intrench

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On the 1st of July, Burgoyne encamped four miles north of Ticonderoga, and began to intrench and to throw a boom across the lake.

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

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 Longstreet, James

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

As they advanced the other brigades of Field’s division came up, were aligned before the enemy’s heavy massing forces, and ordered to intrench.

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

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