intrench

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Lee consequently halted and began to intrench; and this delay gave time for Ord to come up, and enabled Sheridan to intercept the enemy at Sailor’s Creek.

From The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox by Arnold, William B.

On August 15 Baum came in touch with Stark's forces, but he hesitated to attack and proceeded to intrench.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Seymour had advanced, contrary to the orders given him by General Gillmore, from Baldwin's Station, where he was instructed to intrench and await orders.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)

Ah, word of no meaning, behind whose vast latitude of mere sound we intrench our ignorance of so much of the spiritual!

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

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