1.   All too often the soldiers had to be allowed to supplement their income in a manner reminiscent of the streltsy.

2.   But the old soldier had the last laugh.

3.   The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire.

4.   The soldiers had orders to shoot to kill.

5.   If the gun jammed up, the soldiers just had to take it apart and put it back together again.

6.   Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.

7.   The cause was never known but affected soldiers all had close contact with soil -- which may explain why the cavalry and officers were rarely affected.

8.   It may look dangerous, but compared with their ancestors these soldiers have got it easy.

9.   Although an Army spokesman said most soldiers have a beret, there is not enough to replace those that get lost or destroyed.

10.   Although Civil War soldiers had the freedom to write uncensored letters, they were sometimes constrained by, among other things, a lack of paper.