land forces

armed forces serving on land

Words nearby land forces

The total of the land-forces, including those sent from North America, was 14,041.

The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863 |Various
It was composed of not less than seventy thousand men in all,—forty thousand land-forces and thirty thousand sailors.

The Art of War |Baron Henri de Jomini
They provided for eight-and-twenty thousand land-forces, besides six thousand marines.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. |Tobias Smollett
The number of land-forces occasioned a debate; and the Hessian auxiliaries were not allowed without dispute and opposition.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. |Tobias Smollett

The fleet which co-operated with the land-forces in the artillery attack of October 17, 1854, consisted of twenty-five ships.

The Art of War |Baron Henri de Jomini