Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.
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Meanwhile, for the winter we intrench ourselves along the Aisne.
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Let him go and intrench himself within the walls of Palmyra.
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He must continue to be the shield behind which we intrench ourselves.
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In this advance, we first learned how an army should intrench itself.
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Finally they were ordered to intrench where they were for the night.
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It was determined to make a fight here before the enemy could intrench.
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He also commented on the excessive use of gravel at the intrench disposal site.
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We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children.
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He had no better implement with which to intrench himself in the land than a clamshell.
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Or, again, fears are entertained of tracing secondary causes too far, so as to intrench on the supremacy of the First Cause.
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We hear that three armies are going to get into line, intrench and rest, and then start afresh our victorious march on Paris.
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He was to get as near the enemy as possible during the day and intrench himself so as to hold his position until the next morning.
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Hardy frames, close-knit limbs, fierce countenances, and > a peculiarly vigorous courage, mark the tribe. For Germans, they have much > intelligence and sagacity; they promote their picked men to power, and obey > those whom they promote; they keep their ranks, note their opportunities, > check their impulses, portion out the day, intrench themselves by night, > regard fortune as a doubtful, valour as an unfailing, resource; and what is > most unusual, and only given to systematic discipline, they rely more on the > general than on the army. Their whole strength is in their infantry, which, > in addition to its arms, is laden with iron tools and provisions. Other > tribes you see going to battle, the Chatti to a campaign.
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