In March 1811, the militia successfully held the place against the retreating French army.

The militia was holding a meeting in Sterling's room.

With this devastating barrage of musket fire, the regulars retreated in disarray, and the militia held their ground.

As for Deslondes, upon capture the militia did not hold him for trial or interrogation.

On 30 June, his militias entered the city and held it for four days.

Yet the militias held the line, though God knows they won very few victories, and even individual desertions were not common.

In some instances, militias have made arrests on scant evidence and held detainees in substandard conditions.

The Serbs will have had their way not only in Bosnia but in Croatia, where Serbian militia hold 20 percent of the country.

Although the Lenape denied the charges, the militia held a council and voted to kill them.

The militia did not hold him for trial or interrogation.