Which preposition to use with squad

of Occurrences 197%

There were always officers riding, squads of soldiers moving about, bugle-calls in all directions, and continuous arrivals at the station of deputies and journalists hurrying to the palace, their black portfolios under their arms.

in Occurrences 12%

They simply followed the squad in front.

on Occurrences 7%

If the guide be RIGHT (LEFT), the other corporals move to the LEFT (RIGHT) front, and, in succession from the base, place their squads on the line; if the guide be center, the other corporals move to the RIGHT or LEFT front, according as they are on the right or left of the center squad, and in succession from the center squad place their squads on the line.

at Occurrences 4%

Brunelle told how he was the last survivor of a squad at Verdun who had been ordered to hold a breach made in a front stone wall along the out posts.

to Occurrences 4%

To form skirmish line to the flank or rear the line or the column of squads is turned by squads to the flank or rear and then deployed as described.

for Occurrences 4%

In the middle of June the Naps dropped back into sixth place, below Detroit, for a while, then took a brace and reclaimed the leadership of the second squad for part of July.

with Occurrences 3%

There were eleven carpenters, eight coopers, four sawyers, three masons and twelve cattlemen, each squad with a foreman; and there were two ratcatchers whose work was highly important, for the rats swarmed in incredible numbers and spoiled the cane if left to work their will.

from Occurrences 3%

In the square outside the Consulate a squad from the flagship were setting up a temporary band-stand, where the ship's band was to play when evening fell, while Hutcheson, perspiring in his uniform, drove with the Admiral to make the calls of courtesy upon the authorities which international etiquette demanded.

without Occurrences 2%

Being assembled or deployed, to march the squad without unnecessary commands, the corporal places himself in front of it and commands FOLLOW ME.

against Occurrences 2%

Shortly afterward, although wounded, he distinguished himself in another affair, leading a charge of his squad against the Baden guard, whose standard he himself captured.

behind Occurrences 2%

Then at a shrill blast Bowers wheels slightly to the left, his tent mates lead still farther out to get the distance for the picket lines; Oates and I stop behind Bowers and Evans, the two other sledges of our squad behind the two other of Bowers'.

into Occurrences 2%

A fountain of sparks shooting up from a house a few hundred yards away marked the advance of the firing squad into her street, but she never wavered.

under Occurrences 2%

Magnus admitted it, even; but he turned pale whenever he was in a squad under Gowdy's command.

across Occurrences 2%

The bullets had begun to come regularly; and suddenly, as Jack conducted his squad across the stream, he was startled by the exclamation, uttered rather in reverence, it seemed to him, than surprise or pain: "My God, I'm hit!"

before Occurrences 1%

He had elected to help the French defend the place; and it was as well for him that he fell fighting, because, had he been taken alive, the Prussians, following their grim rule for all civilians caught with weapons, would have stood him up against a wall with a firing squad before him.

out Occurrences 1%

There's the wall to stand up against; and we'll pick a crack firing- squad out of these Belgians.

over Occurrences 1%

The last slow travel of his squad over dark, barren space and through deep, narrow, winding lanes in the ground had been a nightmare ending to the long journey.

around Occurrences 1%

I had seen little squads around the railroad stations on my way south, but here I saw a street crowded with them.

after Occurrences 1%

" The crowd began to melt away, squad after squad moving off down the field to take position and learn the rudiments of the game.

until Occurrences 1%

At twelve I reported on the green and practiced signals with the second squad until half past.

like Occurrences 1%

Squads like thisthere were two hundred men in this particular partywere always at work.

by Occurrences 1%

Then past Frank's home, where his father waved his hat as he stood in the doorway, warned of the coming of the squad by the rampant popping of the motor-cycles; and after that the open country, where the northbound road ran alongside the calm waters of Lake Camalot, now glistening in the frosty air of an October morning.

Which preposition to use with  squad