Robb's forces dwindle even further, when word is received that almost half of the Stark forces were killed at the disastrous Battle of Duskendale.

The situation for the defenders grew progressively more dire, as their forces for interfering with the siege dwindled and advisers schemed against each other.

The force has dwindled to 4,000 in recent years, and the homicide rate has climbed and stayed high.

His career with Kolchak was less successful-the Red Army had begun to take the initiative while Kolchak's forces dwindled away.

For the remainder of January and into February, the ship continued her tending operations as the forces combating the Japanese rapidly dwindled.

Due to desertion, Buchan's force had dwindled to 800 men.

But it was more than two years before the volcano truly exploded, by which time the force of the warnings had dwindled.

By early July, the French force in the Murg Valley had dwindled to 36,000 men.

With the advantages of helicopter use, airborne forces have dwindled in numbers in recent years.

The multinational force has dwindled from about 2,200 troops and civilian policemen in 1989 to about 1,500 in January of this year.