Sentence examples for group of troops from inspiring English sources

At the same time, another group of troops entered the city from the Khankala district east of Grozny.

The recording shows the young man begging for mercy before being led toward a group of troops.

Gen. Larry Nicholson, the commander of the Marines in southern Afghanistan, told a group of troops this week.

In the failing light, youths throwing nail bombs; a little group of troops firing back; a shriek from a young soldier: 'You got 'im.' Another yell as if a goal had been scored at Wembley.

In May, a soldier in command of one group of troops who were alleged to have forced one of the alleged victims into the Shatt al-Basra waterway told the investigations that he was unaware of such a practice.

Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford did not comply with Brigadier MacLellan's order to tackle rioters by sending one group of troops into William Street "but not to conduct a running battle down Rossville Street".

The resulting strategy, an officer said, was "to wear us down," to harass and ambush both small and large groups of troops.

The government also adopted some guerrilla tactics from the Tamil Tigers, using small groups of troops to penetrate deep into the jungle and assassinate rebel leaders.

In recent weeks, the American military has been monitoring Libyan troops with U-2 spy planes and a high-altitude Global Hawk drone, as well as a special aircraft, JSTARS, that tracks the movements of large groups of troops.

They were also assigned small groups of troops, who served as an escort while providing close defence against enemy attacks.

Large groups of troops from the divisions were captured as they attempted to return to North Korea, including up to 3,000 North Korean troops.