Sentence examples for unit of troops from inspiring English sources

A battalion of 774 Nigerian troops, which had been part of a peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone, is expected to be the vanguard unit of troops on the ground.

The diplomats said that one obvious target for the new bombing would be the Taliban's 55 Brigade, a unit of troops seconded to the Taliban forces from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organization.

The narrative concerns a demoralised unit of troops stationed in Samarra manning a checkpoint; they are at risk of death every day from what the British call roadside bombs, and the Americans IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices.

Francis Adamson Kiyonga told the BBC an elite unit of troops was targeting civilians and at least 15 people have been killed since April.

In order to avoid detection, al-Hajj Muhammad would not command a large unit of troops.

Upon seeing the effectiveness of these troops, Charles Minot Dole, the president of the National Ski Patrol, began to lobby the War Department of the need for a similar unit of troops in the United States Army, trained for fighting in winter and mountain warfare.

At that point Stalingrad became the scene of some of the fiercest and most-concentrated fighting of the war; streets, blocks, and individual buildings were fought over by many small units of troops and often changed hands again and again.

At this point Stalingrad became the scene of some of the fiercest and most concentrated fighting of the war; streets, blocks, and individual buildings were fought over by many small units of troops and often changed hands again and again.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Chemical warfare unit of 300 troops.

He was a brigadier general in a Missouri unit of Confederate troops and served in the Confederate Congress.

Only Grytviken is inhabited, usually with two married couples and a small unit of British troops living year round.