Examples of 'relief force' in a sentence

Meaning of "relief force"

relief force - A military or emergency service unit that is sent to help or provide assistance in a particular situation or location

How to use "relief force" in a sentence

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Eighty were lost from the relief force.
A relief force was dispatched to aid the stranded garrison.
Consequently the anticipated relief force did not appear.
A relief force left Peshawar yesterday at noon.
Here they hoped to hold out until a relief force could be sent.
An international relief force from eight nations was sent to relieve the siege.
The British army dispatches a relief force.
The Khitans sent a relief force but were annihilated.
The British belatedly send a relief force.
A small relief force from Seville arrived too late.
The Ottomans responded by sending a large relief force that was defeated.
The Romans sent a relief force and the Hernici were defeated in a tough battle.
Louis was persuaded by the Earl of Winchester to send a relief force to the castle.
Thucydides was blamed when the relief force he led was too late to save Amphipolis.
The Moroccans were unable to take the city and were defeated by a French relief force.

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The medical preparations for the relief force had been almost an afterthought.
The French had laid siege to the town and the English sent a relief force.
The siege was abandoned even before a relief force from Constantinople arrived.
A relief force sent by the Liao Dynasty is defeated.
Rochester bridge was pulled down to prevent the arrival of a relief force from London.
With the arrival of the relief force the Spanish position was now completely untenable.
Word of the disaster reached Kandahar the following day and a relief force was dispatched.
Nixon established a relief force under the command of General Aylmer.
The Eighth Army had assumed the role of a relief force.
An initial relief force sent by the Liao was easily defeated by Song.
The siege was lifted by an Italian relief force in February.
This relief force was raised to assist Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia.
Starfleet command have sent a relief force under Admiral Hastur.
A relief force arrived from Fort Muncy the next morning.
Matthias I dispatched troops to determine the size and location of the relief force.
Beating off a relief force of a hundred cavalry sent from Penydarren House.
Alice and the others encounter a British relief force led by General Abercrombie.
A Byzantine relief force from Sicily is intercepted and almost destroyed by Gothic warships.
He nevertheless defeated a larger Byzantine relief force near Varna and another in the Balkan passes.
He led a relief force to drive the Ottomans away from both Nicomedia and Nicaea.
The largest Independent relief force on Earth.
A large Spanish relief force was defeated in September following which the Spanish garrison surrendered.
Further Habsburg victories were achieved when a Turkish relief force was defeated at Grosswardein Nagyvárad.
The relief force have halted, but they will be here in the early morning.
Police and workers from the National Disaster Relief Force searched for those who were missing.
Consequently, it would take several hours to organise a relief force.
They sent a relief force under Admiral Hastur.
Sconces were built, in order to protect against a possible Spanish relief force.
News arrives in Khartoum about a relief force lead by General Wolseley being sent from England.
Charles, however, remained anxious to take the city before the Byzantine relief force arrived.
Unfortunately for the defenders, the relief force was intercepted and forced to retreat.
After the relief force established a corridor to the encircled force, the withdrawal began.
Arriving at a crucial point, the relief force turned the tide of the battle.
This relief force retreated to Egypt, with the vizier fleeing by ship.
The island capitulated, however, despite the relief force close enough and the mission was canceled.

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