Sentence examples for guardsmen of from inspiring English sources

But by far the heaviest toll has been taken by Iraqi policemen and national guardsmen, of whom nearly 150 have been killed, many by bombs.

With characteristic shrewdness, Moore recognised his neutral role by wearing an American-style forage cap throughout the campaign, discarding his Royal Marine green beret, which could have been provocative to the guardsmen of 5 Brigade.

But with the crisis now a long-term confrontation, guardsmen of the 117th have been coming home in recent days in small groups on transport planes or flying their sleek, matte-gray F-4 fighter jets for the 16-hour return flight.

If not, Plan B is to cremate the remains, and scatter his ashes on Horse Guards Parade before the Trooping the Colour with due dignity and ceremony, and the guardsmen of Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards - his descendants - can tramp his ashes into the welts of their boots on one of the nation's most famous parade grounds, 200 years later.

Revolutionary guardsmen of the Islamic Republic of Iran capture and detain sailors of the greatest navy in the world and display them on their knees with their hands behinds their heads.

This is not the case of a few guardsmen out of step or a few trumpeters out of tune.

Saturday evening, Mr. Zigo was in a convoy in the Central Ward when a fusillade forced the guardsmen out of their unarmored vehicles.

The unit's most desperate action occurred 21 years later, on May 6 1527, when 147 guardsmen - out of 189 - were killed in a defensive action that enabled Pope Clement VII to escape from attacking Spanish forces.

There are Japanese government coast guardsmen on some of the vessels, and the government, according to a variety of news reports, denied any shooting, as well.

Still, for a fair number of guardsmen, many of whom never expected to see overseas combat, no amount of preparation will soothe their anxiety about the dangers that lay ahead.

In 1924 they joined the Theatre Guild and with The Guardsman of that year were celebrated enthusiastically as the bright couple of the Broadway stage.