She was not charged with any crime, but the police arrested four of Mr. Milosevic's armed defenders.

Even if a shot were never fired, the possible presence of armed defenders would make any would-be mass murderer think twice.

Tallmadge's force destroyed stores and took captive not just the armed defenders but a number of non-combatants as well.

Or perhaps the physical menace of armed defenders simply precluded the concentration needed to focus those powers.

Considering the fact they had stormed a well-manned defensive emplacement occupied by heavily armed defenders, the number of casualties down there was extremely small.

Between the slopes and the obstacles, assaulting Posleen should be effectively stopped, sitting ducks for the heavily armed defenders.

It can deploy its assets from outside missile range, attack, and get out without ever coming under threat from a conventionally armed defender.

The Egyptians met fierce resistance from the lightly armed defenders of the besieged kibbutzim.

The Yugoslav Army and Serbian irregulars quickly overwhelmed the lightly armed defenders.

The Princess, making the journey in a covered wagon, was kept under observation day and night by teams of magicians, nurses, and armed defenders.