Trying to bring order to any sectarian society can only be done with initial force of arms.

The initial French force of 450,000 troops was reduced to 100,000 by the time they reached Moscow.

This also decreases the initial force of recoil from the weapon.

O'Donnells initial forces was only about 40 foot and 80 horse (his personal guard).

They were provided with an initial force in the form of metallic ball at an elevated platform.

The mine owners offered to subsidize an initial force of a hundred or so men.

The city gates were closed as the initial force of some 2,000 gathered outside.

This means the force would actually have to number around 180,000 troops so as to provide rotating replacements for the initial forces.

In total there were 7,543 partisan casualties, more than a third of the initial force.

It is estimated that 50% of this initial force were casualties, and 75% of the equipment was lost.