The troops lacked training and uniforms, sickness was rife and there were too few experienced officers.

This meant his troops lacked adequate warm clothing and preparations for a longer campaign when they began their attack.

Apraxin began to march on Königsberg, as his troops lacked supplies and suffered attrition.

It wasn't that the British troops lacked guts or spirit.

The troops also lacked training and discipline, while the defense works were dilapidated due to years of negligence.

Using wholly incompatible weapons systems and riven by language difficulties, the troops lack the capacity to fight as coordinated units.

As these troops are lacking in resources, Confederate forces manage to stall them long enough for the Camp guards to murder all the blacks.

But it will ignore repeated complaints that the troops lack armor.

Mercenaries, private troops and their magnate leaders were lacking in discipline and morale.

Our troops would once again be lacking dieir King, and what could I tell them?