6 sentences with 'countrymen'
Example sentences and phrases with the word countrymen and other words derived from it.
• « A new Athenian general, Themistocles, persuaded his countrymen to spend the money from a silver mine they had discovered on a navy. »
• « This withdrawal was considered a success by Allied standards at the time, although British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reminded his countrymen that successful withdrawals were not the way wars were won. »
• « The natives of the city were grouped into three battalions of Patricios, one of them under the command of Cornelio Saavedra; those from the northern provinces into those of Arribeños; the coloureds into those of Pardos and Morenos; the countrymen into three squadrons of Hussars, with Juan Martín de Pueyrredón as the leader of one of them. For their part, the European Spaniards were divided into Galicians, Catalans, Andalusians, Asturians, Vizcainos, etc., according to their place of birth. »
• « While Montevideo confronted the Junta de Gobierno de Buenos Aires, the people of the eastern campaign agreed to recognise it. Captain José Gervasio Artigas, who had acquired great prestige among the countrymen, played a major role and had great influence in this decision. »
• « Freed slaves, soldiers sent from other provinces and volunteer countrymen increased the number of the army's troops, which were also augmented by the contribution of Chilean emigrants under the command of O Higgins. »
• « Let us remember, with regard to the provinces, that during this period they almost always had a caudillo, or a citizen of great prestige among his countrymen, who usually held the office of governor. Thus Estanislao López was governor of the province of Santa Fe until his death in 1838, and Felipe Ibarra did the same in Santiago del Estero. »