They worked in the sense that he was never able to rebuild his conventional army.

He abandons much of central Ulster to rebuild his army.

Bahram stayed in northern India for over a year, rebuilding his army.

General Maude spent the rest of 1916 rebuilding his army.

Meanwhile Heraclius prepared for a counterattack and rebuilt his army.

With characteristic energy, he quickly rebuilt his army.

There are reports already that he is rebuilding his army, finding covert ways to acquire new weapons.

It must take time to rebuild their army.

If you can find him, try to Read how far he has progressed in rebuilding his army.

This gave Russia time to rebuild and modernize its army.