intrench

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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 the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

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.

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

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