The whole force ought to be thirty thousand strong for a fight, taking the division at nine thousand instead of ten thousand, for though there have been losses there have also been drafts to fill up gaps.
The arrival of the Kildonan Castle at Durban this morning, as far as we know, with drafts for some of the battalions, is better than nothing, for the drafts will give fresh vigour to the bodies that receive them.
Evidently my brother's drafts had all been honored, or the balance would not be to his credit.
We have a list of the bankers here if you would like to see it; and, by the by, I forgot to mention that several of the drafts were upon London houses, which you doubtless remember.
As none of the other envoys, upon whom Congress drew, had any resource but to beg Franklin to pay the drafts, thesedrafts might as well have been drawn upon him in the first instance.
It would be irksome to detail all the loans obtained by Franklin from the French King, and all the terrifying drafts drawn upon him.
Doubtless, he wrote with calm irony to the Committee on Foreign Affairs at home, Congress, when it passed its resolution, intended to supply the Commissioners with funds for meeting the drafts of William Lee and Izard.
She used openly to express a desire to see his head on a stake and a "hope to see Ormond hanged," for refusing to pay her drafts on the Irish Treasury.
The drafts she made on the national exchequer were enormous.
In the mean while, the drafts which are thus sold at one place at a loss, might be in demand at another, but that demand the government cannot meet, because it must give its money another direction.
The same remark applies to their demanding a small premium for their drafts on each other.
A battery of horse artillery, two heavy guns, two squadrons of the 14th Hussars, and infantry drafts to the number of twelve or fourteen hundred men came to share the impending glory or disaster.
There remained, however, a formidable force, the regiments in which had been strengthened by the addition of drafts and volunteers from home.
We keep a kind of Black Book, in which we note the most important bills issued, drafts on public credit, or on banks, or given and taken in the course of business.
New drafts were coming out daily from home to fill up their sadly depleted ranks.
The equipment was not costly, but it was sufficient; and two of the party at least had a "letter of credit" good for all the drafts which they were likely to draw upon it for some time to come.
Why, I saw 1,000 head of fat cattle coming past one station I stayed at, in one mob, splendid cattle too; bigger and better than any of our little drafts we think such a lot of.
There are amongst Miss Nightingale's papers many drafts in which she and Dr.
Sir Henry Storks was in frequent correspondence with her, and sent for her criticism drafts of new Regulations.
In the meanwhile Sir John Kirkland, the Army Agent, has received orders to honor your drafts to the amount of One Thousand Pounds for the necessary expense of outfit, travelling expenses, &c.
Around Arles, "the municipality drafts all the inhabitants; patrols are sent into the country to compel all who are engaged on other work to leave it and do the harvesting.
At Blois, for this kind of expenditure, Guimberteau discharges his obligations by drafts on the proceeds of the revolutionary tax.
The certified copies of these drafts are on file with the committee of General Security.
I grudge the moments which this pile of drafts causes me to spend from her.
Those drafts laid aside by him were mere waste paper.
Lord William Lennox, in his Drafts on My Memory, is full of irrepressible and fascinating memorabilia, from the story of General Bullard's salad-dressing to important dramatic history connected with the theater of his time.
Picture: Coat-of-arms] Neither of these drafts was fully executed.
Until I hear that these draftsare honored, I shall keep you under surveillance, and you will not be suffered to leave your house.
I only cashed one of the two drafts I had with me this morning; Peter, you go this afternoon with the other, and, if you are as certain as I feel about it, we will speak to Beresford at dinner.
In fact, his sympathies were always with the husbandmen and the laborers of the soil, and he deplored the evils imposed upon them by arbitrary drafts for military service; a scruple not often indulged by youthful commanders.
The only specimen of that fellow's handwriting I've ever seen is his signature on the drafts he draws against us.
Skinner, if we gave the man Peasley permission to draw drafts he'd paint Cape Town red.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drafts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
