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Example sentences for "army against"

  • VI And the Emperor Leon, wishing to punish the Vandals because of these things, was gathering an army against them; and they say that this army amounted to about one hundred thousand men.

  • At the same time Henry elevated to the papacy Guibert the archbishop of Ravenna, and assembled an army against Rodolph.

  • The pope fearing that Roger might become powerful enough to invade the Ecclesiastical States, sent an army against him, which was defeated.

  • Venetians: this very Cardinal Pellagrue led an army against them; they were defeated, driven from Ferrara, and absolved.

  • How the Florentines led an army against Pistoia, and laid waste the country round about.

  • How the Florentines led an army against Pistoia, and laid waste the country round about 129 Sec.

  • This just and rightful severity the chiefs of the country could not bear, but raised an army against him, and killed him in his own kingdom; and therefore he is held to be a saint.

  • If King Magnus come here with an army, I will gather no army against him; but he shall only get the opportunity of taking England when he has taken my life.

  • There he got the certain information that the bondes were advancing with an army against him, and that he might soon expect to have a battle with them.

  • When, however, the shogun would have sent an army against him, none was found to take command, Mochisada having given universal offence by his haughty arrogance.

  • Takanobu sent an army against Yoshizumi, but the Satsuma baron despatched Shimazu Masahisa to Yoshizumi's aid, and a sanguinary engagement at Shimabara in 1585 resulted in the rout of Takanobu's forces and his own death.

  • Let her not fail to do so, for my friendship with your honourable country depends solely on your conduct when I lead my army against China.

  • He directed an army against Hiei-zan, where Go-Daigo was believed to have found asylum.

  • After which defeat, the Philistines made war again; and when David had sent an army against them, Nephan his kinsman fought in a single combat with the stoutest of all the Philistines, and slew him, and put the rest to flight.

  • Sir Stephen Scroope had been appointed Deputy for the royal Viceroy, and he led an army against MacMurrough, who was defeated after a gallant resistance.

  • It will be seen that Barbarossa had not only Doria and the Christian fleet and army against which to contend on this occasion.

  • Should the Afghans be at war with the British nation, His Persian Majesty engages to send an army against them in such manner and of such force as may be concerted with the English Government.

  • Should the Afghans be at war with the British nation, his Persian Majesty engages to send an army against them, in such manner, and of such force, as may be concerted with the English Government.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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