In September the same year, major Hector Munro executed 24 or 25 "ring leaders" who caused a battalion to desert (the desertion being on account of "lack of rewards", "scarcity of provisions" and problems with climate and disease).
When Teresa was left by her husband she'd felt humiliated by the desertion.
The desertion of former friends and allies appears to have left the president depressed and isolated.
Two years ago, few predicted the scale of the desertion of Scottish Labour for the SNP.
And we're actually seeing an increase now in the desertion rates in these fighters.
The desertion spurred the remaining seven to attack earlier than they had intended.
Given the desertion by members of his party, Tsipras contemplated calling a vote of confidence for his government.
A second shift involves the desertion of the traditional divisions between public and private, the collective and the market.
Last week, Rousseff's ruling coalition was weakened by the desertion of the Democratic Labor party and the Brazilian Labor party.
But the strength of the gradualist strategy was its ability to survive the desertion of its founders.
The desertion of their father does not seem to have had the same devastating effect on Sal's elder brother, Carson.
