intrench

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They intrench and raise batteries; they have engineers.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

However the intruders are admitted, when once inside they intrench themselves behind furniture or stores, and are difficult to dislodge.

From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by Lantz, David E.

Instead of attacking, the French began to intrench themselves, and in order to clear the battle-field a truce was arranged.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

Here, immediately after fixing their plan, they began to intrench and fortify the ground they occupied, and made all the dispositions which troops usually do who halt for the night.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

Heth, General, at Wilderness, 556, 558, 560; on failure to intrench, 565; at Petersburg, 605, 609; at Farmville, 617.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James