5 sentences with 'garrison'
Example sentences and phrases with the word garrison and other words derived from it.
• « At this point, the Athenians were on the defensive. The Spartans established a permanent garrison within sight of Athens itself. »
• « During the Classical Age, the Carthaginians, Phoenician naval rivals of the Greeks, maintained a strong naval garrison in the Strait of Gibraltar (the narrow gap between North Africa and southern Spain, between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean), which prevented Greek sailors from reaching the Atlantic and thus limited their direct knowledge of the outside world. »
• « Townshend's first act was to deal with the unruly New York Assembly, which had voted not to pay for the supplies for the garrison of British soldiers that the Quartering Act required. »
• « In response, Townshend proposed the Restriction Act of 1767, which dissolved the New York Assembly until it agreed to pay for the garrison supplies, which it eventually agreed to do. »
• « The New Zealand 3rd Division, which was active after December 1941, supplemented existing garrison troops in the South Pacific. However, New Zealand troops were eventually replaced by American soldiers, freeing up the New Zealand 3rd Division for service within the New Zealand 2nd Division, which was in Italy. »