Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "belles_lettres" ¶ 967
from Brown Corpus
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

skirmishing and was
The time was about 16: 30, and the two armies were in close contact across the whole four-mile ( 6 km ) front, from the skirmishing in the marshes in the south, through the vast cavalry battle on the open plain ; to the fierce struggle for Ramillies at the centre, and to the north, where, around the cottages of Offus and Autre-Eglise, Orkney and de la Guiche faced each other across the Petite Gheete ready to renew hostilities.
Bonaparte demanded that his fleet be permitted entry to the fortified harbour of Valletta, and when the demand was refused the French general responded by ordering a large scale invasion of the Maltese Islands, overrunning the defenders after 24 hours of skirmishing.
Thessaly was widely known for producing competent cavalrymen, and later experiences in wars both with and against the Persians taught the Greeks the value of cavalry in skirmishing and pursuit.
This does not mean that its utility could be underestimated, though, as its strategic role in scouting, skirmishing, and outpost duties was crucial to the Romans ' capability to conduct operations over long distances in hostile or unfamiliar territory.
The humiliation to which Louis was then subjected at Notre Dame in Compiègne turned the loyal barons of Austrasia and Saxony against Lothair, and the usurper fled to Burgundy, skirmishing with loyalists near Chalon-sur-Saône.
However, it was a time of constant skirmishing in and around the Peloponnese.
The return of the British force to Boston following the search operations at Concord was subject to constant skirmishing, using partisan forces gathered from communities all along the route, making maximum use of the terrain ( particularly trees and stone field walls ) to overcome the limitations of their weapons-muskets with an effective range of only about 50 – 70 metres.
The battle was by now almost over with only some remaining skirmishing between Britannia, Orion and the departing Spanish covering Santísima Trinidad ( which was to later serve as the Spanish flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar ).
" There was much parleying and some skirmishing with the natives, and earnest but futile attempts were made to recover the men captured the previous year.
In historic times, the mountain acted as a backdrop to the Battle of Plataea of 479 BC and was the scene of much skirmishing before the battle itself.
However, the constant skirmishing without ultimate victory may have caused the morale of some of Hamilcar ’ s troops to crack and 1, 000 Celtic mercenaries tried to betray the Punic camp to the Romans, which was foiled.
The castles of the period were easily defensible, and much of the fighting was attritional in character, comprising sieges, raiding and skirmishing between armies of knights and footsoldiers, many of them mercenaries.
In future, he correctly concluded that skirmishing infantry was needed to bring the artillery crews under small-arms fire to allow the tanks to operate.
There was some skirmishing but Hopton's men withdrew.
Scrambling up the slopes of Kourgane Hill in the face of determined artillery fire, the British line was no solid mass of troops, more a thick skirmishing line leaving the Russian guns unable to stop the attack, only hurt it.
There was indecisive skirmishing for two hours, and Hopton again tried to withdraw.
After some preliminary legal skirmishing, Cardigan sought an indictment for criminal libel in 1863, but his action failed, although the bench made plain that it was only his competence, and not his courage, that was in doubt.
The rest of the winter on the Adriatic front was spent in bitterly uncomfortable conditions with the opposing sides often in close proximity and engaged in night-time patrolling and vicious skirmishing.
This album featured the modest pop hit " Searching for a Heart " and the rocker " Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead ", later utilized for the title of the neo-noir film of the same name directed by Gary Fleder ; after some skirmishing over the unauthorized use of Zevon's song title, the Zevon track was licensed to play over the film's end credits.
( One consequence of the skirmishing was that General Lincoln was also wounded.
Ford attacked Barrett's force as it was skirmishing with an advance Confederate force along the Rio Grande about 4 p. m. Ford sent a couple of companies with artillery to attack the Union right flank, sending the remainder of his force into a frontal attack.

skirmishing and almost
The corps occupied the line of entrenchments closest to the main Confederate line, and suffered heavy casualties in almost daily skirmishing for a month.
Five further months of almost constant skirmishing with J. E. B.

