Sentence examples for sent a battalion from inspiring English sources

Nine months ago, South Africa sent a battalion to guard local politicians in Burundi.

On Thursday military officials sent a battalion of soldiers, a tank and two armored personnel carries to Marawi, in preparation for a rescue operation.

The Iraqis initially sent a battalion from their Eighth Army Division, along with police forces, but they were quickly overwhelmed, according to an Iraqi commander at the scene.

The Americans also sent a battalion to do a simultaneous raid on a farming compound in Husseiniya, a village nine miles northeast of Karbala.

The operation began when the Afghan Army sent a battalion of about 300 men from the First Brigade, 201st Army Corps, into a village called Bad Pakh, in Laghman Province, which is adjacent to the troubled border province of Kunar.

In one cataclysmic night, the gods sent a battalion of fire and earthquakes so intense that the Utopian kingdom of Atlantis sank deep into the ocean, never to be found again.

In addition, Turkey has sent a battalion-sized force into Bashiqa in northern Iraq, ostensibly to train Sunni militias.

"Instead of sending a battalion of soldiers, send a battalion of diplomats and experts.

It is still unclear which countries will replace the Dutch, but Mr. Holbrooke noted that Georgia would be sending a battalion to Afghanistan in April.

NATO officials plan to send a battalion of about a thousand troops to each Baltic nation and Poland, about 4,000 in total.

It is to be hoped, therefore, that the US will reconsider its plans to send a battalion of troops to Ukraine next month to start training Ukrainian forces.