inlying
Example Sentences
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We very soon got settled down, and mounted a guard and an inlying picquet.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie
Then guards and inlying pickets were mounted and the scouts withdrawn.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
On the first sound of firing the inlying picket of the 24th Punjaub Infantry doubled out to reinforce the pickets on the road, and in the water-gorge.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
A strong inlying piquet, to act eventually as a reserve, must be placed in a central position.
From Cavalry in Future Wars by Charles Sydney Goldman
The inlying pickets were accordingly doubled, and every man slept in his clothes, so as to be ready.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
