A ragtag force, including Robin Hood and his Miry Men, hold the fort while a single ship ferries as many refugees as possible to the new world.

His ragtag force fought several losing battles, but there were not many French officers fighting at all.

A skirmish broke out between the Federal advance guard and the ragtag Confederate force near the courthouse square.

The sailors assigned to me were obviously those he felt least able to bear themselves with credit when our ragtag force went into action.

The ragtag Georgian forces composed of ethnic Georgians were not as well trained and equipped as their opponents.

"Although at least you didn't surrender an entire invasion army to a ragtag force of hradani you outnumbered thirty- or forty-to-one."

Haitians, used to seeing soldiers only as a ragtag force that intimidates and steals, appeared to be regarding the husky Americans with considerable awe.

How can he, with a ragtag force of Baathist criminals and imported killers with nothing to lose, possibly defeat 170,000 occupying troops?

Once a ragtag force of irregular soldiers with light arms, the rebels mounted a formidable attack on Juba with tanks, antiaircraft and artillery.

With their loads lightened, the ragtag force moved off at a faster clip to the south.