Soon after these three thousand, Christophe appeared with such force as could be spared from the garrisons in the north.
In the name of Toussaint Breda, the garrisons of Marmalade and Plaisance first declared for republican France; and after them, Gros Morne, Henneri, and Le Dondon.
Their garrisons are protected against the fire of small arms and from shrapnel bullets, but they are very vulnerable to other forms of artillery fire.
These posts should be self-supporting, but should be so sited that the garrisons mutually support each other by fire.
France, since her previous war with Germany, when she had lost the beautiful provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, had massed her garrisons on the eastern line.
The cattle belonging to the garrisons were either driven off, or killed, so that no supplies could be derived from them.
Garrisons had been maintained at Fort Pitt and Redstone, ever after their establishment; and fortresses were erected at the two latter places in 1774.
After the battle of York, the Scots returned to reduce Newcastle; which they had already done; and all other garrisons which had held out for the King.
Scotch army marched northwards, to reduce the little garrisons remaining in those parts; which was easily done.
The revolution which deposed Andros in Boston was also the occasion of withdrawing the garrisons from the English posts toward Acadia; and this invited in turn the onsets of the enemy.
Her rising was soon crushed, but the government was obviously afraid for a while to move its garrisons forward.
In the civil war Buckinghamshire was one of the first counties to join in an association for mutual defence on the side of the parliament, which had important garrisons at Aylesbury, Brill and elsewhere.
Troops are sent to reinforce the garrisons in the forts, at the entrance; and the ships are forbidden to enter, but promised victuals and water to carry them to Lisbon.
The two garrisons thus united; the whole preceded by a large body of Indians, were pushed forward to the position which had been selected on the Thames, and both shores of the Detroit were left an unresisting conquest to the Americans.
Anyhow, said Gordon, "if you do not send Zobeir, you have no chance of getting the garrisons away.
But further, what knowledge have we that these garrisons are unable to relieve themselves?
This aim induced Mr. Gladstone's cabinet once more to play an active military part, though Britain had no share in planting these garrisons where they were.
General Wood knew that the garrison in Potchefstrom must surrender unless the place were revictualled, and three other beleaguered garrisons were in almost equal danger.
On the other hand, according to a very authentic account that I have seen, Gordon on this occasion stated that the danger at Khartoum was exaggerated, and that he would be able to bring away the garrisons without difficulty.
Lord Granville seems to have drawn Gordon's (M58) special attention to the measures to be taken for the security of the Egyptian garrisons (plural) still holding positions in the Soudan and to the best mode of evacuating the interior.
He declared that to leave outlying garrisons to their fate would be an "indelible disgrace.
New detachments of troops were sent, who built forts and settled laborers around them, with the duty of supplying the garrisons with food, powder, and arms.
Before the garrisons in the strongholds fairly knew that he was among them he was gone; and while the Kabardians believed that he was lurking in the mountain depths, he suddenly dashed into their midst.
Colbert had formed the idea of forcing governors of frontier places to feed the garrisons without pay, with what they drew from contributions.
The permanent forces of the crown came to consist once more of the "garrisons and guards," maintained by the king from the revenue allotted to him for carrying on the government of the country.
Small garrisons are not, as formerly, allowed to stagnate, since modern communications make supervision easy.
The record of the capitulations of cities or garrisons is no pleasant one, but it is a record which must be touched upon, in order that war and its still prevalent maxims may be judged at their proper value.
For this reason Grotius refused to admit as a good casus belli the fact that another nation was making warlike preparations, building garrisons and fortresses, or that its power might, if unchecked, grow to be dangerous.
The garrisons were weak for want of men, but more so from indolence and irregularity.
His object in coming was to endeavor to obtain the removal of the French garrisons from his states.
He had strong garrisons upon his most distant frontiers to insure the execution of his will, and all the resources of France were placed absolutely in his hands.
Throwing himself vigorously upon Silesia, he forced the Swedish garrisons to surrender, and, presenting himself upon the frontiers of Saxony, again offered peace to the two northern electors.
Even the Protestant peasants in Lower Austria had risen in defence of their religion and their homes against the Bavarian garrisons which guarded the land till their master's expenses had been paid.
Gustavus had offered him his ancestral territories on the condition that he would allow Swedish garrisons to occupy his fortresses during the war, and would give equal liberty to the Lutheran and the Calvinist forms of worship.
After the battle of Noerdlingen, Richelieu's first demand from Oxenstjerna as the price of his assistance had been the strong places held by Swedish garrisonsin Alsace.
To our higher staff the question whether the enemy was still manning with normal garrisons the front opposite our armies seemed relatively simple.
Garrisons were provided from the élite of the German army.
Major on his part rode off by the Grosstête through Plaquemine, as already related, and so down the Mississippi to Donaldsonville, having passed on the way three garrisons without being seen by any one on board.
The garrisonsof the defences and the permanent details for guard and provost duty were kept separate.
The Fifth Corps was sent to join the army in the field; within a fortnight, a full army corps of able-bodied stragglers followed; the fortifications were completed; ample garrisons of instructed artillerists were provided.
Each time that Maximus had taken troops out of Britain to help him to conquer Gaul, he used to send the garrisons more wine - to keep them quiet, I suppose.
I have been forced to reduce the garrisons in Britain, because I need troops in Gaul.
In view of all this, it is no wonder that the regiments marching in were everywhere greeted with jubilation, and that those marching out took leave of their garrisons with joyful songs.
It has cost us long and weary struggles to attain our independence, and we know full well that, in order to preserve it, we must not content ourselves with building schools and factories, we must look to our garrisons and forts.
We were able to await the arrival of heavy artillery to level the forts one after the other at our leisure, and without the sacrifice of a single life--in case their garrisons should not surrender sooner.
Bato seeing this gave up all hope of Pannonia, but stationed garrisons at the passes leading to Dalmatia and ravaged the country.
On his accession he found his lands just throwing off the yoke of the German garrisons that had kept them in subjection during Henry VI's lifetime.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "garrisons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
