After receiving approximately 10,000 men as reinforcements the 13th Guards were rushed to the front and arrived piecemeal, its men exhausted from a grueling forced march across large tracts of territory.
We languished for more than an hour before receiving appetizers, and then they arrived piecemeal, one by one.
However, the wooded terrain, the width of the battlefield, and uneven resistance hindered a coordinated advance, and British forces arrived piecemeal at the third line.
Courses arrived piecemeal.
The 7th Indian Infantry Division was arriving piecemeal by road and rail from the Arakan.
Ferdinand's army arrived on the field of battle piecemeal.
Instead, given that they arrived piecemeal, they were cross-trained on all positions so they could get up and running the moment boots hit the ground.
Largely because of transport constraints, the Americal Division arrived on Guadalcanal piecemeal, and was fed into combat alongside the battle-hardened Marines.
Soult's three infantry divisions, commanded by Merle, Mermet and Laborde, and his artillery would arrive at Corunna piecemeal over the next few days.
Largely because of transport constraints, the Americal arrived piecemeal, and was fed into combat alongside the battle-hardened and exhausted US 1st Marine Division, which it eventually relieved.