intrench

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Our adversaries, with their usual contempt for their enemies, have omitted to intrench themselves or fortify their position.

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

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

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

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

The information was sent up to general head-quarters, and orders were sent General Ransom to intrench his brigade along the crest of the hill.

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