local defence in a sentence

Examples

1. Local defences were essential as Moreton Bay had numerous island on which the enemy could establish a base.
2. The Volunteers remained part-time soldiers who might be called out for local defence in time of invasion or crisis.
3. Following their arrival, the platoon was designated the Independent Platoon Port Moresby and initially used for local defence purposes.
4. The local defence led by Dain Waris holds Brown in place while Jim is off on a trip inland.
5. Nearby Dundry, was originally a Roman fort built as part of the local defences against the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons.
6. The national underground activists were tempted by the prospect of benefit from the local defence structures through receiving German armament.
7. Each shire was responsible for gathering taxes for the central government; for local defence; and for justice, through assize courts.
8. The minesweeper then transferred to Halifax Force as a convoy escort and the Halifax Local Defence Force as a patrol vessel.
9. Internal Troops fell under Armed Forces military command during wartime and fulfill the missions of local defence and rear area security.
10. In 1588, at the time of the threat from the Spanish Armada he was a colonel in charge of local defences.