Instead, the British Army will draft an extra 3,500 soldiers into its already large military contingent guarding the games, meaning that some soldiers will have their homecoming leave canceled as they return from Afghanistan so that they can check the tickets and purses of Games-goers.
Cornwallis, who had been planning to return to Britain, had his leave canceled.
With leave canceled and all men brought to the front, his fighting force appeared to be on a war footing.
TOUR CANCELED -- Mikhail Baryshnikov, left, has canceled his fall international tour after injuring his knee during rehearsals, requiring an emergency operation.
Mr. Bashir, left, abruptly canceled his planned trip to attend the Central African Republic's independence celebrations on Wednesday.
To fill the vacancies left by canceled games, FoxSports Detroit has shifted telecasts of the Pistons from its high-definition channel to the main FoxSports channel.
With an N.F.L. work stoppage looming this summer, the U.F.L. attempted a desperation pass: it announced plans to play on Sundays in August, hoping to fill a void left by canceled N.F.L. preseason games.
The Brazilian real estate developer Mario Garnero, left, has canceled plans to build the world's tallest building in the center of Sao Paulo after the project's financial backers pulled out of the $1.65 billion deal.
Anthony had told them that he'd had his leave cancelled, but Roy was sure that he'd volunteered to stay.
But spare a thought to the hundreds of service men and women who had their Christmas leave cancelled, mostly on Christmas Eve, to head to the North and provide much-needed assistance to organisations like the police and the Environment Agency, organisations that should be better equipped and funded to deal with this themselves.
