Sentence examples for increase in troops from inspiring English sources

In Nov., 1965 Gen. Westmoreland asked for a staggering increase in troops.

However, he disappointed many MPs by not announcing an increase in troops in the Falklands.

In Kabul, an increase in troops was generally seen as a gesture of welcome strength.

Expenses like an overall increase in troops were paid from the base defense budget, not the war bills.

Panicked by heavy shelling and the increase in troops and artillery, villagers having been fleeing their border homes.

He said the Bush administration did not act on a request for an increase in troops for Afghanistan for seven months.

Democrats are doubtful about the usefulness of an increase in troop levels.

A 10% increase in troop numbers looks like the military Keynesianism favoured by Ronald Reagan.

Analysts expect the proposed increase in troop strength, a middle-ground solution, to pass without trouble.

But commanders are planning to capitalize on the overlap, which offers a natural, if temporary, increase in troop strength.

President George W. Bush, and to a greater extent President Obama, responded with a major increase in troop levels.