Special units of elite troops and bodyguards were also maintained.

These silver robots are the elite troops of the robot rebellion.

They hadn't got far when a determined band of elite troops came hammering up the metal stairs to meet them.

The light infantry were regarded as the elite troops of the army.

All of his elite troops would always obey his orders.

Due to its nature the Agema is most probably composed by elite troops.

In Soviet terms it's usually a battalion-strength force of elite troops designed to drop, clear, march and kill.

The first cohort of any legion were its elite troops.

The President enjoyed the banter among his elite troops.

As the elite troops of the Christian army these monk-knights could not be allowed to live to fight another day.

Bout told me that he flew in 2,500 elite French troops.

When these elite troops failed to stop their enemies, the Austrian army was forced to retreat.

Not that it kept them from being elite troops.

But when elite troops like these ask for rest, you give it to them immediately.

Earlier on, I asked for 30,000 elite troops but the officials in charge refused to answer my request.

They were supposed to be elite troops, the best soldiers of fortune that money could buy.

Even elite troops, they learned, could be cowed by exposure to a new environment.

Meanwhile, "elite airborne troops" and "tank units" were said to be moving up from the south.

We only need 50,000 elite troops to defeat him.

We believe that these are elite troops with their best weaponry.