Commando synonyms

There was little fighting, but the commando carried off between two and three hundred native women and children - some of whom were redeemed by their friends, and some escaped, while many of the children were apprenticed to farmers.

During the year a Boer commando under Paul Kruger and an army under Cetywayo were posted along the Utrecht border.

Viljoen's commando, with which Pretorius was in sympathy, was known as the Volksleger, or Army of the People.

A commando was called out, which the president himself led.

Each field-cornet, who, with the commandant, was a paid official of the state, was responsible for the arms, equipment and attendance of his commando.