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Although the limitanei were a militia of sorts and perhaps looked down upon by the rest of the more discliplined Roman legions, they were nonetheless a fairly well equipped and trained, division of infantry for their time, especially in relation to other standing armies of the day fielded by Rome's Germanic, Celtic, Iranic, and Eastern neighbours, collectively referred to as Barbarians by the Romans themselves.
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Although Andrew Jackson served as a courier in a militia unit at age thirteen, Monroe is regarded as the last U. S. President who was a Revolutionary War veteran, since he served as an officer of the Continental Army and took part in combat.
Although muster rolls were prepared as late as 1820, the element of compulsion was abandoned, and the militia was transformed into a volunteer force.
Although the militia consists of all able-bodied men, the federally organized militia may consist of a subset of them "( 23 ).
Although it performed poorly in the offensive against Canada, the small force of regulars backed by a well-armed militia, accomplished its defensive mission well.
Although the Yellow Turbans were defeated, many generals appointed during the crisis never disbanded their assembled militia forces and used these troops to amass power outside of the collapsing imperial authority.
Although the Lenape denied the charges, the militia held a council and voted to kill them.
Although there were many skirmishes between the police, militia, and the strikers, only 2 people died and relatively few were injured on either side.
Although the British correspondents were amazed at the courageousness and impetuosity of their attack, the assault of the Russian army was handicapped by poor organization and lack of experienced soldiers which, due to Sevastopol, forced their corps to consist mostly of militia.
Although Titokowaru's forces were numerically small and initially outnumbered in battle 12 to one by government troops, the ferocity of their attacks provoked fear among settlers and prompted the resignation and desertion of many militia volunteers, ultimately leading to the withdrawal of most government military forces from South Taranaki and giving Titokowaru control of almost all territory between New Plymouth and Wanganui.
Although the militia soon dispersed, the show of force on the part of the provincials had a lasting effect on Gage and he subsequently grew more cautious in his actions.
Although Benjamin Lincoln raised a militia force and put down the rebellion, it highlighted the weakness of both the military and defects in the Articles of Confederation that hampered Congressional ability to act on the matter.
Although Pattison had ordered the Pennsylvania militia to muster on July 6, he had not formally charged it with doing anything.
Although he held the rank of Major General in the New York state militia, Van Rensselaer had never commanded troops in battle, and was in fact considered the leading Federalist candidate for the governorship of New York.
Although his decision to retreat with his few regulars was accepted by his superiors ( and his American opponents ) to be correct in military terms, it left the local militia, the Assembly of Upper Canada and the population of York feeling abandoned and aggrieved.
Although initially successful he was forced to retreat again by the end of March, when the militia and Maori kupapa forces under Captain Gilbert Mair got themselves mobilized.
Although still under administration of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1525 there was an autonomous Serb militia stationed in the fort.
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Although it had been more than 12 years since the last military action against Māori in Taranaki, and despite the lack of any threat of violence by the inhabitants of Parihaka, Major Charles Stapp, commander of the Taranaki Volunteers, declared that every man in the province between 17 and 55 years was now on active service in the militia.
Although the Modoc initially had no trouble with European Americans, after the murders of settlers in a raid by the Pit River Tribe, European-American militia, not familiar with the Indian peoples, in revenge attacked an innocent Modoc village, killing men, women and children.
Although he intuited that the arrival of Paul Revere on December 13, 1774 was likely to cause trouble, he was unable to prevent the local militia, now effectively under control of the revolutionary committees, from marching on Fort William and Mary the next day and seizing the provincial armaments and gunpowder.
Although on 2 September 1999, the militia commander Ibn Al-Khattab announced that " The mujahideen of Dagestan are going to carry out reprisals in various places across Russia ," on 14 September he denied responsibility for the blasts, adding that he was fighting the Russian army, not women and children.
Although Washington and his aides arrived from the command post at Harlem Heights soon after the landing began, they were unable to rally the retreating militia.
Although at first a newly created military unit, the Joint Battalion, took action against Laskar Jihad in Maluku, it was replaced in mid-2001 by Kopassus, which was more sympathetic towards the militia.
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