"We estimate that, by 1990, the mercenary forces will be reduced to their lowest strength, after sustaining a total defeat during the period 1988-1990," the plan said.

Brady does not dominate the sports calendar, and probably never will, because he never supplies a controversy and rarely sustains a defeat.

The crusaders sustained a great defeat near the city in 1098.

The Sayyid sustained a complete defeat despite his vastly superior numbers.

The Knights also sustained a defeat in the Polish-Teutonic War (1431-1435).

These airborne troops and partisans fought a conventional battle with German forces and sustained a major defeat.

During the 1987 strike, owners briefly fielded replacements, and the players ultimately crossed the picket line as the union sustained a debilitating defeat.

We have sustained a defeat without a war," he said, ". . . and do not suppose that this is the end.

On September 29, 1848 the Austrian troops sustained a defeat at the hands of the Hungarian revolutionary forces.

He then sustained a defeat at White Plains after which most of the Continental Army went home.