ambuscade
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The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.
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I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.
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The general belief was that the King was a chance victim of the ambuscade which was intended for the Orchanie-Sofia autobus, occupants of which were known to be carrying large sums of money.
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Swiftly sprung Predrag upon his feet, and Seized his bow, and seized his arrows swiftly; To the ambuscade he straightway hastens: p. 22Draws his arrow,—makes his bow-string ready:— Oh! sad destiny! ill-fated arrow!
From Servian Popular Poetry by John Bowring
The next morning they started early to the south, and toiled until eleven o'clock, to find themselves once more ambuscaded by the precipitous hills.
From The Wedge of Gold by C. C. Goodwin
The enemy hastened away to Drainsville an overwhelming force, and ambuscaded the road, where it entered the woods, with artillery and men of all arms.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
Within a month Chinese troops ambuscaded a French column at Bac-Le and the Government decided on a punitive expedition.
From A History of the Third French Republic by C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad) Wright
"Look sharp, John, that there be not others ambuscaded along the bank."
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
For the rest of the winter Skeffington did nothing but send out a futile expedition, a detachment of which was ambuscaded: while the loyalists fumed.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
Re-enforcements came from Holland, and under Calabar's guidance the Dutch learned the value of ambuscading and made sudden expeditions which took the important settlements by surprise.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
The thick growth of grass and vines made ambuscading a favorite pastime with the Spaniards.
From History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Edward A. (Edward Austin) Johnson
The ambuscading forces now made their presence known, and, displaying their hats upon the muzzles of their guns, made a show of twice their actual strength.
From Vermont A Study of Independence by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
The gardens and grounds of Haverly Lodge were that night such a terrain as best suits the ambuscading warfare of the small god with the bow and darts.
From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck
Before the assemblage could realize this new invasion, a nearer clatter of hoofs was heard along the high road, and one of the ambuscading party dashed up from the fringe of woods below.
From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Bret Harte
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