intrench

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Before knowing the true situation, he gave orders to retire and intrench with a view to a siege.

From The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry by Fletcher, Samuel H.

The prince intends to intrench himself at Suhovola or Yanov and receive battle.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The French fleet, surprised and not strong enough to cope with the Spaniards, cut their cables and left, and Menendez entered an inlet which he called St. Augustin, and there began to intrench himself.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

Orders were therefore issued, by the provincial commanders, that a detachment of a thousand men should intrench upon this height.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various

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