double march

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We were anxious to push on as fast as possible, and determined to do a double march from here to Tinki Dzong, which our transport drivers said they could do quite easily.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

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

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

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

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