and Section 119 gives the Commonwealth responsibility for defending Australia from invasion and sets out the conditions under which the government can deploy the defence force domestically.

The 8th Division and RAAF squadrons in Malaya formed a key part of the Commonwealth forces which were unable to stop a smaller Japanese invasion force which landed on 7 December.

The situation of the Commonwealth forces, short of money and food, was difficult.

The Army first saw action in January 1941, when the 6th Division formed part of the Commonwealth forces during Operation Compass.

He played a major role, often as the top commander of the Commonwealth forces, in the Wallachian campaign of 1599 1600, the Polish Swedish War of 1600 1611, the Polish Muscovite War of 1605 1618, and the Polish Ottoman War of 1620 1621.

In 1702, Swedish forces invaded the Commonwealth as part of the Great Northern War, which had begun in 1700 between the Swedish Empire and the Tsardom of Russia.

At the outset, the bulk of the Commonwealth military force was to be made up of part-time volunteers.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague laid a wreath on behalf of all those in the armed forces across the commonwealth who have fallen.