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Fort Sumter: Undermanned, Outgunned, Low on Supplies When the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican whose party advocated slavery's abolition, sparked slave-holding states in the Deep South to secede from the union, many took the forts on their territories with them.
Reliving First Shots of Civil War Timothy W. Martin 2011
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Undermanned, lacking sufficient fuel oil, deprived of meaningful air cover, they could only sulk in their mined-in harbors.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Undermanned, lacking sufficient fuel oil, deprived of meaningful air cover, they could only sulk in their mined-in harbors.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Undermanned fire brigades in the disaster area struggled to save thousands of people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings in the days after the 7. 9-magnitude May 12 quake.
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Undermanned commanders were finding themselves so hard-pressed that they began jerking rear-guard troops out of offices and messes right into combat.
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LEMON: Undermanned, under equipped and under fire.
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Undermanned since early in the first period, New Jersey squandered a lead early in the third.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Undermanned, the Hurricanes stayed alive with a pair of one-goal wins as they tried to become the third team in NHL history to win a seven-game series after falling behind, 3-0.
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Undermanned for much of the season, the Warriors played Dallas close through the first half.
National Basketball Association - Mavericks vs. Warriors 2001
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SAN JOSE, California (Ticker) -- Undermanned and outshot, the
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