field army
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They later arrived in the North Sinai town of El-Arish, accompanied by the commander of Egypt's second field army.
From Reuters ● May 20, 2013
He asserted that there were more Japanese "immigrants" in the Hawaiian Islands with army experience than there were soldiers in the entire field army of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
One field army under General Chen Keng took Tikang, 80 miles southwest and upriver from the Nationalist capital.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before dawn of the next day, 20,000 troops of General Chen Yi's third field army marched into the city through the northwest gate.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was calculated that of this total, and exclusive of those detached for frontier defence and to hold in check Kimberley and Mafeking, 27,000 effectives would be available as a field army for offensive operations.
From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
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