| 单词 | troop |
| 例句 | By 1780 General Sir Henry Clinton, successor to General Howe as commander of the British forces in America, had split his troops in two. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler orders troops to the border of Czechoslovakia, sending a strong warning to those who dare to mistreat Germans. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He hoped that it would be a victorious one so far as his own troops were concerned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The violence continued over the next week, despite a 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. curfew imposed by the mayor and the deployment of National Guard troops throughout the city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The streets emptied out except for the troops of the militia stationed to secure order. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At nightfall the nuns were exhausted, unable to move, give another order, and still the troop of tireless adolescents was in the courtyard singing school songs out of tune. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Lucky for Booth, instead of turning into the thicket, the troops remained on the road, passed the thicket, and rode until the sound of hoofbeats vanished in the distance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She helped military families and defense workers find suitable places to live, played the piano during the USO’s rollicking singalongs, and coordinated a calendar of Girl Scout troop meetings and military rallies. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Jubilant Nazi paramilitary troops marched through the streets of Berlin with firelit torches, hailing their victory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Cleopatra sent her soldiers to guard strongholds on Egypt’s borders, expecting Mark Antony’s troops to engage Octavian on land, but Mark Antony no longer had an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, as Cornwallis had his men build defenses against an attack, he learned that 3,000 French troops had arrived to reinforce Lafayette’s forces. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they just killed off all of their own troops, too,” Shoto said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The United States, he insisted, must stop the bombing and withdraw American troops from the South before any serious negotiation could begin. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You were seen at the enemy camp three days ago. And you were talking with one of the troops there.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The oases may not shelter armies or troops.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I think on the Collegians, returned to their gaunt house, which hath, I suppose, been barbarously used lately by His Majesty’s troops, and is like to be in no excellent state of repair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Westley said, sitting up, staring out at the massed troops in the distance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “My plans are perfect,” he said before committing his troops to battle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was born in Virginia in the 1880s, after federal troops had been withdrawn and a reign of violence and terror had begun, designed to deny any political or social rights for African Americans. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Three days later President Eisenhower trumped the state, federalizing the states guard and sending in US Army troops to escort the nine through the school’s doors. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The door chimes tinkled as we trooped inside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The team trooped out, trailing mud behind them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I tell my troop about Mack and Ruby and Bob and Stella and Julia and George, about my mother and father and sister. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A troop of boys arrived to carry off the bowls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Of the hundreds of thousands of troops who died in the war, disease killed more than twice as many men as battlefield wounds. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There, gathered at the edge, was a troop of twenty young women and twenty young men, and standing on a rock above them was a beautiful woman. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Regiment upon regiment of the finest British troops were arriving. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There they would reorganize and wait for more troops from England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there along the road people came out to see the troops go by and there were a few cheers, but most of the people were silent and glum, not hostile, apprehensive. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With thousands of soldiers being sent to Vietnam, there were not enough volunteers for the military to meet troop needs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Apparently they do have them. Bunny was in the Boy Scouts and his troop went in and was fingerprinted for some kind of Law Enforcement badge, years ago. They’re still on file somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Its supremacy was commercial and intellectual; it was based less on infantry troops than on innovative technology. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All around Allen was utter chaos as the Americans were picked off by the seasoned NVA troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Van Sommelsdijk had been killed by his own troops several years before, and many of his slaves had vanished into the jungle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He broke and ran, pushing through his own troops. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘I expect us better eat now because Highboy and Willie liable to come trooping in any minute.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Blue troops were pouring back through the town, moving up the sides of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps a troop of Eagle Scouts comes by at a depressing trot. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of British troops quartered in New York, and British sailors, too, besides the regular population of 25,000. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The troop of Fair Folk led the company down the vaulted corridors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Later, his son King Louis abolished the ordinance of the infantry and began to hire Swiss troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The team once again trooped down to the second floor and worked their way around the circular balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He became despondent over his own failings and the loss of his troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There was an article by a general from Argentina concerning the use of Negro troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the Headmaster advanced several steps and enlarged his gestures; he was apparently addressing the troops. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent word for his troops to retreat to Asia Minor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I demand to know your intentions regarding this unspeakable affront to the dignity of His Majesty’s troops. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Instead, it was crowded with troops, row after row of them in gray uniforms, two hundred soldiers at least—and every barrel of every gun was pointed directly at them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Officers recognized the troops were angry and unruly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t blame me. I didn’t charge down the platform like Shaka Zulu and his troops.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the hologram, which showed the Sixer troop positions around the castle, just inside the sphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Russians were targeting German ground troops nearby. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were still more than half a million US troops in Vietnam, and weekly death tolls continued to mount. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But when the general heard about the attempt on the president's life, he ordered troops into the streets and to the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Many of the reporters asked the attorneys what they planned to do to get rid of the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He ordered more than two thousand federal troops into the streets of DC to quell the riots. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Sir, you mean General Arnold’s troops are coming through Redding?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the camps and liberated the remaining seven thousand prisoners—a minuscule remnant of the number killed and buried in the camp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that its ports had been served up to the Russians at Yalta; also that the Russians, retreating, had surrendered their guns, not to Nationalist troops, but to Communist. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In a very short time, because of his skill and his boldness of body and mind, he became the first man of Vitellozzo’s troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She listened to the baboon troop returning to their sleeping cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And, to keep the British pinned down in New York City, Washington wanted Clinton to think that Gates’s troops were on their way there. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Arnold passed the British many secrets, such as how many French troops were landing in America and where and when they were landing. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers have documented prolonged warfare between groups, and even one case of ‘genocidal’ activity in which one troop systematically slaughtered most members of a neighbouring band. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus it was that he learned about the war in Europe and was able to follow the advances of the troops on a map he hung on the school blackboard, which he marked with pins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All the rest of that morning gray Rebel troops came pouring down that narrow road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops were still in place around the school, and every morning the crowd of segregationists grew larger. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge was announcing his decision, saying that the governor had “thwarted” the court-approved plan of integration by means of National Guard troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For suddenly there had swarmed up from those round chambers underground a ghastly troop of monsters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the troops moved on and the moon went behind a cloud and Chamberlain knew that it could not be true. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She armed herself with the panga and spear, and set off after the troop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were dressed in white robes like a troop of angels. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This would drop American troop strength to half of what it had been when he took office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And when the chalk his troops used for surveying ran out, he turned to the grain that was supposed to sustain them on their trip through the desert. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z ‘I’d like to make one more check before I call out the troops,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a victory,” Galina said, “not over the German troops but over ourselves.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When the troop of soldiers surrounded the house, the family looked fearful. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z As he was led down the hall, past windows, he saw that the mob and the troops still surrounded the court house. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In a shaking, damaged aircraft, Zoya made her escape and found the Soviet troops only three minutes away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For six months, the 586th Regiment had been defending strategic positions in their dangerous solo Yak fighters and the 588th Regiment had been harassing German troops with bombs dropped from their flimsy Po-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Over 70 percent wanted all American troops home by the end of the year. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For the most part she’d held up well—far better than I—and over the first two weeks she’d trooped along without complaint as we hit the obligatory tourist stops. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, about a half an hour later, the officers mounted their horses and began riding through the troops shouting orders. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment Reynolds was back, leading blue troops at double time through the fields, tearing down rail fences as they came. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a former marine who came to the country with an occupation force years back, but once the troops left, he stayed on, marrying a rich Dominican lady and opening his successful grocery store. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Ground, sea, and air troops from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, supported by the French resistance, stormed onto the beaches of Normandy in France. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All the cold first months of 1945, rumors persisted that Russian troops were getting closer. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She was dead now, had been killed while entertaining troops in the Crimea. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They must travel southeast in a wide arc to avoid the troops in Bryantown. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Belle Plain, Virginia, in 1864 with Union troops on their way to capture Richmond, Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z American and British troops were just beginning their attack on Germany’s ally, Italy. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the morning sun the prospect of seeing a whole troop of them did not seem very alarming to him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The number of American troops in Vietnam would double in 1966. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Though advisors had died already in Vietnam, sending in combat troops meant many more Americans would be killed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “But an official came here, along with a troop of armed men. They say the youth is very dangerous. He’s been declared a wolf’s head. There’s a twenty-shilling reward for his taking dead or alive.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Horse-mounted couriers and telegraph wires were alive all day with instructions to troops to enlist the help of fishermen and others on the river to capture the fugitives. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We will continue to do our best daily with the available troops. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the team trooped up the slick marble steps into the library’s lobby, they saw Charles Chiltington, his mother, a bunch of stuffy-looking ladies, and that one guy in a bow tie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The troops were moving slowly, patiently, setting themselves for the long march. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We peeked around the corner and found a Boy Scout troop marching into the clearing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Hitler’s troops poured into Warsaw, Poland’s capital, in late September. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The German troops had started firing at the Soviet planes overhead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They saw Polish troops marching off to fight the Nazis, and they waved wildly to them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I waited until the last of the troops had gone through, then I ran up to where the crowd was standing and began to push my way through. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evening of October 25, a troop of eight emperor penguins waddled out of the fog and stood looking at the embattled ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If a few people stayed home in each neighborhood, it could determine what our kids learned in schools, which health-care options we had available, or whether or not we sent our troops to war. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When the federal government sent ground troops, and bomber planes landed at a nearby airfield, the strikers surrendered. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z For the flyboys of the air corps, airplanes were mechanisms for transporting troops and supplies to combat zones, armed wings for pursuing enemies, sky-high launching pads for ship-sinking bombs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She made lists of questions for me and printed articles about research done on people without their knowledge or consent—from a vaccine trial in Uganda to the testing of drugs on U.S. troops. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In conformity with his own tactics, he sent only a small troop of forty spears to start the work. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They fought with blunted weapons in a chaos of mud and blood, small troops fighting together and then turning on each other as alliances formed and fractured, until only one man was left standing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rinaldi said that the French had mutinied and troops marched on Paris. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “You mean your troops are stealing from your own people?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of 1967, Johnson had nearly half a million troops in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The mothers gather their children and herd them along the branches, and the troop moves out, leaping through trees, searching for fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello,” said the theater manager, as the Poppers and the penguins trooped past him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I was a novice commander, shocked by the destruction my troops had wrought. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And I remember too well crossing the Atlantic on a troop ship and knowing that somewhere on the way the dark things lurked searching for us with their single-stalk eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He led his troop among them, delivering quicker cleaner deaths to those strong enough to stand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were clouds again and it was very dark, but Chamberlain could see a hill in front of him and masses of troops and tents ahead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops soundly defeated the Republican general who had been connected to Cassius. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We were taken in sealed police vans escorted by a half-dozen troop carriers filled with armed soldiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At home, public support for the war was slowly eroding, and Johnson’s fear that American troop morale would slip as the war dragged on was proving painfully correct. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The column did not move, although, on the other side beyond the stalled vehicles I could see the troops moving. