intrench
Example Sentences
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Instead of attacking, the French began to intrench themselves, and in order to clear the battle-field a truce was arranged.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
Before knowing the true situation, he gave orders to retire and intrench with a view to a siege.
From The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry by Samuel H. Fletcher
Fearful of being attacked before they could intrench, they immediately set to work with their axes to throw together a brushwood fence, while thirty soldiers were stationed in front toward the river, to repel assault.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
Under the attack of superior forces, the Americans had managed to hold their ground and they now began to intrench.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
