double march
Example Sentences
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Making a double march of it, we first stopped to breakfast at the quiet little settlement of Inenge, where cattle were abundant, but grain so scarce that the villagers were living on calabash seeds.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
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.
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)
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
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