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z While Honeyman was selling meat to the British and Hessians, he was gathering information—the location of camps, the number of troops, the roads without sentries. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You and Bob Hope. You could travel to Saigon together and do troop shows.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But Governor Rockefeller was tired of talking and called in the troops. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Not too long after, my door swings open, and a troop of filthy knights comes in. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Fortunately Wong Sze-Fu, the serving boy, saved the day by announcing that dinner was ready, so we trooped into the dining room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the cat, quite far beyond, between the barn and the house, she saw what looked like a troop of dark gray figures marching in columns. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The all-important “kill ratio” was the ratio of enemy troops to Americans killed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Rebellious slaves were chased through the fields, and if they fled into the nearby forests, troops hunted them down. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in awe as a spectacular array of South African jets, helicopters, and troop carriers roared in perfect formation over the Union Buildings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried a basket of corn on his arm to throw off any Union troops he might encounter. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to enlist in these ski troops,” he went on mildly, so unemphatically that my mind went back to halflistening. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Army and National Guard troops patrolled Selma that day and lined the highway leading out of town. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Our house had been searched on routine inspections by troops before, just like every other house on our street. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He could see troops running; he could see the blue flood, the bloody tide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The armies of France, therefore, have been mixed, partly mercenaries and partly her own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Across the road some troops stood in the church doorway smoking pipes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months later he was accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died eight days later. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In the fourth century BC, Alexander the Great marched with his Persian troops from Babylon to India. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Rodes had come in right on the Union flank; the blue troops were turning to meet a new threat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered that, most of the time, the chimps wandered about in small groups of six or less, not in a big troop like the baboons. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Would it be any less cruel to let those two German divisions down to fight with our troops? American lives are at stake, too, you know. Would you rather see American blood spilled?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No big battle, no surrender, no foreign troops liberating them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Written in grease pencil on the acetate surface of the chart were columns and rows of numbers—the numbers of American and enemy troops killed or wounded in battle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the dark we heard the troops marching under the window and guns going past pulled by motor-tractors. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In June, Nixon made a bold move, announcing that he would begin withdrawing American troops from Vietnam, starting with twenty-five thousand men. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In the wake of Tet, the Joint Chiefs and General Westmoreland submitted another request for more troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When they trooped into the bedroom Adam was propped high on his pillows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But, to put fish on Boston tables and to feed his troops, he had to allow fishermen to go to sea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the opening day of the war game, Blue Team poured tens of thousands of troops into the Persian Gulf. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The Germans, a gardener claims, have sixty thousand troop gliders; they can march for days without eating; they impregnate every schoolgirl they meet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon after leaving camp I met a troop of baboons. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When they finally got the shell onto the dock, the boys trooped back onto the Manhattan, their serge coats soggy and their straw hats starting to droop, and waited for the formal disembarking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One had been in the camps, and the other with Polish troops that had escaped to Russia to help fight the Germans. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z His Free Brothers were brave and eager for the fight, he claimed, but without the Unsullied to stiffen them he feared his unblooded troops might not have the discipline to face battle-seasoned sellswords by themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As we moved out through the town it was empty in the rain and the dark except for columns of troops and guns that were going through the main street. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Octavian retreated to central Italy to command his troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As well as she could surmise, there were at least twenty thousand National Guard troops in New Orleans, with more arriving every day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Dust? I guess you mean it in some other sense than the dust on the roads. No, I never did. But look! There’s a troop of angels now....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, as Nhamo watched the baboon troop pass beneath her platform, she realized that they had many more sources of food than she. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They could talk without danger of being overheard by the troops in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At once he spread his leathery wings and bounded upward, and a moment later the rest of the troop followed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She survived the British occupation while my father fought with Washington’s troops. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly, Jones recognized the sound—cavalry sabers slapping the saddles of Union troops riding in their direction. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the close of day, when night comes, the troop goes to sleep in a dead, leafless tree. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was particularly enthusiastic about a papier-mache model of Big Brother’s head, two meters wide, which was being made for the occasion by his daughter’s troop of Spies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As often as I could, I visited military hospitals where American troops were recovering from the wounds of war. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To their dismay, the teenage leaders found their troops shockingly out of shape, overage, undisciplined, and less than enthusiastic. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On the dark and foggy night of August 27, almost ten thousand American troops snuck off Brooklyn in a fleet of small boats. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z When half a dozen new players trooped out upon the stage, my heart sank into my shoes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The troops, including dozens of North End men and boys, were coming home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Declaration was read to the troops from the steps of City Hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly a year later, Washington and Count Jean B. de Rochambeau, the general commanding the French troops, began planning a real attack on New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1918, when Germany was defeated, the occupying troops withdrew and returned to their homeland. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She chose to speak to everyone around her in the same serious and direct fashion, whether they were adolescents in her Girl Scout troop or engineers in the office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They sent a force of five hundred fighters, both soldiers and irregular troops. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Washingtons men had spent the dark night and foggy morning rowing all of the troops back to New York Island-some nine thousand men, folks said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If Julius Caesar came back from the dead, he would’ve had no trouble recognizing Reyna’s troops as worthy soldiers of Rome. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In response, the British governor of Massachusetts closed down the legislature, and Gage ordered more troops from England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z To avoid demoralizing troops, flights carrying the containers to America took place at night. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We trooped through the grasses out onto the mud, where the rain fell densely all around us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Paris was declared an “open city”—spared from bombs and ruin, but fully accessible to Nazi troops. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He could see blue troops moving in the trees on the Union right, moving out on the flank. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Russian troops could see from their appearance what they had been through and were kind to them, but they had only a little bread to give them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Governor Faubus didn’t ask for federal troops, but they’re up in his face anyhow,” Grandma said as we sat watching the arrival of the 101st Airborne Division early Tuesday evening. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Inverted snobbery, more like. I simply don’t see any good reason for our trooping off to partake of the bounty of the Lady of the Manor. We’re perfectly all right here.” The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But American troops did not go to Vietnam, and neither did Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In actuality, the Paris Peace Accords would be signed the following January and the last American troops would pull out of Vietnam in March. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As a result, because of these continuous reflections no unforeseen incident could arise when he was leading his troops, for which he did not have the remedy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The gray troops had turned; they had begun to withdraw back up the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in January, when we had all just returned from the Christmas holidays, a recruiter from the United States ski troops showed a film to the senior class in the Renaissance Room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The others trooped out while I hunkered down at my place. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t command troops or engage in formal diplomacy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Republican troops that fought with Cassius had joined forces with the Parthians; so had many of the local kings who were once friendly to Mark Antony’s cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Armistead could still see nothing, nothing but the backs of the troops before him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "I shot him several times, as I wished him to go as easily as possible...Please order out your troops and take possession of the jail at once." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And before Will and Lyra could stop and run the other way, they had stumbled right into the middle of the troop. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Like so many other Po-2 night bomber regiments on the front, their strategy was to keep the German troops awake all night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The French reacted “as if it had been a victory of their own troops over their own enemies,” the commissioners reported. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Finish it later. The inspection team is due in soon and we will shine when the general troops the line.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The way I figured it, the Rebels had hidden there and begun shooting at the British troops as they marched by. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And they did as soon as they got home, trooping into the Richardson kitchen, where Mia had just finished dressing a chicken for dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I got it dug by paying a whole troop of local boys for each and every basket of earth they moved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A farmer smiles nervously at approaching American troops, one with his weapon at the ready, 1967. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Our chimpanzee cousins usually live in small troops of several dozen individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them trooped to the back of the restaurant where the maître d' had directed, and down a narrow flight of stairs, lit gloomily by little lamps hung in archways. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the first minutes of April 19, hundreds of British troops left Boston, crossed the Charles River, and marched toward Concord. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The papers were allowed to print outrageous things about himself and his troops. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z General Philip Sheridan had been in town during the fire and immediately volunteered the muscle power of his troops to help distribute tents, and other emergency supplies. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Our troops were still in the attacking positions. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The Clanker Lords had devised a stratagem to prevent that; they chained their troops together in groups of ten, wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Bull, in an expansive mood, shouted, “Chow down, troops,” lifting a piece of roast from the platter and biting into it before the meat even touched his plate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ours was a small landing ship designed for troops, not one of the huge LSTs that carried in trucks and tanks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while, even American troops believed they were going to attack New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The seeds of its future magnificence were riding in the pockets and packs of Sherman’s exhausted Federal troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Boy Scouts, whose first troop in the United States was organized in Pawhuska, in 1909, joined the search for Vaughan. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When we were out past the tanneries onto the main road the troops, the motor trucks, the horse-drawn carts and the guns were in one wide slow-moving column. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "This will take double the troops and military supplies," whispers Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z But once beaten and broken in battle so that he cannot regroup his troops, there is nothing else to be feared than the ruler’s family. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, when his own troops started to cheer, he had no choice except to join the shouting: “Rome! Rome!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Most of the troops were figuring they’d be home before Christmas. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Their crowns entwined and crisscrossed and whispered with rain, and bowed and shifted as troops of monkeys passed through them like currents of wind, leaping from crown to crown, crying their untranslatable cries. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the midnight office was said in the church, the whole household trooped back to the Hall, where tables were spread for the feast. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z While Johnson wrestled with another agonizing decision, a copy of the troop request came across Ellsberg’s desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At first when the troops had arrived, swaggering around so bold and gay, I had really admired them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was,” he later said, “like every other regular officer, extremely eager for service abroad as a commander of combat troops.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops were already up and moving out on the misty road beyond the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy moaned. The crowd waited, hushed, expecting the worst. “Jambo led his troop away. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Now there was talk that the new Clinton administration might send troops once again into Haiti, to put Aristide back in power. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The column of vehicles did not move but the troops kept passing alongside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I waited down the road until a troop of soldiers came by. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With more than a million troops on active duty, about five percent of the country’s population is in uniform, compared with about half of one percent in the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “The vandals are not close by. Our troops are driving them back around Nsukka.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kat says that they do not go back but are bringing up troops—troops, munitions, and guns. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson was still fuming as the boys trooped out of the office. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z German troops swarmed the area in search of the saboteurs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They had left Union Mills with three days’ worth, but the troops had philosophically eaten most of that first chance they got. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were old houses that had been standing there when Washington maneuvered his troops across Long Island. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had just closed his eyes when a courier arrived with a message from Meade to read to the troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, along with a men’s night bomber regiment, Marina’s recruits would fly low over the German troops in the dark, bombing their headquarters and ammunition and supply depots on the southern end of the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Lee was telling Pickett how to maneuver his troops sideways when he reached the road so that they would converge on that clump of trees toward the center. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured he was dug in with the troops at Fort Washington, which seemed a good place, what with the strong walls and the cannons protecting it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The Japanese had an estimated 2.5 million troops ready to defend the islands. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The white students also expressed their feelings about the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They married the children of Colonel Maycomb’s troops, were fruitful, and established what the county called the Eight Families. