intrench

Example Sentences

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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.

They were proceeding to intrench themselves, but were driven into their tents by a drenching rain.

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

Instead of pursuing his advantage, General Lovell took a position within seven hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's works, and began to intrench.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

Our adversaries, with their usual contempt for their enemies, have omitted to intrench themselves or fortify their position.

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

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 Henty, G.A.