double march
Example Sentences
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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 Speke, John Hanning
Pootoollah for Mailmandah, and on our arrival found some of the troops and the cavalry had passed through and made a double march to the river Lora, a distance in all of twenty-four miles.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
A double march brought us to Camp Abruzzi, 86° 38´, named in honor of the farthest north of the Duke of the Abruzzi.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
We marched that day to Hoopar Pari, making a double march instead of halting at Gurkuch.
From With Kelly to Chitral by Beynon, William George Laurence
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 Speke, John Hanning