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One hundred seventy flights transported 19,000 troops from the United States to Western Europe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Without the spoils of war, money to pay the troops came out of Cleopatra’s treasury and is own pocket. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They emerged from the storm like a troop of wraiths, big men on small horses, made even bigger by the bulky furs they wore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hitler and his officers watch their troops march into Poland on September 1, 1939. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Each day about a dozen of them, including this girl, would come trooping past our barracks on the way to a catechism lesson. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z What had happened: late Monday night, President Johnson, finally giving in to Governor Romney’s request, had ordered in federal troops. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was so proud, I took her hand as we all trooped into the living room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington sent American troops under the command of the Marquis de Lafayette to get Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed with a frantic series of plans and promises meant to rally his troops and to convince Octavian’s troops to join with him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z By the end of June, Nixon pulled the American troops out of Cambodia, but continued his secretive policies of bombing Cambodia and having Kissinger meet with the North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Government troops were deployed in Mattru Jong, and they erected checkpoints at the wharf and other strategic locations all over town. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But how long before full troops swarmed the area? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Best not to throw wild guesses at Thomas right now, lest he decide to jump the gun and send troops after me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “You could double the number of troops and that would keep things quieter—until they left. You could use nuclear weapons and kill all the people. I wouldn’t call that a win.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You can depend on the troops, but can you count on the generals? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she gets it, set up meeting to teach troop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They trooped by pairs into the market, first James and Sammy, then Dicey and Maybeth, to drink water from the fountain and use the toilets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They had seen new troops coming and some of die fire was falling now on Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The capture of Richmond by Union troops would be a powerful symbolic victory, telling everyone that the end of the Confederacy was near. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “The elders decided it was time. There are all kinds of silly rumors about Abba evacuating soon. Some ignoramuses even say the federal troops have entered Awka!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z To the left was a clump of trees, a stone fence, two batteries of artillery, the long line of troops lying in the sun, in the shade of the trees, dug in, waiting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The courts, local lawmen, and state and national troops all lined up against the union organizers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z They are a unit of malcontents, a troop of social misfits. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground troops, reinforced by heavy air support, destroyed the North Vietnamese sanctuaries, and confiscated weapons, rice, and medical equipment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I am like someone watching from the sidelines, waving a cowardly handkerchief, as the troops go boyishly off to war, singing brave songs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon the troop didn’t return to the sleeping cliff at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops will be pleased to know that Velma T. has sent off more relief parcels with her newly concocted elixir. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The five thousand marines there were cut off and could get supplies only by air, even though any helicopter that flew over took a lot of enemy fire from the twenty thousand surrounding Vietcong troops. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They flew over the busy railway station where the Soviet troops bound for Kursk were gathering, surrounded by a mess of smoking bomb craters in the dirty snow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He did not recognize me, and he shouted to his troops. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the quarry, the dirt road diverged, and to the right the general prisoners trooped off to the rock quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington and Rochambeau rapidly changed their plan: They would head south to Virginia with the goal of trapping Cornwallis’s troops gathering at Yorktown, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But his general gist seemed to be close to his lordship's, concluding with a call for a freezing of German reparation payments and the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr region. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Howe, believing reports that Washington had 4,000 additional troops, did not launch a major attack. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Multiple ambushes cost the lives of many Spanish troops and animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director’s heels. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Ohio had taken her troops to the trees. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The essential thing was speed: getting their troops on the ground first would make all the difference. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Two Navajo code talkers, Paul Blatchford and Rex Malone, were reassigned to Army and Navy Intelligence and shipped out with special teams to Japan to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki ahead of our troops. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In short order, the US Army, which maintains thousands of troops in South Korea, forbade its personnel from flying with the airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “It ought to be possible,” Kennedy continued, “for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Pretty girls in their best summer dresses begged for funds with which to equip troops, and they blushed happily at the enthusiastic cheers of the young men for whose cause they pled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Reyna soared above the giant, diving in with her javelin whenever he turned his attention to the ground troops. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They were now named the 46th Taman Guards in honor of their spring and summer harassing the German troops in the Taman Peninsula. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On reaching the center of the plaza, Atahuallpa remained in his litter on high, while his troops continued to file in behind him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They reduced matters to such a state that in an army of twenty thousand troops, one could hardly find two thousand foot-soldiers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z February 11: The Seattle General Strike ends when federal troops are summoned by the mayor of Seattle and the state’s attorney general. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There was nothing he could do about that; he had no more troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nat didn’t realize how he had been yelling and cheering until the president had passed, and the troops had fallen in behind him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Burgoyne ordered his men to dig in while awaiting General Clinton’s troops, supposedly coming from New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We troop down for the brainwashing and she can’t stop talking. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But there were also so many American troops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In mid-July, one hundred thousand irate Soviet citizens, inflamed by the government-controlled press, besieged the American embassy on Tchaikovsky Street, demanding that the United States withdraw its troops from Lebanon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Darkclaw nudged him and whispered, “What about the other one, Chief? Shall I take some troops and start searching for him?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The letter C identified a cargo plane like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, built to transport military goods and troops and, eventually, commercial passengers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The others in her troop tried to draw her out during their first days in the mountains, but Felicia refused to say anything. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Conversely, British troops have fought on the continent in every century since the Norman Conquest of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I watched them,” Mrs. V tells me when they troop back into the room, excited and victorious. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z At once there was great jostling and cursing as each troop tried to get first to the gate and the ending of their march. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Though Lee had no love for secession or slavery, his home state was Virginia, which had recently seceded from the Union, and he could not lead troops against his home state. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z An army private shoulders his recoilless rifle as American troops leave the village of My Tho after setting buildings on fire, 1968. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Advances in mass production assembly enabled both sides to quickly arm their troops. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The blue troops seemed to be pulling back that way, retreating, reforming. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jonathan watched, the enemy troops continued to pace themselves to the beat of the drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of KGB officers descended on Moscow, backed by troops and tanks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As the host trooped down the causeway through the black bogs of the Neck and spilled out into the riverlands beyond, Catelyn's apprehensions grew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They said the threat of violence due to integration was not sufficient for the governor to have called out troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry heard the grinding of benches and then the sound of the Slytherins trooping out on the other side of the Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some of the Union troops were camped out in fields around the city, and tent hospitals were built there to treat the many returning war wounded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She found the baboon troop still lingering by the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually it came to no more than this: a deployment of troops, twenty-seven soldiers leaning, twenty-seven tiny olive-green rifles aiming, poised on the brink of battle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Over the radio, the German people were told that Hitler had been killed at the head of his troops in the heroic Battle of Berlin. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They walked in silence, and in silence, behind them, came the brothers and sisters and cousins and all the troop of old people. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Union troops and detectives were swarming the countryside, motivated in part by the enormous reward being offered by the War Department. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They could try barreling through the troops with the tank, but they would never make it to the ship. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z First Sergeant Maples explained to the court that since 1946 he had been assigned to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he specialized in the training of combat troops. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My thoughts scattered in all directions like undisciplined troops facing their first fire, and it took me a moment to marshal them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “This ain’t landing day,” Georgia Boy said as we sat watching more and more troops and equipment follow us up onto the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jeeps, troops, and sewing machines were now drawn up next to the Far Common quadrangle. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When the troops came out of the woods the artillery would open up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the heat of the day, the troop rested in the shade of a musasa grove. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perched halfway up the tree, I see my troop, still dozing contentedly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He knew that his troops—and Congress—needed a victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sound of troops at route step, shuffle in the dust, dull clink of mess kits, a band in the distance, tinny, forlorn, raw call of a cow in the sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they had to crawl into the tents like dogs, the troops called them “dog tents.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Our 1,600 ships were the largest armada in history, and the number of our troops was even bigger than the force that landed on the beaches of Normandy in Europe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The British troops rose, their bayonets flashing at the ends of their muskets. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The more troops he added, the more men would have to be drafted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z My head had swung with hers, so at just about the same time we saw a troop of the powhitetrash kids marching over the hill and down by the side of the school. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take the old woman, and join the other troops at the bottom of this accursed mountain.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Some of them were selling food to the troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most distressing, Rumpy had decided she was another member of the troop—a less important member. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The enemy was clearly not being defeated,” said Scruggs, despite American troops having been on the ground for five years. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z American troop levels in Vietnam were nearing 200,000, but the enemy was adapting by breaking into small groups and moving unseen through the rugged mountains and forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But the troops stood there, facing the horizon in their tin hats, rifles lifted above the waves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The enemy is pressed and begins to move troops there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, not much—but then later, when the troops were hunting Indians and shooting children and burning teepees, it wasn’t much different from your mouse hunt.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Since being a “mom” to 150 college-bound kids will be overwhelming, I’ve decided to rally the troops and elicit more help. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Five months later, on March 15, 1939, he sent German troops into Bohemia and Moravia, also regions of Czechoslovakia. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In a brief campaign, Mark Antony’s troops reclaimed parts of Syria that had fallen into Parthian hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Armies combined together in such a fashion are much better than a purely auxiliary force or a purely mercenary army, but are greatly inferior to one’s own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z While escalating the bombing, he continually increased troop levels. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The road by the building was jammed with Rebel troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now came the suitors, young bloods trooping in to their own seats on thrones or easy chairs. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, everyone had trooped to the courthouse to demonstrate—inside, a fellow activist named Bob Eaton was being sentenced to prison for resisting the draft. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With a shock he realized that he was standing alone, and that the entire line of enemy troops was rushing at him and at no one else. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This officer too was separated from his troops. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The whole Scout troop, plus a few other visitors to the aquarium, stop to listen to her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Fighting behind Japanese lines, he organized hit-and-run raids on enemy troops. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were executing officers of the rank of major and above who were separated from their troops. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The fans of the falcons of the Delhi Bridge trooped back into the clean, roomy bird barn and watched with great concern while Perry stroked the terrified falcon to calm him down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A troop of bush babies chattered as they made their way along the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a member of the Amphibious Forces, whose job it was to transport troops to the Far East and assist their storming of beaches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nhamo didn’t need to forage for a few days, but she found herself following the troop anyhow the next morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The German ground troops didn’t want to hit their own aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We visited an army unit at the front, and at one point I took a pair of field glasses and could actually see French troops across the border. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet even with decent troops the place was clearly indefensible. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, we trooped to the neighbors’ flat on the topmost floor and stood on their verandah, to see if we could catch a breeze. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We trooped downstairs to bowls of dangerously hot Apple Brown Betty that seared the mouth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Having the troops around was good for business. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As an aside to his wife, he said, “If any of the troops give you any lip, there will be a summary court-martial when the Great Santini gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then, a tank rolls through, followed by several platoons of troops. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Food was scarce; in a nation at war, much of it occupied by enemy troops, it was difficult to grow and gather crops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was in our Girl Scout troop when we were little. