The landing party was attacked by a guerrilla band and suffered heavy losses.
But these Muslim fighters have joined forces with the remnants of an older guerrilla band based in the mountains.
He might have gotten a local guerrilla band to provide help, but he'd come too far to risk that.
But the guerrilla bands have been broken into fragments by the fighting.
They certainly do not capitulate to a guerrilla band with less than a tenth the fighting force.
In November that year, we sent representatives to each of the major guerrilla bands.
An aged but strong woman, she is the de facto leader of the guerrilla band.
As for the guerrilla bands themselves, the leaders do not bother asking the children if they agree with the cause or not.
He belonged among the guerrilla bands of western China.
"What we have is a lot of little guerrilla bands," Hagerty said.