Sentence examples for were ordered to abandon from inspiring English sources

The peacekeepers were ordered to abandon the school in order to escort foreigners to the airport and out of Rwanda.

All my units ran into trouble and were ordered to abandon the base and withdraw with any usable equipment to a pickup point to the northeast.

But, unable to bear the thought of leaving his animals to starve, he stayed put and joined the handful of residents who continue to live in the contaminated homes they were ordered to abandon.

Alas, reminding us why politicians should never meddle in sport, they were ordered to abandon the enterprise by the then French sports minister, despite their protestations that it had "great emotional value".

In late April the MSG Marines were ordered to abandon Marshall Hall/Marine House, their billet at 204 Hong Thap Tu Street (now 204 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street), and move into the recreation area in the Embassy compound.

The major was ordered to abandon his position, and the Burmese took the hill.

In 1616, Galileo had been ordered to abandon his Copernican ideas.

On January 20, all across Breslau the civilian population is ordered to abandon the city immediately.

They sought shelter there precisely because of the UN peacekeepers, but Lemaire was ordered to abandon the school.

He said he was ordered to abandon his stress physiology project when Mexico was heavily lobbying the Clinton administration to relax its dolphin-safe rules.

Upon Howard's death a few weeks later, Taylor was ordered to abandon the fort and retreat to Saint Louis.