intrench

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The command was halted, deployed into position, and ordered to intrench against the pursuing army.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James

The French fleet, surprised and not strong enough to cope with the Spaniards, cut their cables and left, and Menendez entered an inlet which he called St. Augustin, and there began to intrench himself.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha

Here the Yankees will intrench themselves, and cannot be dislodged.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

I wish I could see them begin to intrench themselves, but there is no sign of it.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

Pearson had had to intrench himself at Ekowe, where he would be obliged to defend himself, until troops sufficient for his relief could be got together.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.