With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete.
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.
Art of War
So there will be no loss whatever of gas, and all the expansive
force of the powder will be employed in the propulsion."
From The Earth To The Moon
To and fro swayed the mass of struggling warriors, men falling fast as leaves in an autumn wind; but before long the superior weight of the attacking force began to tell, and our first line of defence was slowly pressed back till it merged into the second.
Inch by inch, fighting with splendid gallantry, the attacking force was pressed back down the hillside, till at last it retreated upon its reserves in something like confusion.
King Solomons Mines
The guard had closed around them in vain effort to disarm them, when "A rescuer" shouted Will Stutely's clear voice on one side of them, and "A rescue!" bellowed Little John's on the other; and down through the terror-stricken crowd rushed fourscore men in Lincoln green, their force seeming twice that number in the confusion.
The soldiers rallied a force of twice their number and tried resolutely to pierce their center.
Robin Hood
The steady operations of war against a regular and disciplined army can only be successfully conducted by a
force of the same kind.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
"I do not say that," answered Sancho, "but that these are people condemned for their crimes to serve by
force in the king's galleys."
Don Quixote
More chains were drawn across such of the thoroughfares as were of a nature to favour the approach of a great crowd, and at each of these points a considerable
force was stationed.
Barnaby Rudge A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty
For these reasons Louis the Twelfth, King of France, quickly occupied Milan, and as quickly lost it; and to turn him out the first time it only needed Lodovico's own
forces; because those who had opened the gates to him, finding themselves deceived in their hopes of future benefit, would not endure the ill-treatment of the new prince.
Prince
He withdrew his
force behind the shrubbery of the garden.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
"Yes, but the spiritualists say we don't know at present what this
force is, but there is a
force, and these are the conditions in which it acts.
Anna Karenina
Having been unsuccessful in his attempt by open
force, he made use of the arts of negotiation, but with an event not more to his satisfaction.
Voyage to Abyssinia
But by the time this letter, which proved that the real relation of the
forces had already made itself felt in Petersburg, was dispatched, Kutuzov had found himself unable any longer to restrain the army he commanded from attacking and a battle had taken place.
War and Peace