Organised into patrols of 4 to 8 men: each patrol was a self-contained cell, expected to be self-sufficient.

He posted patrols of six men along all the major roads leading south.

And as he watched, an armed patrol of three uniformed men stepped from the shadows and challenged them.

I never send out patrols of fewer than thirty men.

You'll have ten patrols of four men reporting to you - except you're really there to back them up and protect them.

Lieutenant Cahill, with a patrol of ten men, was scouting to the north.

Following the raid, the Japanese sent patrols of up to 90 men into the foothills, destroying the camp at Butu.

The villages mentioned had to supply a nightly patrol of fourteen men, who made their rounds on horseback.

About two hundred yards away, a Japanese patrol of three men were encountered who were already at the barge.

Every little while the patrol of six men walked down the street, peering about, and each man carried a long flashlight.