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Within five minutes I ran into a dusty haze kicked up by the troops, and I realized that they must be just ahead of me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment Pippin saw why some of the troop had been pointing eastward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The night before the battle, the Americans had been warned that thousands of British troops were on their way. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the first days of December intelligence reports about British troop movements began streaming into Washington’s headquarters from various sources. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a battle at Bunker Hill where the Patriots massacred the British troops before they were driven off, and the Rebels also took Fort Ticonderoga without much of a fight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Carole, a member of Girl Scout troop #264, pinned the numerous badges she had earned to a long sash that draped across her chest and proudly wore her uniform to school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He remembered suddenly the day Jackson had come upon some of his troops letting a valiant Yankee color sergeant withdraw after a great fight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Federal troops put down the strike in many cities, leading to more violence and several workers’ deaths. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The troop erupted with shrieks when someone encountered a snake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their elite troops all raced back to Port Stanley as the British paratroopers advanced. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He was too far north, within striking distance of Union troops. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Other early reports concerned the victories of Ian Smith’s troops in Rhodesia and detentions of government opponents in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse things could happen to a young woman at the hands of the victorious Communist troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His dull, groping eyes lingered kindly over his boys as they trooped in for breakfast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Andean troops carried bows, javelins, maces, and clubs, their most fearsome weapon, the sling, was made of cloth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The nearly six thousand troops got orders to move out into the streets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Four thousand of Lee’s troops stand shoulder to shoulder, ready to meet the Union attack. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Creeks and rivers overflow their banks from the recent rains, drenching the troops at every crossing. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Nearly twenty-four hours passed before federal troops arrived. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was after the North Vietnamese troops just across the border in Cambodia that were moving into Vietnam, attacking, and running back into Cambodia to hide in the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z With 10,000 Union troops almost on top of them, darkness is the rebels’ only hope. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Ben asked, as they trooped into the kitchen, soggy and silent. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I saw the enemy go: endless lines of marching Orcs; and troops of them mounted on great wolves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There would soon be twenty-one thousand National Guard troops in the area, coming from all over the country—West Virginia, Utah, New Mexico, Missouri. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Keeping noise down to a minimum, Cluny ordered his troops to bring forward the siege tower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I stood and watched them, the once confident troops now dejected prisoners of the Soviets. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A courier came toiling down the dusty lane, pushing his horse through the crowded troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the road the troops were moving in a great mottled stream: Longstreet’s First Corps, the backbone of the army, moving up behind Powell Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Your Honor, this Court and those troops are not the real agencies that keep the public peace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But not considering such troops reliable, he turned to mercenary forces, judging them to be less dangerous, and he hired the Orsini and the Vitelli. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Troop by troop, and company by company, they wheeled and went off eastward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z President Wilson needed a steady production of meat from the Stock Yard to feed the hungry troops. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He needed to get control of Cleopatra’s wealth to pay his troops in Rome, who were threatening to revolt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z For at long intervals on that highway cisterns had been built for the use of troops sent in haste through the waterless regions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jonathan could not take his eyes from the advancing troops. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, there was a strongly fortified line of German troops, airfields, tanks, searchlights, headquarters, and machine gun and antiaircraft batteries. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The watch dogs, when they caught sight of Odysseus, faced him, a snarling troop, and pelted out viciously after him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Company guards and Georgia National Guard troops were dispatched in at least seven states, smashing the strike in three weeks. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z A vast collection of troops, tanks, weapons, and vehicles surrounded the castle on all sides. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z By the end of 2011, the last American soldiers had left Iraq; a gradual drawdown of troops was under way in Afghanistan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Instead, American troops poured across the bridge, the Remagen beachhead was quickly enlarged and held against German counterattacks—and everyone began to talk of the war ending in two months. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Refugees fled frantically ahead of the German troops, and when they got stuck at river crossings, the German Air Force swooped down overhead and fired their machine guns into the waiting crowds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z American strategy in Vietnam was to rely on superior firepower to kill enemy troops faster than they could be replaced. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As part of the deception, Washington ordered three generals with troops near New York to act as if they were preparing to invade the city. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, then, that the armies with which a prince defends his state are made up of his own troops, or mercenaries, or auxiliaries, or of mixed troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z What I would do up there is send in the troops and let some bullets fly, to teach them once and for all. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Still other troops walked about holding walkie-talkies to their ears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops around him were eager, bright-faced; the bands were playing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z General Putnam was going to make sure the troops saw the execution as an example. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, April 30, word spread through the barge: the president of South Vietnam had ordered his troops to lay down their arms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They came back before sundown and invited us to come see their boat before they shoved off, so Mother and my sisters and I trooped down to the riverbank. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie had sent a special message to London, advising that French troops had marched out of New France and built two forts in the Ohio Valley, land claimed by Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. The troops are shaping up, I think.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The steady rise and fall of gunfire coming from the screens tells me that the people living in those sectors must be facing off against the troops. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The ship had reached the marina, and heavy troops were emerging from its fiery decks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But evidence does exist of a distinct pattern of intimidation and harassment of workers by company-hired gunmen, local law enforcement, and National Guard troops—with little or no redress for the victims. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z There was a better chance of finding shelter along a field road, but also a better chance of running into troops. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Rumors were rampant in the camps that American troops were gaining ground in Europe. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Quigley Stadium was where the 101st troops set up their headquarters. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The plain to their right was dim and smoky, and they could see there neither camps nor troops moving; but all that region was under the vigilance of the forts of Carach Angren. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Thousands of US troops were already stationed at American bases in occupied Japan, just a short hop across the Sea of Japan from Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We trooped down the stairs and watched as Styx drove away with Mr. Pike in his truck. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Arsinoe and Achillas soon became locked in a power struggle themselves, going behind each other’s backs to bribe the troops and gain control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She wasn’t in actual danger as long as the troop kept to the rocks, so she settled down to watch their antics. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were outbreaks of camp fever, smallpox, and dysentery amongst the rebel troops. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there numbly watching the naked prisoners with their hands on their heads being lined up in the yard, poked with rifles, and shoved around by troops who behaved like Nazis. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There had been many barbecues with the driveway lined with cars and a troop of chauffeurs under the palm trees exchanging news and gossip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Do you not know that an officer should be with his troops?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Serving as the leader of Girl Scout Troop No. 60, now one of the largest minority troops on the peninsula, was always at the top of Mary’s list of volunteer activities. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As I stepped into the hallway, just for an instant the thought of fewer troops terrified me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dark and the rain, making our way along the side of the road I could see that many of the troops still had their rifles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He would also show it a few years later in the South Pacific when, against orders, he stayed behind with wounded British soldiers as Japanese troops surrounded them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the living room, Colonel Meecham had overturned the coffee table, his eyes scanning the dining room for troop movement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed it would, and the troops would take new heart.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As she watched, a troop of ten, their sacks bulging, went past her out the tunnel; they greeted Justin and nodded at her, but they did not pause. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Never was he esteemed more highly than when everyone saw that he was completely in command of his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z With the protection of federal troops, African Americans began to vote in large numbers and seize control, in some areas, of the local political apparatus. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Much as he loved power, he was more comfortable leading troops than trading barbs with senators. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Then they’ll say, “We support the troops around here,” and walk off. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now the German troops would have to fight on front lines in both the east and the west of Europe. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “How long will it take marching troops to get here from Linvale?” he asked. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I was not pretending to be anyone but myself, and they still accepted me into their troop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In the distance I could see the British troops milling around the house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What ho, old rat! Showing a bit of initiative? Never ask the troops to do what you can’t do yourself and all that! Splendid!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At six—a year early, by a special relaxation of the rules—he had joined the Spies; at nine he had been a troop leader. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When I came home and our troop train got to the southern states, I had to leave and switch to the colored cars. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No, I cannot believe a woman could maintain her virtue and serve honorably with the troops out west. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She had driven off a huge baboon troop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our fresh troops are anaemic boys in need of rest, who cannot carry a pack, but merely know how to die. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “The General says to tell you that the Yankees are moving troops up on the high Rocky Hill, the one to the right. And there’s a signal team up there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Amidst all the good news, however, the ANC objected to the fact that Mr. de Klerk had not completely lifted the State of Emergency or ordered the troops out of the townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a party of maybe twenty people, and even at a distance I could see that some of them had on blue uniforms which meant that they were Continentals—the Rebel troops. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Under natural conditions, a typical chimpanzee troop consists of about twenty to fifty individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He defended the difficult choices he had made in Vietnam to stop a Communist takeover and praised the troops who’d done the fighting. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He did not pay any attention because he was listening to the forming of the troops, the sound of the cornets, and the voices of command that were shattering the dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had enough troops to keep the British in Boston, but he did not have enough men or ammunition to take the city. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days after Hickey was hanged, British troops landed on Staten Island, in New York Bay, a few miles from Washington’s headquarters. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By stealing and reading secret messages and by reading the decoded reports of agents and spy hunters, Washington was finding out what the British were going to do sometimes even before British troops knew. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just any soldiers, either: these were troops of the Imperial Guard of Muscovy, the most ferociously trained and lavishly equipped army in the world, and one sworn to uphold the power of the Magisterium. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Secretary Stinson was contacted and made good on his word by quickly dispatching troops to clear the parade route. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “American troops are pushing into German soil. The Russians have captured back all of Romania. Only yesterday the Greeks in the Eighth Army captured Rimini. The Germans are on the defensive everywhere!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Like a military operation, it had many troops but only one commander. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As the troops and tanks entered the outskirts of town, most people hid. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Washington could slow down Howe, but his ragged army had little chance of keeping the British from sending troops from New York to occupy Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, I believe I am correct in proposing that he be imitated by all those who have risen to power through the Fortune and with the troops of others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But why would an obviously starving baboon troop avoid a hill covered with wild grapes? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had overestimated the speed with which they could defeat the Soviet army and underestimated the will to resist not only of the Soviet troops but also of the Soviet people. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Reconstruction is most typically described as stretching from 1863, when the North freed the slaves, to 1877, when it abandoned them and withdrew federal troops from the South. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I heard there were enemy troops. Fifteen, twenty or so. Where are they going? What are they trying to do? Something happen?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The National Guard was unable to restore calm, and the president ordered nearly 5,000 army troops onto the streets of Detroit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Stanton ordered troops to turn out into the streets, the guards to be doubled, military forts to be alert, guns manned, and special guards to be posted around the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the sweeping sound made by the Po-2s’ canvas wings as they dived low over the German troops in the dark. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Horsemen could easily outride Indian sentries before the sentries had time to warn Indian troops behind them, and could ride down and kill Indians on foot. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He pushes in the door and calls for us,Where are my troops? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Only after some two hundred of the Indigenous residents had fallen did the troops overpower the Shawnee. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It came down in a great blizzard about a week after the troops had started to build the encampment. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The reply was that without another word the German troops crossed the Polish frontier this morning at dawn and are since reported to be bombing open towns. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z As the rats trooped in, their sacks were empty. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Travis came out of his room and trooped silently in to dinner with the rest of us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Late in 1943, an unusual section of the French Air Force, later known as the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, had joined the Soviet troops to defend them in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In taking the boat, most of the canoes, and some of the weapons from his famished troops, Orellana had displayed, Gonzalo said, “the greatest cruelty that ever faithless men have shown.