skirmishing and .
He thought of Simms Purdew snoring on his bunk while Pullen James crouched by the hearth, skirmishing an undershirt for lice, and a wet log sizzled.
These include scouting, skirmishing with enemy reconnaissance elements to deny them knowledge of own disposition of troops, forward security, offensive reconnaissance by combat, defensive screening of friendly forces during retrograde movement, retreat, restoration of command and control, deception, battle handover and passage of lines, relief in place, linkup, breakout operations, and raiding.
These Light Dragoons were trained in reconnaissance, skirmishing and other work requiring endurance in accordance with contemporary standards of light cavalry performance.
This took the form of border skirmishing and several English campaigns into Scotland.
Supply chains forced armies to travel more slowly than a light skirmishing force and were typically centrally placed in the army, protected by the infantry and outriders.
Later during the Napoleonic Wars, the British 95th Regiment ( Green Jackets ) and 60th Regiment, ( Royal American ), as well as American sharpshooters and riflemen during the War of 1812, used the rifle to great effect during skirmishing.
Inconclusive fighting and skirmishing followed in Spain with little result, and the action turned to France.
Continued skirmishing, sieges, and battles, such as the decisive victory of Denain ( 1712 ), allowed the French to re-capture considerable ground, especially during 1712.
Thereafter, the war in Spain settled into indecisive skirmishing from which it would not subsequently emerge.
He forced a crossing of the Weser near modern Minden, suffering some losses to a Germanic skirmishing force, and forced Arminius ' army to stand in open battle at Idistaviso in the Battle of the Weser River.
After some skirmishing, the Royalists supporters in the Barbados House of Assembly led by Lord Willoughby surrendered.
The Chassepot rifle proved its worth against the Dreyse rifle, with French riflemen regularly outdistancing their Prussian counterparts in the skirmishing around Saarbrücken.
Throughout the war, skirmishing tactics against British troops on the move continued to be a key factor in Rebel success ; however, they may also have encouraged the occasional incidents, particularly in the later stages, where British troops used alleged surrender violations as a justification for killing large numbers of captives ( e. g. Waxhaw and Groton Heights ).
For the next 11 years the two powers engage in a war of border skirmishing with no real victor.
There followed three days of skirmishing through Sherwood Forest.

was and almost
She said, and her tone had softened until it was almost friendly.
Curt was in almost as bad shape, but he wouldn't quit.
Then, with a glory that almost wiped out the deep, downward sags in her careworn face, Matilda leaned over the wheel and shouted to Hez, who was stumbling along in the heat and the dust on the opposite side of the wagon `` Pa!!
For several weeks we eyed one another almost like sparring partners, and then one day Uncle was slightly indisposed and stayed home ; ;
Sometimes he did this three or four times a day, for this Woman was almost always with him.
He was pressed far back into the corner of the car on his hay sacks, the rattling and tinning of the wheels on the rails almost covering the sound of his ocarina.
Their skin was covered with a thin coating of sweat and dirt which had almost the consistency of a second skin.
From high in the tree, the whole block lay within range of the eye, but the ground was almost nowhere visible.
The street that is full now of traffic and parked cars then and for many years drowsed on an August afternoon in the shade of the curbside trees, and silence was a weight, almost palpable, in the air.
`` Don't forget, here was a man who had been accusing his colleagues for almost a year of willfully attempting to present an incorrect report.
Trevelyan was at least in part attracted to the period by an almost unconscious desire to take up the story where Macaulay's History Of England had broken off.
The cautious Thomas re-examined the note and then, making up his mind that it was genuine, snapped his fingers, whistled and almost danced in his exuberance.
To help him do so The Prince had conferred control of his land forces on a soldier who was different from him in almost every respect save one: both were eccentrics of the purest ray serene.
Tom said he almost burst into tears, he was so disappointed and put out.
In late December, the American army moved from Whitemarsh to Valley Forge, and although the distance was only 13 miles, the journey took more than a week because of the bad weather, the barefooted and almost naked men.
Boniface had to uphold the sacredness of the feudal contract at all costs, for it was only as suzerain of Sicily and of the Patrimony of Peter that he had any justification for his Italian wars, but in the English-Scottish-French triangle it was almost impossible for him to recognize the claims of any one of the contestants without seeming to invalidate those of the other two.
We were almost the same age, she was fifteen, I was twelve, and where I felt there was a life to look forward to Lilly felt she had had as much of it as was necessary.
Karl was an almost exact copy of his father physically and it was strange to see the expected become the unexpected.
The wholesome activities were to be provided by many organizations including the YMCA, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the American Library Association, and the Playground and Recreation Association -- private societies which voluntarily performed the job that was taken over almost entirely by the Special Services Division of the Army itself in World War 2.

0.124 seconds.