Sentence examples for serious desertion from inspiring English sources

The heavy desertions from the division were the main reason for the move from north-east Bosnia to northern Croatia, but it made matters worse: the Bosnians were very reluctant to leave Bosnia and the already serious desertion rate became a flood when the move began on 16 October 1944.

He rigorously enforced military discipline, often punishing transgressions with the lash, but also sometimes hanging those convicted of serious offenses like desertion.

So Bergdahl's alleged desertion would appear to be potentially serious, but hardly comparable to the crimes Jenkins copped to, upon leaving North Korea and presenting himself for court-martial at Camp Zama, as a 64-year-old sergeant (busted down to private as part of the deal).

Instead, Australian soldiers received prison sentences, including hard labour and life imprisonment, for desertion as well as for other serious offences, including manslaughter, assault and theft.

"I have pleaded guilty to desertion," he says, "which is a pretty serious offence..

In San Francisco the bursting of the dot-com bubble, following upon the withdrawal of important corporate headquarters like Chevron and Bank of America and followed by the desertion of all the tourists, has laid some serious waste.

The crisis created by the desertions and other problems with the Basra operation was serious enough that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki hastily began funneling some 10,000 recruits from local Shiite tribes into his armed forces.

He has repeatedly requested more serious arms from the West in order to equip his forces, which have been weakened thanks to desertions and intense fighting with ISIS and other militias.

DESERTION, by Abdulrazak Gurnah.

Desertion rates are high.

11 desertion of the Taliban.