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the trenches we were told there were black troops in front of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But the blue troops pulled back, and there was no attack. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With the American troops no longer fighting, what could her father do to protect her and her sisters and brothers? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was revered by his troops and had demonstrated by that point in the war an unmatched tactical genius. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Ten or so troops surround it, taking aim at a sniper on the fourth floor of the Beaumont Hotel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then his eyes grew sort of dazed for an instant and he mumbled: "Female lemurs are in charge of the troop." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z On the armed forces: “The important thing is that we’re doing the right thing by our troops. And that’s why we’ve increased the spending on equipment dramatically over these last few years.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We were supposed to attack too, but they had not brought up any new troops so he thought that was off too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The blue troops are on the move; now we must keep them moving. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But troops swarming across the road forced the convoy to a halt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “The island in the harbor. That’s where the first fighting of the Civil War happened. The Confederates shelled the Union troops and took the fort.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A dozen nations were using the new technology of aircraft for bombing, for taking photographs of enemy troops, for shooting at soldiers on the ground, and for aerial combat against enemy pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He offered to send Mark Antony part of his fleet and 2,000 troops to help him complete the Parthian campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Redemption” resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the effective abandonment of African Americans and all those who had fought for or supported an egalitarian racial order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “We’ve put more than a hundred thousand more troops into the country over the last year, and there’s been no improvement. Things aren’t any better at all. That means the underlying situation is really worse!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He said something about a British airborne division seizing bridgeheads and two American airborne divisions stopping enemy troops from moving into the Cotentin Peninsula. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The enemy does not know where to move troops now, or to move any at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We believed it, and spent a major part of every day trooping about the town selling them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He storms back and forth, bellowing like Genghis Khan at a troop inspection. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Washington had hoped that Arnold would be able to take command of combat troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to end the strike, and workers went back to their jobs, taking lower wages. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Jonathan watched, spellbound, as the troops marched into view. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In return, he would send Mark Antony 20,000 troops to continue the Parthian expedition. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s strategy was to keep fighting, to keep absorbing punishment, until the American public tired of war and demanded the withdrawal of American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I have no information about troops or about the movement of the tribes. I was simply acting as a guide for my friend here.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hazy dawn hours of February 9, four thousand police and army troops cordoned off the township while workers razed empty houses and government trucks began moving families from So- phiatown to Meadowlands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Brianna is the best at bubble letters, so she writes, “We support the troops,” and Kelly J. helps her color the American flag with hearts where the stars should go. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Boy Scouts were present—an entire troop. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z By giving prestige to the Swiss, he discredited his own troops, for he did away entirely with his foot-soldiers and obliged his cavalry to depend upon the abilities of others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Spanish armies traveled in a porcine cloud; drawn by the supper trough, the lean, hungry animals circled the troops like darting dogs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We trooped back inside, girls in one queue, boys in the other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the first wave of his attack, Van Riper had fired twelve theater ballistic missiles at various ports in the Gulf region where Blue Team troops were landing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Exactly a year before, the Soviets had begun moving troops over the borders into the country. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It said that French troops were in British territory and must leave. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She generally slept in the middle of a troop of girls. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been a troop leader in the Spies and a branch secretary in the Youth League before joining the Junior Anti-Sex League. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sherman’s troops laid waste to much of Georgia, cutting off food supplies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He wanted to hold the troops, make sacrifice, a hekatomb, something to pacify Athena’s rage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom, who was only six or seven herself, used to round up the abandoned kids and form a troop and take them around to the shebeens. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Beneath them, the blackened ruins of Stalingrad were softened by a fresh fall of snow, and around them the Soviet air and ground forces were flattening the last German troops outside the city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The plan was based on the belief that Admiral François de Grasse’s powerful French fleet, with 3,000 troops, was heading from France to New York to aid in the attack. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Having established their defensive line, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sent a majority of their troops north to Actium to extend the chain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We heard of troop movements in the countryside to seize powder and shot. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed my sword, and we went to rally the troops. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The garrison numbered no more than a hundred men, so small a troop that they were lost in Harrenhal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the snow began to melt in Russia, Leningrad was completely surrounded by German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In June 1946, Jack and six hundred other survivors boarded a U.S. military troop ship to cross the Atlantic. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The feeling must be somewhat similar in the military among troops about to be dispatched to faraway trouble spots: Some of us are going to get hurt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So Johnny knew that the troops were getting edgy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day he traveled the city with other police officers and National Guard troops, making rescues. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They were beaten, starved, and forced to watch their loved ones killed before their own eyes by Hitler’s troops. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t use them as an example to put fresh heart in his troops. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A British officer shouted, and the troops marched out. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The alpha male strives to maintain social harmony within his troop. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops from Andover appeared in their dashing red uniforms, every button shining, leather gleaming. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The American ships bombed Incheon so they could land their troops.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The troops were moving in the fields, but there had been no order to march. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z American and French soldiers travel to Yorktown, where French warships close the trap on British troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But he did try to subtly emphasize the benefits of his preferred option: peace talks and the withdrawal of American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Refugees flooded the roads, desperately looking for safety as Communist troops pushed south toward Saigon in their final “Ho Chi Minh Campaign.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Inverted snobbery, more like. I simply don’t see any good reason for our trooping off to partake of the bounty of the Lady of the Manor. We’re perfecdy all right here.” The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As promised, US Cavalry troops also rode into town to restore order. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On the war: The Capitol fell the day the parachutes went off, President Coin leads Panem now, and troops have been sent out to put down the small remaining pockets of Capitol resistance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason, the German troops at the front invented a name for the young women of the 46th Guards, who bombed them so relentlessly, three hundred times a night throughout the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There had been numerous reports of VC activity on the island, and the Green Berets went out with new South Vietnamese troops on a training exercise. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Next, a troop of jugglers with polished spheres of gold, which they hurl up high jn flashing flights, and catch, and hurl again, making' fountain-jets of bright jugglery. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Even if she could get past the troops at Pelusium, Ptolemy’s advisers would have her killed the minute she set foot inside the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Kingdom’s forces on the ground—columns of riflemen, troops equipped with flamethrowers, with poison-spraying cannons, with weapons such as none of the watchers had ever seen—began to disengage and pull back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After the glowing news—Biafran troops were flushing out the last remnants of the enemy, Nigerian casualties were high, mopping-up operations were concluding—he would fantasize about joining the army. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Townsend had discovered that about 8,000 Redcoats were boarding ships to sail to Newport, where they would launch an attack on the French troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight the image of my lord came by as I remember him with troops. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke he saw a troop of busy ants. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Chiron, escorted by Frank and Hazel, inspected the Roman troops and praised them for their bravery. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were running and shooting at South Vietnamese troops on the other side of the road. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The attack came fast and furious, overwhelming the American troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The original writers show Tania scoring kill after kill as she guns down German planes and drops her bombs on German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Craig Salt's yacht's over in Poole, so he drove over to address the troops. Couldn't just swan off to the local fleapit with you, I'm afraid.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As inspired as I was by the troops in Addis, I knew that our own force would be more like these troops here in Oujda, and I could only hope they would fight as valiantly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Manny’s avatar switches weapons in quick succession, tossing everything he’s got at the enemy troops. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Like the general who fights side by side with his troops at the front, Bram did not want to ask others to make a sacrifice that he was unwilling to make himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not, could not, recall a single thing from the program other than what he had uttered to Willow at the end of their first session: "Female lemurs are in charge of the troop." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Jiichan was telling them about some Australian occupation troops in Hiroshima, that maybe they could hire Papa as an interpreter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The Allies had forced the German troops from North Africa earlier that year, but in China there was an ongoing battle to drive out the invading Japanese. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They trooped out in silence past him and closed the door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Lydia Darragh and her family were living on Second Street in Philadelphia when British troops entered the city in September 1777. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Galina Burdina learned how close she herself had come to being killed when she had a strange encounter with a Romanian pilot who surrendered to the Red Army with other Romanian troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Agent Jones spoke into his hidden mic and the troop of black shirts disguised as Republic of ChaCha rebels burst from the jungle bearing machine guns, shouting and shooting into the air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His troops stayed behind in Syria instead of coming with him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was February of 1945 and Central Pacific Command had just sent down its orders to the troops. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of March, the last US combat troops pulled out of Vietnam, leaving ten thousand Americans: military advisors, Marines to protect US installations, and non-military personnel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Rebel troops had been beaten there, and the British had taken over the city, but the way Sam wrote about it, he made it seem like a glorious victory for the Rebels. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of new troops in Germany. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Enemy troops are headed this way,” the Corporal said. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I'm the Greek warrior again, more like a general now, planning my campaign, getting my troops ready for battle. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The troop struggled to subdue the overflowing crowd with their rifle butts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She has been marching the troops through here all morning. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Redcoats swept through Georgia and South Carolina, Clinton put General Charles Cornwallis in command of all troops in the South. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of Caesar’s troops wanted to leave Egypt and turn their attention to other campaigns, but on Caesar’s orders, they stayed . . . and stayed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly he spotted the British troops formed up on the training ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s in Paradise Lost that he’s to be found in properly blistering form—first as the defeated general rallying his troops in hell, and later as the tricksy serpent in the Garden of Eden. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Kit bag inspected! Map, compass, rations all in order! Fall in, troops!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The front detachments were now close to our camp, and still more troops kept issuing from the camp of the Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw troops on the road, a long way off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, leaders up here and we’ll divide up the troops!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now a troop of cavalry arrives and plunges recklessly through the crowd assembling outside the theater. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They had some of their military resources situated on the outskirts of the Capitol itself—nuclear missiles, aircraft, troops — but a significant chunk of their power was now under an enemy’s control. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Matt and the other kids trooped off to the concert. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Annabeth wanted to land the Argo II before those troops arrived, but the ground was still several hundred feet below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “No, sir. But some of General Hill’s troops went into Gettysburg this afternoon and claim they saw Union cavalry there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, if France could have attacked Naples with her own troops, she should have done so. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This would require little effort to demonstrate, since the present ruin of Italy is caused by nothing other than its having relied on mercenary troops for a period of many years. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z As Luke was raising his sword to rally his troops, a centaur shot a custom-made arrow with a leather boxing glove on the end. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Sent into Washington’s camp disguised as a peddler, she would bring back solid reports on the number of cannon and the number of Continental troops, regiment by regiment. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops marched by, then broke formation, and began to spread out through the village looking for shelter from the rain. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of them trooped down the stairs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At 3:20 in the morning, wide awake in his bunk, Ishmael heard the order delivered to the troop hold: “All marines lay topside to your debarkation stations!’ Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I have a sneaking suspicion that this doesn’t mean a surprise performance by a traveling troop of jugglers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z ‘A merry troop of fools we shall look! Will Haldir lead us all on a string, like many blind beggars with one dog? But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Until that time, I had been observing fewer and fewer Arkansas National Guard troops inside school each day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The zeppelin, with Mrs. Coulter and her troops onboard, was catching up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Around the abandoned lorries they passed, supplies had been scattered by troops looking for food or drink or petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1774, he set up a secret group that met regularly at the Green Dragon Tavern with the express purpose of monitoring British troop movements. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In late afternoon, shouts in the forest told Nhamo the baboon troop was on its way to the cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To our amazement, he announced he had sent troops to Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For five days and nights, news coverage of burning buildings, tanks, and armed troops focused on American streets, not Vietnamese villages and jungles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They had to flee immediately, before the Union troops could surround them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, those were the troops and the mob the paper had spoken of. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Confederate troops fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, Lincoln had no choice but to go to war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers pushed the three of them onto the road, tied their hands behind their backs, and marched them onto the training ground through the troops. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward’s family, exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I figured out I would run past the British troops and come out ahead of them before they reached Dr. Hobart’s house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He waves at them and says, "Carry on, troops," as he goes by. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was nervously eyeing the troop of Recruiters, who had realized their leader was not among them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z President Cleveland ordered federal troops to Chicago and placed them under the command of General Nelson A. Miles, previously the grand marshal of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Once they had all been deemed smart enough, they trooped out into the sunny backyard to await the visitors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s see what sort of sedition this rogue is bringing in among His Majesty’s loyal troops.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In case of attack, Tisquantum claimed, he could respond with an equal number of Indian troops—and the Pilgrims, who might be able to intimidate the enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Look at Henry the Second borrowing money from Stephen, to pay his own troops in fighting Stephen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer raised his sword and charged toward the house, and troops ran after him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They went off in a troop, preceded by a band of musicians and shooting off fireworks, and they left behind in the town an impression that the Buendía line had enough seed for many centuries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Again he passed a window and he saw a sprawling mob held at bay by troops. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z American troops entrenched on the new line and repulsed two powerful German counterattacks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then there was the other side of it, which was that the chances were that Sam wasn’t in General Arnold’s troops anymore and probably was a hundred miles from Redding anyway. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, as Clinton’s troops were heading up the Hudson Valley, Clinton used another device to pass the news of his whereabouts to Burgoyne. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z With shrieks and gibberings, the gang—too loosely organized to be called a troop—circled, saw their new opponent, and fled in confusion. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once every Cyclops within fifty yards had been reduced to ashes, Frank landed in front of his troops and transformed into a human. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So when the news that Biafra had captured the midwest and Biafran troops were marching to Lagos came over the radio, he felt a strange mix of relief and disappointment. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And no territory was being gained, because as soon as American troops left an area, the Viet Cong slipped right back in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Come on, troops, let’s go for a ride.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I figured I could gradually lower the barrel at the screen, aim, and pick off one of the Japanese troops. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Speaking from the White House, President Eisenhower said he sent troops because “Mob rule in Little Rock menaces the very safety of the United States and the free world.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If North Vietnam agreed to a cease-fire and returned the American prisoners of war, Nixon said, he would end the bombing and withdraw the remaining American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In Kerry’s view, it was the government that was guilty of betraying the troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Camp rumors were insistent that Hitler’s government was starting to collapse and Russian troops were moving toward Germany. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z A troop of baboons ran with arched tails flying as they zigzagged, not yet understanding their entrapment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The “feast” presented to Caesar and his troops consisted of spoiled grain served on chipped pottery. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They drove out there, checked the chlorine shed, toured the perimeter, then trooped into a little shack that had been set up with four cots. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “All troops report to their stations immediately. That is an order. I repeat. All troops report to their stations immediately.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That night she listened to the voices of the troop as they nested in the trees across the savanna. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1941, the Luftwaffe regularly sent spy planes over Russian troops and Russian cities. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The passages were clogged with troops: armored knights in woolen surcoats and fur cloaks, men-at-arms with spears across their shoulders, archers carrying unstrung bows and sheaves of arrows, freeriders, grooms leading warhorses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Alexander VI came to power, and he, more than any of the popes who ever reigned, demonstrated how well a pope could succeed with money and his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z On April 26, 1865, General Joseph Eggleston Johnston surrendered the Southern troops to Union general William Tecumseh Sherman at a farmhouse just outside of town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo foraged by herself these days, and she scurried back to her trees before the troop returned. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was May before we had as many as twelve divisions in the field, and summer had come before our troops began to move across the sea in numbers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Thus, he was neither taken prisoner by his enemies, who had fled, nor by his auxiliaries, since he triumphed with troops other than theirs. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Oh, those troops were impressive-looking with all those belts and buckles and powder horns and bayonets and so forth dangling about their red uniforms. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Week after week he had informed her about Monty and the Brits driving Rommel’s tanks out of North Africa and the American troops liberating Algeria and landing in Sicily. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Pickett’s troops were beginning to form in the fields to the west, out of sight of the Union line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he sensed power behind it, a road flowing with troops all the way back to the mountains. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of King Herod of Judea, Octavian’s troops captured Pelusium and took control of the Egyptian frontier. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The letters we exchange are filled with hope and longing and a vague sense of the importance of the mission of the American troops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Behind the enemy troops, a few blocks to the east, a bright light began to shine. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He assured his audience that as soon as the enemy sanctuaries had been eliminated and NVA military supplies destroyed, American troops would be withdrawn. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We heard over the BBC that Churchill wanted to land along with the troops on D Day, but Eisenhower and the other generals managed to talk him out of it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He told his troops to halt, then to withdraw. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One troop of soldiers didn’t look like the others, but they were too distant for a clear view. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We trooped out into the morning behind her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Jackie told me she had seen my best friend, Alvina, at the movies with some girls from our Girl Scout troop. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Following them there were some heavy trucks painted olive drab, and behind them came the troops. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The discs sprouted thin, wiry legs like spiders and skittered into the crowd, where they affixed themselves to Mr. Flux’s troops, delivering electrical charges that sent them yelping up and out of the fray. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He saw other troops behind boulders, molded into depressions in the earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had said something, anything at all, the troops surrounding him might have remembered that he was a man, not a rabbit to be skinned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Richmond had still been in flames on the morning of April 3, when the Union troops arrived. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When the troops came and times were so hard, Cilia had always given a large share of her food to Isannah and had grown to look more peaked and worried every week. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Army commissary officers, like the one Sam was working for, were buying up a lot of the livestock to feed the troops. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were headed for the village of Krymskaya, where German troops were camped along the fortified Blue Line, Hitler’s offensive front in Crimea. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They were already being used at the front for communications, as ambulances, and for clobbering German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He maintains control over the troop by staring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Now,’ thought Pippin, ‘if only it takes that ugly fellow a little while to get his troop under control, I’ve got a chance.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Upon seeing us all trooping out of the house, Millard scolded us for trying to leave him behind. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Meade had put troops along the ridge so that his position was shaped like the fishhook, but there were no troops yet on the rocky hills. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Newly planted trees stood in soldierly ranks, but in the heat and haze they looked like desert troops gone too long without water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Drums beat and fifes blew and beneath everything was the steady clockwork blast of the British cannons firing at the troops stationed north of us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z More LSTs were coming down the Slot between the islands to Bougainville bringing troops, ammo, and fuel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they roused themselves, and trooped back through the kitchen, scarcely glancing at the children on their way out of the house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Five days later, as North Vietnamese troops encircled Saigon, Ford ordered the evacuation of all United States citizens from Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But he could see no troops, no movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even that did not stop white mobs from gathering to challenge the troops’ authority. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Now the Germans could only get supplies by air, and the Soviets shot down their lumbering transport planes the second they got anywhere near their troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As the number of chimpanzees in a troop increases, the social order destabilises, eventually leading to a rupture and the formation of a new troop by some of the animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want the United States to have to put troops there,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Sergeant,” Bull said to Ben, “dismiss the troops.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They trooped into Minsky’s Burlesque and came out with wide eyes and sheepish grins, though Johnny White confided his personal opinion in his journal: “It was foul.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I followed the crowd as it trooped outdoors. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Molly has quietly disappeared into her Scout troop. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Some troops stayed only a few days at Walter Reed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near patrolling US troops, 1966. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The lieutenant sat against a tree while Chamberlain moved among the troops, getting them ready to move. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no way to know until we see Swiss troops.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Soapbox what?” some neighbors and Bethel AME parishioners and Girl Scout troop members had asked when Mary told them about her and Levi’s mechanical exploits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There was fierce resentment among many when the President and the Secretary of War used every resource at their hands to raise more troops to support Grant and Sherman. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It featured a presentation of the troops and a display of the war spoils, including the Armenian king held in golden chains made especially for the occasion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Despite the constant search and destroy, there was always a steady flow of fresh troops from North Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The troops had been dispatched by President Johnson after Governor Wallace had denounced the marchers as “Communist-trained agitators” and insisted that Alabama could not afford to pay state troopers to protect them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops that had been camped in Syria lacked organization and leadership. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I have, therefore, instructed an orderly disengagement of troops. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Anyone, therefore, who wishes to be unable to win should make use of these soldiers, for they are much more dangerous than mercenary troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Aye—for the troops, in battle fury still, made one pass at me after another, pricking me with spears, hoping to kill me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, both are seated in the back of a troop carrier with their rifles between their knees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, since I’m the C.O., and I like nicknames for my troops, you’ll just have to put up with my nickname for you, White America. Do you read me loud and clear?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “All you have to do is to listen for talk of the King’s troops.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Federal troops were withdrawn from the region and former slaves left to the tender mercies of Dixie whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I grab a suitcase in each arm, and we troop inside the house. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Second, the official religions and patriotic fervor of many states make their troops willing to fight suicidally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mounted troops were able to move at rates never encountered in Tawantinsuyu. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Washington’s troops chased the British from the battlefield, killed a passel of them, and took a couple of hundred prisoners. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Along all the roads troops were moving; for the Captains of the West were advancing and the Dark Lord was speeding his forces north. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They attacked the main ships, not the troop transporters, ’cause once the Task Force is sunk, our land forces’ll be easy to pick off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The British column was disappearing around the bend, but a couple of dozen troops had stayed behind. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In one particularly twisted incident, the settler troops slaughtered a Delaware boy who had been bird hunting alone. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Ahead I saw some troops coming down the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “And I’ve heard their cook excels at pastries. Don’t give their young Edward a thought. Enjoy yourself. Let your mother enjoy herself. I will direct the replacement troops here at the coffeehouse.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The commander of the troops spoke a few words, and our military protectors fell into formation and marched away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A troop of baboons trotted along the bank to observe her, and the males uttered threatening cries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With the heavily armed troops patrolling the streets, the bloodshed and mayhem began to abate. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Some blue troops had stopped near the trees above and were kneeling and firing; he saw the rifles aimed at him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Dawes took off before the troops came ashore. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We went slowly, a troop of soldiers all around us, while I wondered if they would truly let us go. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z One of them uncovered a snake and sent the whole troop into a screaming panic. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Meecham appreciated the eminence of ritual in relationship to the morale of troops in peace and war. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t get any sleep on a troop train. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z That is what he had always wanted his troops to call him: “Wild Bob.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Louisiana National Guard had called four thousand troops into service. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Likewise, the federal troops, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne and 101st, are battle-hardened veterans who know to use appropriate force. