Sentence examples for garrisons from from inspiring English sources

It could repeal the draconian powers its forces enjoy and move garrisons from town centres.

By 1867 he had managed to gain the withdrawal of all Turkish civil officials and garrisons from Serbia.

Spain withdrew its garrisons from Tuscany, and Austrian soldiers took their place and swore fealty to the grand duke on Feb. 5, 1737.

In many places, the opposition says, government units are confined to garrisons, from which they fire with artillery, mortars and machine guns, but rarely venture out.

Serra prevented yet more garrisons from springing up near missions, McLaughlin and Elewaut noted, saying that he effectively guarded Native Americans from soldiers even if he had political considerations to do so.

The largest and most threatening empire in the world, with five million soldiers in Soviet garrisons from Budapest to Vladivostok, fell apart and ceased to exist, its leaders abdicating under pressure from crowds of unarmed people in the streets, with barely a shot fired.

—Deborah Garrison From the issue of Ocotber 22, 2001.

In the month after Lincoln took office, Confederate leaders demanded withdrawal of the federal garrison from Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.

China first established a presence in the Spratlys in 1988, when its military forcibly removed a Vietnamese garrison from Johnson South Reef.

There is also a campsite on the Garrison (from £9pp), next to the Star Castle; and Sibleys has a range of self-catering properties across all the islands.

What is it about the river that compels you to keep coming back? A. Thirty-one years ago, my wife, Sandra, and I moved to Garrison from New York City.