intrench
Example Sentences
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Here he immediately set to work to intrench and fortify himself.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
On August 15 Baum came in touch with Stark's forces, but he hesitated to attack and proceeded to intrench.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
The command was halted, deployed into position, and ordered to intrench against the pursuing army.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
By a strange and criminal neglect no attempt was made to intrench this position, although it was known that the column might at any moment be attacked by the Zulus.
From The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars by G.A. Henty
The information was sent up to general head-quarters, and orders were sent General Ransom to intrench his brigade along the crest of the hill.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
