He sent therefore a strong detachmentof fifteen horse and two hundred infantry under Sandoval and De Lugo, with orders to drive the Mexicans from that part of the country, and to open a clear communication with Villa Rica.
For this purpose he sent a detachment of two hundred veterans, among whom were twenty horsemen, and twelve armed with crossbows, under the command of Sandoval, who had likewise along with him a strong detachment of Tlascalans.
Sandoval accordingly sent a strong detachment of Spanish troops as an advanced guard, and posted others on the flanks; while he remained with the rear guard which he assigned to the Tlascalans.
A bold enemy would have seized the bridge, "corking up" Jackson with a strong detachment, and have marched on Staunton with his main body.
The ill-gained spoil having been stowed away in the boats, the Allies marched on for the next Ti-ping position devoted to destruction, leaving a strong detachment in charge of Na-jaor.
A strong detachment of chasseurs, under Sir Charles Grey, covered the left wing.
Major General Sullivan, who commanded all the troops without the lines, advanced at the head of a strong detachment on the road leading directly to Flatbush; while another detachment occupied the heights between that place and Bedford.
On the last of them, immediately after the firing had begun, a strong detachment, under the command of General Thomas, took possession of the heights without opposition.
A strong detachment of the enemy had attacked the most advanced post, which was situated on a hill skirted by a wood.
General Gray, with a strong detachment, was sent to surprise him at night in his lair.
Hard service and little reward caused bitter disappointment, and when they knew that a strong detachment of Americans was marching against them, they resolved to take safety in flight.
General Vaughan, after burning Continental village, where stores to a considerable amount had been deposited, proceeded at the head of a strong detachment up the river to Aesopus, which he also destroyed.
Sandoval was left behind with a strong detachment of foot and horse for the protection of Tezcuco and our brigantines.
From Naco, Oli sent out a strong detachment to forage the country, under the command of Briones, who had been one of the first to advise Oli to declare his independence of Cortes.
General Frazer, at the head of a strong detachment of grenadiers and light troops, proceeded by land along the right bank of Wood creek.
In the midst of this tumultuous scene, at eleven in the evening, a strong detachment of grenadiers and of light infantry was embarked at Boston, to land at a place called Phipps' Farm, whence they marched to Concord.
That being accomplished, during the night a strong detachment in flat-bottomed boats fell down with the tide, to a point about a mile above the city.
A small force, insufficient to overawe the country side, only provokes the resistance it is unable to overcome, but a strong detachment of redcoats thoroughly cows the adventurous spirits of the most mutinous localities.
By this time congress had fled from Philadelphia; and on the 26th of October, Lord Cornwallis, at the head of a strong detachment, took undisputed possession of the city.
His vanguard, under Girardot, then occupied Trujillo, and a strong detachment under D’Eluyar forced Correa to take refuge in Maracaibo.
Pezuela withdrew his troops beyond the frontier, and sent off a strong detachment to Cuzco to crush an insurrection which had broken out in that city.
A strong detachment of horse and mounted grenadiers was sent by Douglas to Lanesborough, some miles north of the town, with orders to pass the river at that point, but the post was held by Irish troops, who easily repulsed the attempt.
Shortly afterwards, the Fort of Charlemont was invested by a strong detachment of Schomberg's army.
La Corne was sent with a strong detachment to intrench himself at the head of the rapids of the St. Lawrence, and oppose any hostile movement from Lake Ontario.
It was Wolfe, with a strong detachment, throwing up a redoubt and opening an entrenchment.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strong detachment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
