rencounter
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The two old Cavaliers laid about them in a style worthy of their best and most chivalrous days, and the citizens as stoutly supported them although but poorly armed and equipped for such a rencounter.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
This rencounter at Front Royal was one of the most brilliant affairs of the war and it illustrated well the marvelous intuition with which General Custer often grasped the situation, in an instant of time.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by James Harvey Kidd
His thoughts had been for some time employed in the selection of a suitable companion, when this rencounter happened with Miss Dudley.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Without a thought they began a sort of challenging rencounter with horse-artillery and cavalry.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
Concealing himself from any chance of a rencounter, he allotted a space of twelve minutes by his watch, and time never paced more tardy with him in all his life.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
