They pushed back the defenders, who consisted of some French troops and 400 men of the civic guard.

In 1652, he became a captain in the civic guard, charged with an infantry company.

A civic guard, composed of mounted hunters and artillery, was formed.

The schutterij, civic guard, or town watch, was a defensive military support system for the local civic authority.

According to one account: "Following the war of independence, the civic guard became an instrument of political manipulation placed in liberal hands."

The mayors of Amsterdam had the civic guard called out, the bridges raised, the gates closed and the artillery dragged into position.

The two great civic guards and idols, he thought, papers and moneys.

The trouble with the strikers at Borinage has led to the calling out of the civic guard.

Violent conflicts have taken place between the civic guard and rioters in Mons.

There were finally seven strikers killed by the civic guard of Mons.