double march
Example Sentences
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Next day we pushed on a double march through the forest, and reached a nullah.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
He thought of the double march which was going on at that moment in the dark,—crime advancing on one side, justice coming up on the other.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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
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 Foster, J. F.
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