They had up to 6,000 volunteers, but these were badly trained and poorly armed.

For the most part, the soldiers were new and poorly armed.

But there were too few of them, and poorly armed, by contrast with Brown's mob.

The force is not adequate for the need, though, and poorly armed.

He was alone and badly injured, poorly armed, with hunters on his track.

But there are only a hundred of them, poorly armed, standing against any army of 42,000 troops.

Although experienced in warfare, they were poorly armed with simple rifles.

The two forces were poorly armed because of the rapid engagement.

Although numerous, they too were poorly armed in comparison to the Vikings on either side.

At the very beginning, though, Partisan forces were relatively small, poorly armed and without any infrastructure.