intrench
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They intrench and raise batteries; they have engineers.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
As they advanced the other brigades of Field’s division came up, were aligned before the enemy’s heavy massing forces, and ordered to intrench.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
Failure to support his troops and to intrench lost him all he had gained, and he returned to his intrenchments at Bermuda Hundreds.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson
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 Herbert Eugene Bolton
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 William B. Arnold
