Sentence examples for muster troops from inspiring English sources

And because he held Scotland's borders for 14 years, we can assume he had the ability to muster troops.

France, which is also tainted by complicity in the Rwandan slaughter, has said it can muster troops to maintain order until the U.N. can field a plausible force, but only on the condition that other nations join in.

The report independently confirmed through various sources states that Nigeria's military headquarters had been warned of the impending attack, "but an inability to muster troops — due to poor resources and a reported fear of engaging with the often better-equipped armed groups — meant that reinforcements were not deployed to Chibok that night".

The group's representative at the summit, the foreign minister of Ivory Coast, Daniel Kablan Duncan, suggested that it would need help in mustering troops from two neighboring, nonmember countries, Algeria and Mauritania.

Many Kazakhs were alarmed when, in August, Mr Putin humiliated Kazakhstan by saying the country had no history and then mustering troops for exercises near the border.But the common market has slashed the number of bribe-hungry customs agents between China and Europe (at the Kazakh-Russian and Russian-Belarusian borders).

As the U.N. ricocheted from one killing field to another during this period, its effectiveness was hobbled not only by the difficulty of mustering troops and matériel but by the Security Council's antipathy toward crossing "the Mogadishu line" from strictly neutral peacekeeping to overt taking of sides.

When spies informed Hewlett that Parsons was mustering troops at Fairfield, he set his force to improving the defenses, building a breastwork six feet (about 2 meters) high at a distance of 30 feet all around the meeting house.

That is, if its member countries, many of which have serious security problems of their own to tackle, can muster enough troops and agree on a plan of action.

He needs that clout to ensure that the division gets the right platforms and powertrains and to muster the troops so that new vehicles are launched on time.

If it's possible to muster those troops purely in support of Cavendish - and I'm sure it is - then they have a fantastic opportunity here.

"I am looking for a debate to take place probably in May or June next year, because that will give both the pro-life and pro-choice MPs time to muster their troops, prepare their arguments and prepare their debate.