Sentence examples for troops in response to from inspiring English sources

In a little-reported remark at a public event in November 2015, Hillary Clinton openly said the US would have to send ground troops in response to Isis.

A1 Britain said it dispatched the troops in response to a request from the United States for forces trained in arctic and mountain warfare.

Macdonald pulls us down to grass level at night, then back up to the ramparts, where Marcus rouses his sleepy troops in response to the merest rustle.

It has held for a long time, since President George Washington called out 13,000 troops in response to the Whiskey Rebellion.

But he effectively further narrowed the field of nations that might be willing to send peacekeeping troops in response to an invitation issued a week ago by Donald H. Rumsfeld, the American defense secretary.

But the Pentagon is already planning to send more than 20,000 additional troops in response to a request from Gen. David D. McKiernan, the top commander in Afghanistan.

Officials said the troops fired in response to "aggression" as they tried to make an arrest.

Cyprus has been split in two since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded in response to a short-lived pro-Greek coup.

Cyprus, an eastern Mediterranean island with a population of 750,000, has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded in response to a brief Greek-inspired coup.

It also implied it would be reducing troop numbers in response to the Indian redeployment.

Russian troops invaded Crimea year ago in response to the Euromaidan protests in Kiev.