ambuscade

Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The general belief was that the King was a chance victim of the ambuscade which was intended for the Orchanie-Sofia autobus, occupants of which were known to be carrying large sums of money.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.

From Time Magazine Archive

He lost three of the next four games before he recovered from the shock of that one intellectual ambuscade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not till the third contest did the Israelites gain the victory, and then only by an ambuscade and counterfeit flight.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Perceiving, from the intermittent fire, that it was a small party which had ambuscaded him, Marin, the Indian scout and leader, attempted a landing below the Americans, in order to cut off their retreat.

From "Old Put" The Patriot by Ober, Frederick Albion

They had lost heavily, they had been partially ambuscaded, some of their best officers were killed and some wounded; but they had no thought of surrender.

From "Old Put" The Patriot by Ober, Frederick Albion

The next morning they started early to the south, and toiled until eleven o'clock, to find themselves once more ambuscaded by the precipitous hills.

From The Wedge of Gold by Goodwin, C. C.

Kabba Rega had no doubt ordered the various routes towards Rionga's province to be ambuscaded.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Denvil and his fifteen Pathans had been ambuscaded and outnumbered; and in the cramped space a sharp hand-to-hand encounter was in progress.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

Before the assemblage could realize this new invasion, a nearer clatter of hoofs was heard along the high road, and one of the ambuscading party dashed up from the fringe of woods below.

From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Harte, Bret

The ambuscading forces now made their presence known, and, displaying their hats upon the muzzles of their guns, made a show of twice their actual strength.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

Colonel Butler hearing the firing on his right and rear imagined he was discovered, and that instead of ambuscading the rebels, he was himself to be surprised by this unexpected attack in the rear.

From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard

That boy must be a throw-back, thought the colonel, to the ambuscading, feud-fighting men on his mother’s side.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

And there they prospered for a blessed time Until Elimelech in his lordly prime, Hasting those cattle-spoilers to pursue, The ambuscading sons of Anak slew.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval