The number of troops available to the Syrian states was much smaller.

Napoleon decided to attack the allies' left with all available troops.

"Do we have troops enough available for such an operation?"

With the extra troops temporarily available, he determined to seize the opportunity.

The British reorganised and raised the number of available troops to 250,000.

The available troops were obviously too few to occupy Baghdad properly and control the population.

He had between 250,000 and 280,000 Italian troops available to him.

This restricted the number of combat troops available on the first day.

The German commanders also suffered in the quality of the available troops.

The raw numbers of troops available do not indicate how effectively they would fight.