ungarrisoned
- a word derived from garrison.
Example Sentences
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The unchecked prevalence of the Revolution, and the intoxication which its triumphs inspired, naturally suggested wilder and yet more desperate enterprises than the conquest of ungarrisoned Forts, or the plunder of an unguarded Mint.
From The Great Conspiracy, Volume 2 by Logan, John Alexander
He found the town ungarrisoned, two or three clerks to take care of unimportant stores, and a telegraph operator, constituting all the force there was to oppose him.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson
The Boers had left it ungarrisoned, thinking it useless either to themselves or to the enemy.
From Sir John French An Authentic Biography by Chisholm, Cecil
All ungarrisoned towns will be garrisoned as soon as troops become available.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.
There were at this time sixty-six posts in the division, of which twenty-seven were garrisoned and thirty-five ungarrisoned; of the total number, fifty-one were sea-coast forts and the balance barracks, properly speaking.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by Schofield, John M.
