| On all sides, ignoring him, barbarian mercenaries brandished their javelins, bows, pikes, two-edged swords. |
| The ranks of the Swedish army by now contained many adventurers and dubious mercenaries, and it was a shadow of its former self. |
| Warriors, ronins, mercenaries, all members of the enemy's army surprise attacked. |
| In 1855 he entered Nicaragua with a small band of mercenaries armed with a new type of quick-action rifle. |
| One of the military's major roles here is functioning as paid mercenaries and security guards for oil companies. |
| Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots. |
