"My best troops are even now in the process of sealing off the town by both land and sea," he told us.

He told his staff that the whole attack was, "simply an order to slaughter my best troops."

Five battalions of his best troops, held back until now.

They've forced us to move our best troops north and now they attack us from the south.

It is still regarded as one of the best troops in Bangladesh.

The survivors were some of the best troops he had ever seen, particularly for missions like this.

He personally forms his best troops around him there in the centre.

The Ottomans lost 16,000 to 22,000 of their best troops.

"And we have the best troops in the world."

His plan would thus have sacrificed the best Canadian troops for no reason.