He has been sent into the mountains to put down a gathering of the hill tribes.

General Garnet Wolseley was sent to put down the rebellion.

In 1950, after the end of the revolution, Rijadi was sent to the Moluccas to put down a rebellion.

A guerrilla uprising has raged for most of the last decade, killing thousands as Indian troops have been sent in to put it down.

More than 120,000 American troops were sent to the Philippines to put down the guerrilla resistance, and 4,000 never came home.

These same soldiers are sent to put down the flames of revolt in Canada.

Reinforcements were sent to America to put down what was initially expected to be a short-lived rebellion.

Last week some 300 government soldiers sent to put down a separatist uprising on Anjouan were severely defeated.

Many thousands have died since Russian troops were first sent to put down a separatist rebellion in 1994.

A force of 1200 troops was sent to put down the rising.