"militia" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Even though many of them were untried cadets or untrained militia, they were highly motivated, well-equipped troops supported by tanks and heavy artillery.
- The instant panic that ensued among the untrained militia was a disaster.
- Faced with such opposition, Van Horne ordered a retreat, whereupon the untrained American militia scattered in a panic.
- The decreased presence of Union troops in the West left behind untrained militias; hostile tribes used the opportunity to attack settlers.
- The combatants on both sides were untrained militia, few if any in uniform.
- Even if the Confederate army outnumbered the Habsburgs, they were an untrained militia against a force of well-equipped and trained knights.
- The sight of the oncoming disciplined Redcoats, bayonets glistening, rattled the untrained militia.
- Hard-core Sandinista guerrillas numbered perhaps 2,000 to 3,000; untrained popular militias and foreign supporters added several thousand more to this total.
- The decreased presence of Union troops in the West left behind untrained militias which encouraged native uprisings and skirmishes with settlers.
- As he hesitated, the Confederacy and Union moved two forces toward each other, mostly of untrained or poorly trained militias.
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