ambuscade

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

The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.

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

Having gained the shore, he ran directly upon Church's ambuscade.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

But since they rode straight for the hills, he feared that if he followed he himself would be ambuscaded.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman

He performed well his duties in that position, but was killed on the day preceding the battle of Tupelo, the division to which he belonged having been ambuscaded by Forrest's troops.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom

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 Frederick Albion Ober

Here, in 1776, a troop of Sheldon's Horse ambuscaded a body of Hessians, only one of whom escaped.

From The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five by C. G. (Charles Gilbert) Hine

She had been ambuscaded in the street to-day by demons not of faery, but of fact, that had leaped out at her from nowhere.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh

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 Alfred Perceval Graves

Re-enforcements came from Holland, and under Calabar's guidance the Dutch learned the value of ambuscading and made sudden expeditions which took the important settlements by surprise.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

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 George W. (George Washington) Ogden

The gardens and grounds of Haverly Lodge were that night such a terrain as best suits the ambuscading warfare of the small god with the bow and darts.

From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck

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 Bret Harte