He, along with the local militiamen protected the village from numerous Dagestani invasions.

Their forces were driven back by a "hail of bullets" from the local militiamen which lasted for half an hour.

The local communities did not want to pay national taxes to cover the Army pensions, when the local militiamen received none.

The reporters were paying up to $900 a day for a fixer and a carload - or two - of local militiamen to guard them.

In July 1794, approximately 7,000 local militiamen marched on Pittsburgh, whose citizens they believed supported the tax.

He said the rebels began shooting first but he blamed local militiamen for much of the chaotic violence that followed.

His force consisted of 667 Kentuckians and about 100 local French-speaking militiamen.

The local Serbian militiamen refused to show the drivers how to negotiate the route, and several trucks were damaged when they hit mines.

The following month, on February 14, an Israeli convoy exchanged fire with local militiamen and withdrew.

The initial stage of the uprising also received a moral boost from the defection of local militiamen.