Sentence examples for organized a defense force from inspiring English sources

John Rutledge, recently elected president of the General Assembly that remained as the backbone of South Carolina's revolutionary government, organized a defense force under the command of 46-year-old Colonel William Moultrie, a former militiaman and Indian fighter.

In response, the North Vietnamese Special Forces organized a defense around the TACAN site, and hid their dead and wounded comrades under the large rocks which dotted Phou Pha Thi.

The English, with advance warning of the expedition, organized a defense at the head of the Flint River and routed the Spanish-led force, with upwards of 500 Spanish-led Indians killed or captured.

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Republicans in the House of Representatives have now stepped in to organize a defense of the law.

It takes time to research, collect evidence, and organize a defense.

Mr. Khan had worked hard against the Taliban, his friend said, organizing a defense team, or lashkar, for his village.

The G.O.P.'s strategy is to rush this thing through before the other side has time to organize a defense.

She had been given no opportunity to organize a defense.

Caught in the open and unable to organize a defense, he fell back each time to his home territory.

Lieutenant Governor Hector Cramahé, in charge of Quebec's defenses while Carleton was in Montreal, organized a militia force of several hundred to defend the town in September.