Sentence examples for inferior forces from inspiring English sources

With greatly inferior forces, Russia could not afford to confront Napoleon head on.

On the other hand, many generalizations in history have a high degree of probability but are not certain including the likely result of going into battle with far inferior forces.

The United States was itself an invention based on a set of disruptive ideas; its Revolution succeeded partly because of the strength of those ideas in the face of a seemingly immutable power that never expected the attack by inferior forces.

who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

Three and a half months since the Iraqi army was spectacularly routed in northern Iraq by a far inferior force of Isis fighters, it is still seeing bases overrun because it fails to supply them with ammunition, food and water.

Trinh-Duc was not the only man supplanted by an inferior force.

The senior officer of those brigades was later criticized severely for being delayed by such an inferior force.

Greene divided his inferior force, sending part of his army under Daniel Morgan to threaten the British post at Ninety Six, South Carolina.

After the battle, certain individuals were honored above the others for their bravery in assisting the numerically inferior force.

The Battle of Yarmouk can be seen as an example in military history where an inferior force manages to overcome a superior force by superior generalship.

Li Shimin, however, was content to remain in his powerful defensive position from which his numerically inferior force could easily hold the Xia at bay.