ambuscade
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Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.
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In nearly four years of fighting, the young officers have mastered the arts of the field�silent de ployment, timely retreat, sudden concentration, plausible ambuscade, dependable supply of vegetable camouflage.
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The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
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I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.
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The ambuscade shall be laid in the very same place where the infamous one concealed you in order to expose me to your gaze.
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