While Government officials wait to see how the rebels react, thousands of troops must be kept in the field.
But he also kept them in the field when he knew they could carry it home.
We keep them in the big field until the weather turns.
Keeps his own small army in the field, most of the year.
Indians lacked the resources to keep an army in the field for an extended period of time.
Sometimes it simply is not possible to keep all the relevant players in the visual field at once.
They live for war, keeping a professional class in the field at all times, supported by the rest of their people.
Keep it in the field permanently instead of only where it's needed.
Although it has kept the odd proposal here and there in the social field, its general direction is negative.
No troops will be kept in the field except two hundred light infantry and the horse.