Many of the Irish infantrymen deserted.

" Many of the forces deserted with their arms and remained at their homes.

Many of the farms there became deserted ( øygarder ), which remained vacant until the late 17th century.

Many of the farmers deserted Winburg for the Transvaal.

Many of the men mutinied and then deserted refusing to serve under any other commander.

Many of the militiamen deserted and joined Monmouth's army, before he fought another skirmish on the 15th at Axminster.

Many of the men, who believed that they were participating in an armed demonstration, not an actual rebellion, now deserted in the face of actual violence.

Many of the Republican soldiers had already surrendered to Caesar in previous campaigns and had then deserted his army to rejoin Pompeius: they would fight with desperation, fearing that they would not be pardoned a second time ( indeed Caesar had executed prisoners at his last major victory, at Thapsus ).

Many men deserted in order to join another U. S. unit and get a second enlistment bonus.

Many of Dorr's followers deserted him and he fled the state on May 18, 1842, after a bungled attack on the Providence arsenal ( which Dorr's father and younger brother, partisans of the " Law and Order " faction, were helping defend ) led to the rebellion's disintegration.

Many rebels deserted, and smaller units spun off into semi-banditry.

Many of the militia deserted, taking their modern weapons and joining their fellow tribesmen in attacking the remaining posts.

Many recruits deserted with their new weapons and boots, and by October 1944 their number had dwindled to around 3500.

Many businesses also deserted the island.

Many Malgré-nous deserted the Wehrmacht in order to join the French Resistance or escape to Switzerland, thereby running the risk of having their families sent to work or concentration camps by the Germans.

Many of the soldiers ordered to report to Zhuo Commandery deserted.

Many of the sailors were foreign born and either deserted or were discharged at the end of their enlistment when the war broke out.

Many enlisted men deserted, taking their weapons with them.

Many of the villages have lost population and have become deserted while the district capital has gained in population.

Many farms were deserted and rents and taxes suffered.

Many reservists – who were drawn from all the Yugoslav republics, including Croatia – refused to report for duty, and many serving soldiers deserted rather than fight.

Many of his people deserted.

Many Hindu chiefs deserted the cause of Babur.

Many fighters deserted including one general who left the battle and took his entire unit with him.

Many of the facilities at Ellis Island were abandoned and remain unrenovated.

Many of the inhabitants fought, escaped to the jungle, or fled to the safety of passing Dutch ships This Spanish action was counterproductive as English, Dutch, and French pirates were now free to establish bases on the island's abandoned northern and western coasts, where wild cattle were now plentiful and free.

Many areas, especially abandoned, formerly private farms, have become overgrown with low-value alders and other scrub trees.

Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe.

Many such abandoned vessels have been extensively salvaged.

Many small rivers were altered or abandoned after the upper Ohio River formed.

Many of the citizens of Attica abandoned their farms and moved inside the long walls, which connected Athens to its port of Piraeus.

Many of these carefully collected scientific data had been lost during the ill-fated journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, two crew members sent on a mission by Amundsen, but they were later retrieved by Russian scientist Nikolay Urvantsev as they lay abandoned on the Kara Sea shores.

Many anarchist squats in Greece have an abandoned garden nearby which the occupants often re-purpose as a free garden to grow organic vegetables.

Many Trabants were abandoned after 1989.

Many old abandoned structures feature hazards such as unstable structures, unsafe floors, asbestos, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, exposed electrical wires and entrapment hazards.

Many airstrips ( now mostly abandoned ) were built on the hundreds of islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Many of the forts were abandoned, or removed from use, soon after construction.

Many of Humphrey's liberal friends and allies over the years abandoned him because of his refusal to publicly criticize Johnson's Vietnam War policies.

Many ancient villages had to be abandoned during construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China, leading to displacement of many rural people.

Many abandoned towns and settlements in the former Soviet Union were established near Gulag concentration camps to supply necessary services.

Many of the small settlements have now disappeared, so that the countryside is far emptier than was formerly the case, and many areas which were formerly farmed are now abandoned.

Many small gambling houses cropped up in abandoned temples or shrines at the edge of towns and villages all over Japan.

Many of the foreign parties that were fraternal parties aligned with the Chinese government before 1975 either disbanded, abandoned the new Chinese government entirely, or even renounced Marxism-Leninism and developed into non-communist, social democratic parties.

Many travelers would salvage discarded items, picking up essentials or leaving behind their lower quality item when a better one was found abandoned along the road.

Many had abandoned the farms altogether ; many more waged resistance to collectivization by poor work quality and pilfering.

Many of the Dutch settlements were lost or abandoned by the end of that century, but the Netherlands managed to retain possession of Suriname until it gained independence in 1975, as well as the former Netherlands Antilles, of which the islands remain within the Kingdom of the Netherlands today.

Many bores are unregulated or abandoned, resulting in considerable water wastage.

Many Hobbits followed them, and most of the territory they had settled in the Third Age was abandoned.