The Prince ascertained that the French forces were, in part, extremely dispersed, and therefore resolved to act before they could be concentrated.
With regard to his own operations, Chanzy's idea was to march towards the capital when his forces were reorganized.
Schofield's forces were at Knoxville, over a hundred miles northeast of Chattanooga.
Therefore, to this end the military and naval forces were pledged.
This and the deprivation of our men are very forcibly shown in the following account of Major-General Hood:[64] "On the morning of the 15th my forces were again in motion.
Germany had found the weakest spot in the Italian line and occupied about 1,000 square miles of territory before General Cadorna's forces were able to establish a line of strong defense.
Food and supplies for the Allied forces were destroyed, until both England and France were threatened with starvation.
In the war against Balambángan, although the Matárem forces were successful in obtaining possession of the capital, the chief and his principal adherents fled to Báli.
In order to procure funds for administrative and religious purposes, officers in command of forces were despatched to various regions, and the inhabitants were required to contribute certain quantities of local produce.
The castle at Odawara, however, was so strongly built and so stoutly held that its capture by storm seemed impossible, and Hideyoshi's forces were obliged to have recourse to a regular siege which lasted nearly four months.
Her three daughters were accordingly sent away, and she herself joined in the night-long feast which Katsuiye and his principal retainers held while Hideyoshi's forces were marching to the attack.
They seized this opportunity, when the emperor's forces were divided, and his councils distracted, to exert themselves in defence of their liberties.
At once all his available means and forces wereput in motion.
Caesar's forces were by no means so strong that he could trust to them, if he had occasion to hazard a battle without the town.
The enemy's forces were increasing, and cohorts were frequently sent to their aid from the camp through the town, that fresh men might relieve the weary.
On 7 September, as Mackensen's forces were moving on Rovno and the Sereth at Tarnopol and Trembowla, Ivanov counter-attacked from Rovno and Brussilov and Lechitzky on the Sereth.
By the end of March the bulk of Halil's forces were through, and Maude had to content himself with linking up with the Russians at Kizil Robat and driving the Turks from the Diala after their troops in Persia had escaped.
In 1016 Kitan scored a decisive victory at Kwak-ju where the Koryŭ forces were cut to pieces.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forces were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
