The treasury had been depleted and the Government was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Behind the German storm troops great numbers of reserves were assembled, to fill up the gaps torn in the ranks and restore the divisions to their normal strength as fast as they were depleted by the defense.
The Slovene ranks were somewhat depleted by Bolševik tracts, telling them to go home, as there would be no more war; and yet at Gutenstein sixty men with three machine guns, under Lieut.
After it had been demonstrated that sweet clover would grow successfully on soils too depleted for other crops, many experiments were conducted to determine its value as forage.
They are very high if the depleted state of the infantry prior to the attack be taken into consideration.
When the stimulant is stopped, or after a time in spite of the stimulant, the exhausted nerves and muscles refuse to continue, and the depleted body stops work and may even die.
I tried to intercept it by a large respirator of cotton-wool.
Pleading the depleted condition of the treasury, Crawford's partisans in Congress attacked the measures of Calhoun as secretary of war.
Everest looks down from its most exalted of all earthly summits and sees valley after valley depleted of first one bird and then another.
It is possible to restock depleted areas, provided Time is recognized as a dominant factor.
True, recruits were being obtained and new horses were being purchased, but every one knows that it takes time and training to get a depleted force up to proper strength again.
The Force was seriouslydepleted both in men and horses by the inroads made upon it by the war.
This duplex arrangement necessitated a double set of officers, not easy to be had with war going on; the more so that the original corps had been depleted by the resignations of Southern men.
The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars and the Irish republic withdraw from the union.
For nearly six hours they resisted, with unsurpassed courage, the fierce onslaughts of the French, though at a cost in life that perilously depleted the gallant corps.
The Grand Army Begins Its Retreat=] The army that left that ruined city was a sadly depleted one.
Taylor at Buena Vista=] Some months passed before Taylor was in condition to advance again, his force being much depleted by reinforcements sent to General Scott.
But the ice grew so difficult to cross and his dog teams so depleted in number, that, after a desperate effort, he was obliged to give up the enterprise on April 7th.
He was a very hungry man, and a very thirsty man, and when the great red sun reached out and pulled his ship to itself, Pete in his fuel depletedcraft gave silent thanks that at last the end had come.
No sweet laughter in his ears, and no light anywhere but what he made with his almost depleted hand flash.
Morning found them back in their original line, but seriously depleted in numbers.
The Division, though seriously depleted in numbers, retained a continuous front.
The illicit trade with the United States has depleted the country of gold, and placed us at the feet of the Jew extortioners.
There may be difficulty in replenishing the Federal armies, and they may be depleted by spring; and if so, Gen.
Lately the indulgence of details to an immoderate extent, and corruption in the business of conscription, had depleted the armies extensively of men of substance and standing, and this may account for our disasters.
In such manner the Adventurer lost her cabin boy and the ranks of the club were depleted by one.
The stolen boat's larder was sadly depleted and, as Tom said disgustedly, the cabin looked as though a dozen pigs had lived in it a week!
Their ranks were sadly depleted now, but those who were left showed no signs of surrender.
Factories behind the German frontier had been depleted of workers to fill the gaps in the fighting front, with the result that guns and ammunitions were not being produced so fast as they had been the year before.
The Exchequer of Spain was henceforth enabled to purchase almost the entire tobacco crop and to make enormous profits thereby, which the coffers of the kingdom, depletedby the many wars of the past century, sorely needed.
As for La Fuerza, sickness and desertion had so depleted its garrison that not a score of able-bodied men were left.
Throughout the day and night the troops held on, several platoons of the Royal Canadian Regiment reinforcing the sadlydepleted ranks of the 49th, and assisting in the defeat of three strong counter-attacks.
As a consequence, the fertility of the soils has been so far depleted that at present it is difficult to obtain paying crops without irrigation on soils that formerly yielded bountifully.
During this lull in military movements General Johnston availed himself of the opportunity to reorganize his much depleted army.
With resources exhausted and their armies depleted to skeletons, they lost all save honor.
When the old men and the boys in 1864 picked up the guns that had been thrown down by the quitters and stepped into our depleted ranks, they showed their faith by their works, and they are entitled to all honor.
