double march
Example Sentences
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A number of people—ladies, men, and children—came into the bungalow at 2 o'clock, having made a double march and overtaken us; so we are very closely packed, even the verandah being occupied.
From Three Months of My Life by J. F. Foster
The mounted troops, who remained at Wad Hamed till all had gone south, were ordered to move on the 27th of August, and by a double march catch up the rest of the army.
From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Winston Churchill
Again, the next day, we made a double march.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary
It was a double march, and a very stiff one for the camels.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
When all was settled we marched, one thousand strong, to Wurungi; and next day, by a double march, arrived at Marson, in the Bari country.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
