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Meanings of strong detachment in English

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Usage of strong detachment in English
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The Lieutenant Governor has ordered a strong detachment of the 24th Regt.
The Winning of the West, Volume 4 / Louisiana and the Northwest,...
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A strong detachment was sent north by way of the Grand Canal.
The Awakening of China
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A strong detachment of infantry and artillery was detailed to garrison Fort Bridger.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 / A Magazin...
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They despatched a strong detachment on fleet horses to capture them.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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A strong detachment of Danish cavalry headed the British column.
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick
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A strong detachment of the mulazemin or guard was extended in front of the centre.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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In the First Army a strong detachment dug itself in not far from Pont d'Arcy.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
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Overjoyed at this discovery, a strong detachment of Persians was ordered to follow the traitor.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
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It was Wolfe, with a strong detachment, throwing up a redoubt and opening an entrenchment.
France and England in North America, Part VI : Montcalm and Wolf...
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Shortly afterwards, the Fort of Charlemont was invested by a strong detachment of Schomberg's army.
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick
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He accordingly advanced with a strong detachment of the army, and besieged and took the city.
Cleopatra
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A strong detachment of cavalry suddenly rounded a curve in the road and swept into full view.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
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The forester hurried off with a strong detachment to the court-yard, and clambered up the new wall.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
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These troops were, however, attacked on the way by a strong detachment under Bossu, Noircarmes, and Romero.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 19: 1572-73
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He accordingly sent out a strong detachment-sixhundred cavalry, and an equal number of infantry-inpursuit of Hirogas.
The Young Llanero: A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
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At this point the line was guarded by a strong detachment of troops quartered in trucks on the siding.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
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