vanward
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Forth then went the banners of the Wolf, and the men of the vanward fell to threading the rock-maze toward the north, and in two hours’ time were clear of the Dale under Shield-broad.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
And where it trod he saw the torch Of conflagration stalk the skies, And in the vanward of its march The monster form of Havoc rise.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
There then the noise and clatter of the vanward rose up on the face of the heath, and men were exceeding joyous that they had come so far without mishap.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
On the whole, it was 2 in the afternoon before Hawke, with those vanward Eight, could get clutch of Conflans.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
The Duke of York so dread, The eager vanward led; With the main Henry sped, Amongst his henchmen.
From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
