Sentence examples for garrison of troops from inspiring English sources

Most recently, Bala Hisar fortress was the base for a unit of Afghan intelligence's special forces, part of a larger garrison of troops in the country's fifth largest city who were supposed to be safeguarding it from a return by the Taliban.

9 And at the base of the mountain this Emperor built a very strong fortress and established there a considerable garrison of troops, in order that the barbarian Saracens might not be able from that region, which, as I have said, is uninhabited, to make inroads with complete secrecy into the lands of Palestine proper.

It housed batteries firing out to sea and inland, and barracks for a large garrison of troops that was given rapid access to the sea by means of the spectacular Great Shaft, a 140 foot deep cylinder containing three staircase designed to allow troops to move to and from the Western Heights and the harbour with maximum speed.

There they destroyed Continental Army supplies after chasing off a small garrison of troops.

Montgomery left a garrison of troops under the command of Major General David Wooster in control of Montreal before leading the rest of the army to Quebec City.

World top oil producer Russia - which maintains a garrison of troops, jets and attack helicopters in northern Armenia - has been a key mediator in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and moved on Saturday to suppress the renewed violence.

We provide development and military aid, channelled solely through the central government, and keep garrisons of troops who will continue to conduct operations, but just when needed, and they should be subtle about it.

In Afghanistan, although the president has promised and NATO has agreed that foreign "combat" troops should come out by 2014, the Pentagon is negotiating to establish a permanent military garrison of 25,000 troops, even though everyone knows that an agreement to withdraw all U.S. troops is an essential ingredient of a peace deal to end the war.

In Iraq, although the president has promised and under the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement all U.S. troops are supposed to come home by December 31, the Pentagon is currently negotiating to establish a permanent military garrison of 10,000 troops.

A large garrison of British troops has been stationed near Stanley since 1983, following the Falkland Islands War.

Britain maintains a garrison of 2,000 troops on the island at an annual cost of £70m.