From time to time, Union officers would ride up the hill to report what a great victory their troops were winning.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

However, there are light arm troops made up of those too poor to be in the phalanx, who do use projectiles and the projectiles are arrows, javelins, or stones thrown by slings.

然而的确有轻装部队,由没法进入方阵的穷人组成,他们使用投掷武器,包括弓箭,投枪,或者绳索绑着的石头

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Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

More troops will be sent to help with security leading up to Afghanistan's national elections in August.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Organized labor denounced him for using federal troops to break up the Pullman strike.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

He wanted to destroy it. But heavy rain held up Jackson's troops.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

They watched as the Confederate troops set up their cannon.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The U.S.military has offered to set up a joint patrol system involving Iraqi government troops, Kurdish forces and U.S.troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The commander of U.S.and NATO forces in Afghanistan has asked U.S.President Barack Obama for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Morrell says it is in the troops' interest for the leaders to come up with a strategy that works.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

But residents say hundreds of Ethiopian troops have poured into the eastern part of town to set up military bases.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

But any decision to send more troops will likely spark resistance from some congressional Democrats who oppose a build-up in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

An Associated Press poll this week shows that 54 percent of Americans oppose sending more troops, up from 50 percent in October.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

The army says up to 15,000 troops in Swat are moving slowly to minimize the collateral damage that helped doom previous operations.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The top U.S.commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has reportedly asked for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The announced troop cut was widely anticipated and will leave about 10,000 NATO forces in Kosovo compared to up to 15,000 troops there at any given time.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

His top general there has reportedly asked for up to 40,000 troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"I think that more troops are certainly needed, particularly to do one thing we need to build up the Afghan security forces quickly both the army and the police.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

(OMITTED) Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl of Arizona announced a plan to step up border security, including a request for 3,000 National Guard troops along the Arizona-Mexico border.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

But they say it sends an appropriate signal that says the U.S.will not give up, and at the same time the troops will not stay in the region a day more than they must.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Shortly afterward, officials made public that the support troops would number up to 13,000, bringing the overall total to 68,000 by the end of the year a doubling of the deployment from when he took office.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

In the latest violence, officials in Zabul province say at least two civilians were killed and 21 wounded Saturda when a suicide bomber in a small town walked up to NATO and Afghan troops patrolling a market.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The U.S.military has also announced it is investigating an accusation made by a Swedish charity that American troops last week broke down doors and tied up staff members while searching for insurgents at a hospital in Wardak province.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07