ambuscade

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.

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The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.

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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.

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Determined to prevent this, they had planned the ambuscade, and two other still stronger earthworks which awaited him further on.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury

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

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

I’ll not see the army ambuscaded without a warning.

From Graham of Claverhouse by Ian Maclaren

Within a month Chinese troops ambuscaded a French column at Bac-Le and the Government decided on a punitive expedition.

From A History of the Third French Republic by C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad) Wright

His fleet was ambuscaded and surrounded, and when his men had made their last stand he refused to surrender.

From Peeps at Many Lands: Norway by A. Heaton (Alfred Heaton) Cooper

Safely ambuscaded, Henderson laid a hand firmly on the child’s arm, resting it there for two or three seconds, as a sign of silence.

From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

The thick growth of grass and vines made ambuscading a favorite pastime with the Spaniards.

From History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Edward A. (Edward Austin) Johnson

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

We had frequently gone out in small ambuscading parties in hopes of picking off a few of the ladrons, but without any success.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

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 John Leonard Hardenbergh

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