Abd al-Rahman must have sensed that time was against him as food and water became scarce, and his troops morale likely came into question.

It is often misunderstood that guerrilla warfare must involve disguising as civilians to cause enemy troops to fail in telling friend from foe.

::: The territorial army and the other troops which cannot be classed as troops of the line must never, without the consent of the Storting, be employed outside the borders of the Realm.

To be entitled to prisoner-of-war status, captured service members must be lawful combatants entitled to combatant's privilege — which gives them immunity from punishment for crimes constituting lawful acts of war such as killing enemy troops.

Including confirmed military dead from all causes: Army 1, 900, 876, Navy 34, 836, Colonial troops 1, 185 and an estimated 100, 000 missing and presumed dead-To these figures we must add an additional 14, 000 African conscript deaths during the war.

** French President Charles De Gaulle states that French troops will be taken out of NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year.

However, the Spartans delay sending troops to Marathon because religious requirements ( the Carnea ) mean they must wait for the full moon.

Arminius then left under the pretext of drumming up Germanic forces to support the Roman campaign, but instead led his troops, who must have been waiting in the vicinity, in attacks on surrounding Roman garrisons.

Because a drought has affected the grain supply, Caesar's troops must winter among the rebellious Belgic tribes.

Vercingetorix tells his troops that they must adopt a new strategy: burn all the towns and crops in the area so as to starve the Romans.

It is assumed that this tactical advantage cannot be sustained for very long, so paratroopers must either use the supplies of the enemy, be continuously resupplied by air or wait to be relieved by ground troops.

If so, he must have been sorely disappointed ; while the entire Province of Ulster and most of the Province of Connacht failed to provide the High King with troops, they did not, with the exception of a single ruler in Ulster, provide support for Máel Morda either.

Finally, he sent Hull a letter demanding his surrender, in which he stated, in part, " It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences.

Washizu knows he must kill all his enemies, so he tells his troops of the last prophecy, and they share his confidence.

No army in the world can tolerate such conditions for any length of time, but in the interests of the security and protection of its own troops it must take sharp, energetic measures.

Other examples are Joan's confession of where she got her sword ( 1. 2. 100 – 101 ); the Mayor's last two lines at the Tower ( 1. 3. 89 – 90 ); Talbot's " My thoughts are whirl'd like a potter's wheel ./ I know not where I am nor what I do ./ A witch, by fear, not force, like Hannibal ,/ Drives back our troops and conquers as she lists " ( 1. 6. 19 – 22 ); some of Mortimer's monologue prior to the arrival of Richard ( 2. 5. 22 – 32 ); Richard's " Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue ,/ Lest it be said, ' Speak, sirrah, when you should :/ Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords?

* President of the UN Security Council says that Iraq's demands are unacceptable and that the country must withdraw its troops from the Kuwait border.

It was a happy thing for the troops, that they did not succeed in getting into the Pa. Had they accomplished their object, from the construction of the Pa the poor fellows must all have fallen.

" Gage himself wrote after the Powder Alarm, " If force is to be used at length, it must be a considerable one, and foreign troops must be hired, for to begin with small numbers will encourage resistance, and not terrify ; and will in the end cost more blood and treasure.

A Minneapolis Post article in August 2008 summarized his position as: " He believes the prospects are good for a drawdown of U. S. troops, but it must be done based on conditions on the ground as reported by commanders in the field, not according to an ' arbitrary ' timetable set for ' political ' reasons in Washington.

The sudden descent of a blinding dust-storm did nothing to improve the morale or organisation of the Byzantine forces, though it must have confused the Seljuk troops also.

A killing field, in military science, is an area in front of a defensive position that the enemy must cross during an assault and is specifically intended to allow the defending troops to incapacitate a large number of the enemy.

and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old South.

Thirteen Italian airmen who went to the Congo to serve the cause of peace under the United Nations banner have instead met violent death at the hands of Congolese troops supposedly their friends.

Somehow, the pictures and stories of Soviet T-34 tanks on Cuban beaches and Russian Mig jet fighters strafing rebel troops has brought home to all of us the stark, blunt truth of what it means to have a Russian military base 90 miles away from home.

In answering these questions, we need to ask not merely whether Communist troops have crossed over into territories they did not occupy before, and not merely whether disciplined agents of the Cominform are in control of governments from which they were formerly excluded: the success of Communism's war against the West does not depend on such spectacular and definitive conquests.

`` It only does harm to talk to troops about new and desirable equipment which others may have but which you cannot give them.

" With Grant in command, Lincoln felt the Union Army could relentlessly pursue a series of coordinated offensives in multiple theaters, and have a top commander who agreed on the use of black troops.

The Swiss Confederate mobilized its troops — the country follows the doctrine of " armed neutrality " with all males required to have military training — a number that General Eisenhower estimated to be about 850, 000.

Bulgaria is to have 27, 000 standing troops by 2014, consisting of 14, 310 troops in the land forces, 6, 750 in the air force, 3, 510 in the navy and 2, 420 in the joint command.

However, all of these legions were ' short ', and did not have the requisite numbers of troops.

The Allied commanders agreed that Marlborough would command 36, 000 troops and attack Tallard's force of 33, 000 on the left ( including capturing the village of Blenheim ), whilst Eugene, commanding 16, 000 men would attack the Elector and Marsin's combined forces of 23, 000 troops on the right wing ; if this attack was pressed hard the Elector and Marsin would have no troops to send to aid Tallard on their right.

Since the Persian force obviously contained a high proportion of missile troops, a static defensive position would have made little sense for the Athenians ; the strength of the hoplite was in the melee, and the sooner that could be brought about, the better, from the Athenian point of view.

Decius may also have taken with him troops from the Danube frontier, in order to depose Philip in 249.

The Cossacks are thought to have numbered as much 100, 000 men, most of them low-grade foot troops, plus 40, 000 allied Crimean Tatar cavalry and a few thousand Turks and Vlachs.

The classic French historiography often refers to Coalition troops three times more numerous than those of the King of France ( Philip Contamine is not of this opinion: " In front, his opponents did not have a clear numerical superiority ").

Since October 1998, Chadian Movement for Justice and Democracy ( MDJT ) rebels, led by Youssuf Togoimi until his death in September 2002, have skirmished with government troops in the Tibesti region, resulting in hundreds of civilian, government, and rebel casualties, but little ground won or lost.

The 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion of the French Army's Troupes de Marine (: fr: 43e bataillon d ' infanterie de marine ) was based in Port Bouet adjacent to the Abidjan Airport from 1979 and had more than 500 troops assigned until 2011, when it appears to have been disbanded.

While most modern " cavalry " units have some historic connection with formerly mounted troops this is not always the case.

Armored cars and light tanks have adopted the reconnaissance role while medium and heavy tanks are regarded as the decisive shock troops.

Chiang opposed Li's plan of defense because it would have placed most of the troops still loyal to Chiang under the control of Li and Chiang's other opponents in the central government.

: Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.