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A merciless fusillade the machine gun laid down, and the troops regrouped and joined the fire and the roar of war did not cease until the eraser was dead and cut to ribbons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The hoots and yells of the baboon troop didn’t veer off into the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed more disturbed by the crowd that was shouting all kinds of insults at the troops. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It took only about ten days before I could get quite close to the troop I chose to watch. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The others thumped him on the back and called him “Target Destroyer!” as they trooped to headquarters to hand in their cables. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They passed a window and Bigger caught a quick glimpse of a vast crowd of people standing behind closely formed lines of khaki-clad troops. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At home, he knew the American public would be vehemently against putting even more American lives at risk by sending in several hundred thousand more American troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Following a skillful amphibious landing, more than 75,000 American and South Korean troops punched forward against the North Korean army. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of March 7, thirty thousand German troops had rolled into the demilitarized Rhineland, in open defiance of both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact to which Germany was a signatory. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They did not feel they should lose their livelihood to reward the troops, and they were angry. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z That was when the first battle broke out between British and American troops, in and around the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He was then a young lieutenant new to combat, and his first thought was always to get on the radio and ask the troops in the field what was happening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But we can sure find out. Mama’s the assistant troop leader.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Nightingale, who was never to be referred to as Florence, had been in the Crimea long enough to see the value of discipline, strong lines of command and well-trained troops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But there was no sign of troops from either side. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Like Farmer, the captain and his troops were giving their best effort. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Around fifty of the Minutemen and lots of British troops had been killed on Friday at Lexington or Concord, or wherever it was, although nobody seemed to know how many for sure. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The president announced he was increasing the number of American troops in Vietnam to 125,000. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As fighting continued, in 1781 in eastern Ohio, British troops displaced residents of the Moravian villages. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Hence when Japan sent troops to Korea and annexed it in 1910, Japanese military leaders celebrated the annexation as “the restoration of the legitimate arrangement of antiquity.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some went off to write letters or party or sleep; the others trooped down to the base perimeter, where, for the next eleven hours, they would pull night guard duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A parade of dignitaries from the East trooped out to inspect the excavations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Being so close to mainland Europe—a short sail to France—it had been a point of embarkation for British troops during the Napoleonic wars earlier in the century. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was asked whether he offered any assault against the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Young females in tiny dresses, their breaths and bellies sucked in, trooped across to say hello to him and to flirt, asking if he remembered them, Ashleigh's friend from high school, Ashleigh's roommate in college. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Unaware that Salomon was a Son of Liberty, the British hired him to translate for officers handling Hessian troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not see any troops; only abandoned trucks and stores. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Instead of blocking Octavian’s troop ships as planned, Mark Antony’s warships sailed to defend supply stations that were under siege. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Turkish troops block the exits from the quay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If Longstreet’s spy was right and there had been masses of cavalry ahead, what the blue cavalry could do to his packed troops . The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the Duke decided to depend no longer upon the troops and Fortune of others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She walks around Command, studying the illuminated district maps that show the ongoing troop positions in the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1876 in Montana while George Armstrong Custer and his troops were being cut down at Little Big Horn, Cope was out hunting for bones nearby. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the way of troop trains, we left an hour late and sat on the siding outside Joliet for another hour. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Kaori pointed straight ahead without breaking her stride, like a general leading her troops into battle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A few months later, he sent German troops into the rest of Czechoslovakia. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence the effect on society is catastrophic when state government collapses, as happened in Britain upon the removal of Roman troops, administrators, and coinage between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s all rot that they put in the war-news about the good humour of the troops, how they are arranging dances almost before they are out of the front-line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Butcher them and hide the meat. Or sell it. You can get a good price for the hides from the troops. Sell what you can. I promise you, the stock will be stolen.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in charge of trying to keep order was General Thomas Gage, commander of all British troops in North America. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They must have gotten some troops along the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Through all that the Reb cannon were firing steadily and smoke was filling up the hollow between the armies and no one could see the motion of the troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And while Americans were still digesting these worrisome assessments, out of the Middle East came the first sketchy reports of Egyptian troops massing on the Israeli border. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Met by troops composed of both blacks and whites, some sixty-six slaves were killed, as well as two whites. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z What generals wanted were not accurate maps but sketch maps that showed the roads along which troops and supplies should move. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z According to a German prisoner, the radio broadcasts to the German troops at the front warned, “Attention, attention, the ladies are in the air, stay at your shelter.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The troops moved carefully through the heavy jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Once again, federal troops were sent to the South to provide protection for blacks attempting to exercise their civil rights, and the violent reaction of white racists was met with horror in the North. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Abandoned his troops, ordered to be shot,” he said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The only uniform he wore was that of the Boy Scouts, where he was a troop leader. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The group of twelve new teammates trooped down to the crosswalk, where they waited for the light to change. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It was efficacious for an officer to keep the troops busy, he thought, and when he exited a place, he left a trail of assignments in his wake no matter where he was. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, pay no attention to that. But be was a good soldier. He could move troops. He knew how to hate.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked the general whose job it was to schedule the deployment of troops if the president had changed his mind. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sunday evening at a quarter to eight we trooped upstairs carrying the big laundry basket, which had been decorated with cutouts and bows made of pink and blue carbon paper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even before President Wilson mobilized United States troops, Swift had been called on for meat to feed the massive European armies that already had been battling for several years. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The mounted troops entered the oasis from the north; it appeared to be a peaceful expedition, but they all carried arms hid-den in their robes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the scuffling and cries die down as the troops passed on through the Isenmouthe. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The local militia and Federal troops were called in to quell this unplanned and unrehearsed insurrection. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our troops have lost all the captured territory in the midwest and the march to Lagos is over. Nigeria now says this is war, no longer a police action.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On December 6, Soviet soldiers began to push the frozen and exhausted German troops away from the city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But the next year, in March 1936, Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland, the buffer zone between Germany and France. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Cloth was getting scarce, and leather, because the Continental troops needed them for clothing and shoes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If the protest became more than the police could handle, the fully armed troops could be brought onto the streets instantly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I used to follow the progress of the Nazi troops on a map I had hung on the drawing-room wall, while Clara knitted socks for the Allied soldiers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will make troop movement difficult,” said Tidings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Madison would actually lead the troops and do the necessary political infighting. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Weird Sisters now trooped up onto the stage to wildly enthusiastic applause; they were all extremely hairy and dressed in black robes that had been artfully ripped and torn. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My family, which humans call a troop, was just like any other gorilla family. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Although no one considered them capable of winning the war, they could at least draw out the bloody conflict for weeks or months and inflict heavy casualties on Union troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly it crashed open, and the troops charged in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The little island was too small to feed a troop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Warner is standing just inside the gym doors with a big smile on her face as we all troop in. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We trooped back to the table for the hot dogs themselves. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “They are asleep, but we patrol the area for English troops and runaways. Me, I would rather be home with my Maria. We had just married when I was called to this service.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A wise prince has always avoided these soldiers and has turned to his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Each of us received sixpence a week for pocket-money, and whenever there was any money in our pockets, we would all troop in together to buy a pennyworth of this or that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The usual crazy rumors: massed artillery and Russian tanks and whole divisions of fresh troops. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A regiment of National Guard troops, on hand for the inaugural parade, arrived on the scene and pushed back the crowd at one intersection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Soldiers were climbing out of troop carriers and continuing on foot, stumbling over brick and roof tiles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Reynolds said pleasantly, “Gentlemen, let’s place the troops.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As a next step, American troops were preparing for an all-out invasion of Japan. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been organizing other ministers in Little Rock to speak out and condemn the governor for dispatching the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He entered Cashtown and there at the crossroads, mounted, watching the troops pass, was Powell Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the jobs that the 46th Guards had here, along with other Po-2 regiments, was to fly emergency supply runs for the Red Army troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Down in Bursa the Greek troops scrounged for food, caroused, and shot up another mosque. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Marina Chechneva would fly her plane so low on these missions that she was able to scream over the side at the waiting troops, “Take your ‘presents,’ brothers!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He strode off as enthusiastically as Amadeus did when he was going to review troops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Army troops from the 82nd Airborne were trucked into the city and hidden in the basement of the Executive Office Building, right next door to the White House. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z An entire troop of Recruiters ran alongside him, shaking their cuffs, their shock-watches glinting in the sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The troops must be firing on the crowd in the square. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Sheridan had made a dramatic ride to rally his straggling troops and turn a nearly-lost battle into a decisive Union victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can you succeed when you let the puppet troops do the fighting?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A similar cavalry charge of 26 horsemen routed the best troops of Emperor Manco himself, as he was besieging the Spaniards in Cuzco. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of his own troops began drifting over that way, to stare, to chat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before, there were over a million U.S. and Saigon troops, and you failed,” Tho explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With all the Rebel troops around it was too risky trying to move cattle anywhere. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few troops were attempting to right the upturned whaler. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At first light I was stirred from my slumber by the hullabaloo they made trooping down the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And not believing him, not forgetting that troops were being shuttled toward battlefields all over the world, I went along, as I always did, with any new invention of Finny’s. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He has preferred to lose with his own troops rather than to win with those of others, judging that to be no true victory which has been gained by means of foreign troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Because of him, each of Eldred’s six heirs are said to have some animal characteristic, a thing that is not unusual in Faerie but is unusual among the trooping Gentry of the Courts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If a troop of Peacekeepers were to come through that door, we’d be trapped like rats. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Vietnam War was often referred to as the “helicopter war,”as the US relied heavily on them to attack, resupply, reinforce troops, and evacuate wounded. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Finally, she heard an officer reading the actual order for British troops to march from the city at dawn on December 4 and head for Whitemarsh. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner was he in Milan than the Pope obtained troops from him for the Romagna campaign, and this was made possible for him because of the King’s prestige. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But they were drained and, for a good while, useless as troops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once a troop of helmeted soldiers passed us by. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a French column, hardly more than a detachment—three armored cars, two half-tracks and two troop carriers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z National Guard troops raced through the area in armored vehicles dodging sniper fire and shooting at shadows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The British had set up a new camp in Brooklyn on Long Island, and Washington was moving his troops around like pieces on a checkerboard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It meant Van Riper didn’t always have a clear idea of what his troops were up to. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some troops were on bicycles, most walked in twos or threes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In truth, Father, I am so stirred up by the thought of my first military duty—even if it is only reviewing border troops—that I hardly hear my good mother. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One day his father showed him the proper placement of the troops. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mark Antony landed in the southernmost region of Italy with a fleet of troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She was fascinated by the stories he had to tell her of historical troop movements and flanking maneuvers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He would be careful to send out flank security, to prevent straggling or bunching up, to keep his troops moving at the proper pace and at the proper interval. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There they will supervise their cooks in preparing supper for the husbands, who will troop home after Happy Hour. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z While American officials knew that Soviet troops had already landed on Cuba to help Castro's government, they had no idea that Khrushchev was quietly assembling a nuclear arsenal on the Caribbean island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Coach O paced the floor in front of us, the line of other coaches behind him like a troop of military police on watch. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They were going to put over another bridge when the bombardment started and some troops were to cross at the shallows up above at the bend of the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Where do you think you’re off to now?” she called out as we trooped through the front hall. