intrench

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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 Longstreet, James

Under the attack of superior forces, the Americans had managed to hold their ground and they now began to intrench.

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

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

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 Irving, Washington

Pearson had had to intrench himself at Ekowe, where he would be obliged to defend himself, until troops sufficient for his relief could be got together.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.