Sentence examples for split his force from inspiring English sources

Even before leaving the main roads en route to Paintsville, he had split his force in two.

The British lost about 850 men and a roughly equal number of native allies at Isandhlwana (pronounced is-sandal-WAH-na) on Jan . 22 , 1879after Lord Chelmsford, their commander, misguessed the Zulus' strength and location and split his force.

Here the archduke split his force into four columns.

Hoping to delay General Tryon until overwhelming reinforcements arrived, General Wooster split his force.

In response, Bickerton split his force, sending the frigate HMS Melpomene after the southern group and following Savary himself in Terrible.

During the fighting the Viet Cong company commander Nguyen Van Bao had split his force into two, allocating one platoon to fight the advancing Australians, and the other two to protect the headquarters.

To prevent this, Lee split his forces and ordered General Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson to march around Pope's right flank; in two days Jackson had captured Pope's supply depot at Manassas and had safely hidden his three divisions in a nearby wood.

Here, Rozhestvensky split his forces.

Tahip would split his forces into two parts, one under his command, and the other under his subordinate, Hamza Pasha.

For some reason, Varinius seems to have split his forces under the command of his subordinates Furius and Cossinius.

Tahip was not intimidated and split his forces in two in the plains of Meçad, with his elite forces covering his flanks.