In many cases those troops are simply going home, or defecting en masse if they contain local contingents.

Black troops in Leclerc's army defected to their old commanders, and the Governor-General had a mere 2,000 men at hand against the rebels' 10,000.

Many Dutch troops also defected, repudiating their allegiance to the French.

His troops soon defected him, sneaking into Tbilisi.

The White House was surrounded by the military but the troops defected in the face of mass popular demonstrations.

The ICU claimed over 600 troops have defected since February 2006.

His troops promptly defected.

On 29 April 1945, this mission was so successful that 600 troops defected behind Italian lines and withdrew their support from the Germans.

According to accounts in Soviet newspapers, some posts were overwhelmed within hours by guerrillas, while troops at others defected.

But his troops were defecting in droves to the dissidents.