The prisoners were stripped of their supplies and clothing by ill-equipped German troops when the cold weather set in.

But the African Union's 7,000 woefully ill-equipped troops in Sudan are plainly overwhelmed, and their mission is supposed to end on Sept. 30.

Resistance by the Turks was limited, as they had few and ill-equipped troops in western Anatolia.

The sheer Machiavellian ingenuity of Cortés is wonderfully dramatized as he manages to subdue a vast empire with a handful of ill-equipped troops and their Indian allies.

"Those who order the return of ill-equipped troops to Nicaragua are committing a crime because these troops might have to face Sandinista artillery and other heavy weapons," Mr. Moreno said.

The Duke eventually led his untrained and ill-equipped troops out of Bridgwater at around 10:00 pm to undertake a night-time attack on the King's army.

We cannot have our troops ill-equipped, like the beleaguered AMIS.

Both armies consisted mostly of inexperienced and sometimes ill-equipped troops.

This invasion began August 28, when Price started in southwest Arkansas with 12,000 ill-equipped troops.

Each side would field thirty thousand ill-trained, ill-equipped troops commanded mostly by men who had never seen combat.