Sentence examples for last contingent of from inspiring English sources

The military action came less than three years after the last contingent of US troops exited the country.

On May 29 the perimeter of Dunkirk was forming and the last contingent of Allied troops was evacuated on the night of June 3-4.

Shelling has been audible in central Donetsk for the past few days, as rebel forces attempt to flush out the last contingent of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk airport.

The fleet left the Dardanelles on 1 July, and crossed the Aegean Sea to the port of Methone, where it was joined by the last contingents of troops.

Only the last contingent, veterans of the Peninsular War, could be safely trusted in a crisis.

Although the Confederation of Bar stubbornly pursued its struggle until its last contingent was defeated at Częstochowa (Aug. 18, 1772), it failed to overthrow Stanisław or to end Russian domination over Polish affairs.

And then we dealt with the last contingent which was the media scrum on the front door".

The last remaining contingent of Nato-led forces is due to leave by the end of the year, having handed over security to Afghan forces.

Some of the regulars said they were going, and at the last moment a large contingent of sweaty guys in shorts headed for a cramped room in an N.Y.U.

A letter issued in Washington by Americas Watch, a human rights organization, said that for the last several days, a large contingent of soldiers had surrounded the Jesuit university grounds and that a group of soldiers had searched the rectory where the priests were killed.

Amid all that Dodger blue — the jerseys, the T-shirts, the World Series caps from this season and last — there was a rowdy contingent of red-clad Boston Red Sox fans Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, where the home team lost its second World Series in a row.