Sentence examples for was garrisoned from inspiring English sources
noun
A permanent military post.
It was garrisoned by the French in 1833.
It was garrisoned first by marines, and then by Italians and Romanians.
It stood 12 ft. high, and was garrisoned at six points with cannon.
This fort, still under construction, was garrisoned by U.S. troops under Major Robert Anderson.
The town was garrisoned by the French against Italian intrusion from nearby Libya.
He began the construction near Fort-Saint-Frédéric of a larger fort, which was garrisoned but never completed.
Thereafter other buildings were erected on the island, and the first permanent army detachment was garrisoned there in 1859.
The islets, administered by Spain since 1673, are uninhabited, although Peñón de Alhucemas was garrisoned until 1961.
Until about ad 73 the site was garrisoned by Roman soldiers; during the Second Jewish Revolt (132 135), rebels under Bar Kokhba were based there.
Therefore, "It is absolutely indispensable that the country be garrisoned with troops as thickly as possible".
The reforms overturned a constitutional stricture against foreign soldiers being garrisoned in Nicaragua, Téllez pointed out.
