Sentence examples for forces of about from inspiring English sources

In 1814, during the struggle that led to Venezuela's independence, the city was the site of a bloody battle between forces of about 200 under Rafael Urdaneta and opposing Spanish forces of about 4,000.

Seventeen years ago, on 13 July 1995, there began in the former Yugoslavia what Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, has called the worst war crime in Europe since 1945 – the shooting by Serb forces of about 8,000 unarmed men and boys at Srebrenica.

Validation resulted in an accuracy of vertical forces of about 1% full scale.

Kuwait has armed forces of about 13,000 men, next-door Iraq about 600,000.

Mr. Gbagbo is bolstered by a well armed and loyal state forces of about 9,000 troops.

This month in Brussels, the 26 member nations of NATO reaffirmed their intention of eventually allowing Georgia and its armed forces of about 30,000 troops to join.

The president's military advisers wanted him to commit an enduring force of about 15,000.

The next day, they clashed with a force of about 850 members of the Canadian militia.

The lightly armed force of about 1,000 includes nearly 400 American soldiers.

Usually, the campus is patrolled by a security force of about 30.

There is a Montenegrin police force of about 15,000, but it is ill trained for warfare.