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The idea of a Bouncing Betty anti-personnel mine exploding at head height was enough to dispel any nonchalance in the troops. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The boys recited the Five Principles of Good Citizenship and the Four Attitudes Leading to Right-Mindfulness before trooping into the cafeteria for plankton gruel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise of battle will be furious; the Einherjar, Odin’s noble warriors, are locked in pitched battle with the evil dead, Loki’s troops. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Their half muted crankings miles above where they circled the earth as senselessly as insects trooping the rim of a bowl. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Those demands included the release of all political prisoners, the lifting of all bans on restricted organizations and persons, the end to the State of Emergency, and the removal of all troops from the townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a line of white smoke erupt, the gray troops waver and move back this way, stop, rifles begin to fall, men begin to run to the right, trying to get away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Live faithfully, the boys sing as they troop past the edges of the colony. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had rather guessed the Laphams would side with the Tories, but this was fraternizing with the troops at a great rate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because they captured Bologna, sir. Isn’t the mission canceled ?” “Of course the mission is canceled. Do you think we’re bombing our own troops now ?” “What are you waking me up for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Would she go so far as to paint swastikas just to rally the troops and get us all riled up to work on some project? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On some flights, they flew in replacement troops, both Vietnamese and American, to the camps. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese immediately began moving more troops and weapons from North to South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Allied troops staged at Camp Patrick Henry, five miles up the military highway, then were delivered by train to the pier. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Finally the giant leader seemed to realize that his troops were throwing away perfectly good equipment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Among the British troops the view was that the French had let them down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Pilots, unlike ground troops, don’t always experience the close-up destructive work they cause on the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Finally, our troops were overpowered by the superior numbers of the Rhodesian forces. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked out through the smoke and saw no more blue troops; they had pulled back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mom became our Girl Scout troop leader and the volunteer who chaperoned field trips and sewed costumes for the school play. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z But now people were watching American troops fighting brutal battles to retake territories and cities that were supposed to be secure. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “But there’s a good chance he just came here with a small troop of soldiers and sent the rest of them, with Amah, off to...wherever.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Message from Ewell: his troops were on the move, would be coming down into Gettysburg from the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington knew that his men in Whitemarsh would be overwhelmed if the British sent troops from both New York and Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran across the meadow and came upon a troop of soldiers marching, with a drummer boy and flag bearer in front. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, footsteps and shouting—the manticore’s troops were closing in. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Three years earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had sent troops to aid the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the Communist North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We all trooped back to it and examined it more carefully. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio On the morning of August 1, 30 BCE, Mark Antony assembled his troops to face Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Johnson agreed to send two battalions of combat troops to protect the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His service as wartime governor of Virginia had ended disastrously when British troops burned the capital as Jefferson galloped off and into official disgrace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Fortifying supply lines, seeing to the wounded, reorganizing their troops. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It looks like the troops are goldbricking again and the C.O. needs to revamp the work detail. Let’s cut the idle chitchat and police up the area.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Had they kept him down here with whatever troops were posted in lower Djerholm? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were going along the side of a road crowded with vehicles and troops, rine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He then marched on Mark Antony’s camp at Actium, overtaking his troops, seizing his equipment, and scattering his allies. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After the service, as the remaining worshippers gathered outside the church, news whipsawed through the crowd that North Korean troops had crossed the 38th parallel. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When Clinton learned that French troops had begun arriving in America, he realized he must return to New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that the troop was close to the sleeping cliff, the animals spread out and applied themselves to digging in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, the troops traveled south over land on horseback. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your underwear and socks are just thrown in this drawer. No order here at all, troops,” he said flinging the socks and underwear on the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They trooped off, and the older children took their places on the rocks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The core class included farm workers, families of soldiers killed during the Korean War, families of troops who had served with Kim II Sung fighting against Japanese occupation, and government workers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Dana had led his troops into Bryantown, a well-known place of Confederate intrigue, commandeered the tavern, and occupied the town. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As his team trooped up the spiral staircase to the second floor, Kyle looked down at the Rotunda Reading Room and realized how hollow the library seemed without anybody in it. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z This drug-resistant type of malaria began to appear among U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, in which more soldiers were incapacitated by the disease than by battle wounds. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z By this time, both sides had landed some troops. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z First came the drummers playing a slow roll, and then the troops and then Sam and Edward Jones riding in a cart. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer Nhamo studied the miserable creature, the more certain she was that he was the only member of his troop on the island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The troops are reconnoitered in the back parking lot.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The troop might have vanished off the face of the earth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On September 19, 1777, Redcoats under General Burgoyne clashed with American troops, who nearly defeated the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkeys had been “destroyed as a precaution” when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for troops, was that the animals hadn’t been destroyed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With some difficulty, he managed to shout and push and pummel his troops into submission. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z National Guard troops patrolled the communities, but their presence created more resentment, not to mention fresh targets for rock-toting kids. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was largely because of his habit of marching troops all over the Shenandoah Valley in an illogical and inexplicable fashion that Jackson earned a reputation among bewildered enemy officers for wiliness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Then send for extra troops. I want backup when Day shows up to protect his family.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Thousands of British troops had landed on Brooklyn, just across the East River from New York City. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z When this was over and the troops moved on down the lane to Union, Johnny and Rab stood in the street and watched them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were interested to learn that the Colonel and presumably his troops, expected to return to Boston the day after they set out and that he was to command them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z First, a centralized decision maker has the advantage at concentrating troops and resources. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As the Parthians reclaimed old territory, many of Mark Antony’s troops switched their loyalty to the stronger side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z So they added three hundred rangers, forty local militia members, and fifty Native allies to their troop count. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z In the night, going slowly along the crowded roads we passed troops marching under the rain, guns, horses pulling wagons, mules, motor trucks, all moving away from the front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Beaten and bloody, almost in a panic, Colonel Smith’s troops struggled through to Lexington. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Little Fingernail was on the troop ship with us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel, a poor horseman, never risked his dignity on her when he went out with his troops. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe they always had troops stationed in the harbor. I don’t know.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s a risk you’re taking, said Aunt Lydia, but you are the shock troops, you will march out in advance, into dangerous territory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you ever have any trouble from your troops after one of these performances?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Raising his hand, Mr. Flux silenced the rowdy rumbling from his troops, who had to outnumber Otto’s army three to one. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Poland surrenders, and trains filled with victorious German troops receive a jubilant homecoming. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Because flying was still very risky and extremely expensive, we took a troop ship filled with soldiers and sailors, which fairly crawled across the water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their mission was to bomb the German troops by day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The federal troops in Mississippi could be better used guarding the safety of the citizens of Washington, D.C., where it is even unsafe to walk or go to a ballgame-and that is the nation's capitol. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He'd helped to broker the Paris Agreement on climate change, brought tens of thousands of troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and led the effort to effectively shut down Iran's nuclear program. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Any march along here would be clearly visible to troops on that hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was now Greek troops who occupied Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Without ever quite meaning to, I’d entered the troop’s pecking order. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “One report said those troops were armed with rifles, nightsticks, and bayonets. Did you see any of that, Melba?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” Ben yelled, sighting Matt and Karen tiptoeing down the stairs, “here come three hundred crack troops from the emperor’s own regiment.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The events, even the important ones, may have trooped by faceless and pale. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We trooped outside and stood awkwardly beneath the morning sun. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Standing amidst blazing cherry blossoms, he ordered the men under his command—some 88,000 troops in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida—to lay down their weapons. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was foolish to believe that Sam might be with General Arnold’s troops, but when you want something bad enough you can’t stop yourself from, hoping. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And protests — by the time troops had turned their muzzles on the marchers down South, the family was buying its joint compound by the half gallon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z While the Maori achieved some stunning temporary victories, they could not maintain an army constantly in the field and were in the end worn down by 18,000 full-time British troops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sager did have a military record, honorable discharge, lit-erally a Boy Scout as a kid and now a troop leader. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Lockton was certain that he had told the rebels about the money and the plan to bribe the American troops. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as darkness fell each night, the night bombers began their harassment duties in their open-cockpit Po-2s, flying out to the front lines and relentlessly dumping explosives on the Germans troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z George Pickett and his troops were repulsed by the Union Army. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Riding on horseback from camp to camp, she evaluated the troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After the hoisting of the flag all the animals trooped into the big barn for a general assembly which was known as the Meeting. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z We didn’t have many troops in France that first winter, but we had millions in training, getting ready to go. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards he waged war with his own troops, and not with those belonging to others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Other days, de la O’s platoon was flown into the jungle by helicopter and ordered to find and kill enemy troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The federal government agreed to withdraw its occupation troops from the South, allowing the restoration of white rule. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We were in the war now but I thought it would take a year to get any great amount of troops over and train them for combat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z These were the first American combat troops sent to the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Achillas hoped that Caesar, with only a handful of troops to hold the city, would be forced to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On the night we were shipping out from Dearborn Station, it occurred to me that the troop train would pass through Grandma’s town, sometime in the night. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Just after sunrise, Rat said, she came trooping in through the wire, tired-looking but cheerful as she dropped her gear and gave Mark Fossie a brisk hug. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Martial law continued with an eye to the necessity of taking emergency measures for the public disaster of the endless downpour, but the troops were confined to quarters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The next morning she said good-bye to the baboon troop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z English and American troops are already engaged in heavy combat. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Their troops were not anxious to fight their fellow countrymen anyway. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In Gary and Indian Harbor, Indiana, US Army troops and National Guardsmen attacked strikers and drove them off the picket lines. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When he died, his funeral was attended, in the words of one contemporary newspaper account, by “troops of people.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His troops were untested, and he himself had never been in combat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That Gage was sending over at least a thousand fresh troops to support him anyone might guess. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The false document indicated that American troops were on their way to Lafayette’s camp. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was already going to dust and the dust was rising, and there was nothing to see ahead but troops in the dust toiling upward toward the crest of a divide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet told diem to keep that clump in sight as they moved back to their troops, to make sure that there was no confusion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every man there agreed that the Unsullied were their best troops, but none agreed on how they should be deployed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These bits of information included where British troops were stationed, what forts were being built, how many warships were entering and leaving New York Harbor, and how much food the troops had. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Once that winter her brother came, with his bear and a great troop of followers, to visit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, troops, move ’em out,” my father says, but my mom seems stuck in her seat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Fat Cheeks wouldn’t march the troop into the lake to satisfy his pride. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just “hanging on” turned out to be impossible as Westmoreland appealed to Johnson for more troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The swinging door opposite my bed flew open, and a whole troop of young boys and girls in white coats came in, with an older, gray-haired man. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z If the doctor had betrayed him to the troops in Bryantown, Booth was a dead man. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z An example from antiquity of the use of mercenary troops is the Carthaginians. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z |
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