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Definition of Intrenches
1. intrench [v] - See also: intrench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrenches
Literary usage of Intrenches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Friedrich intervening, Daun draws back ; intrenches ... Daun instantly calls
halt, at this news; waits, intrenches; and, in a day or two, finding the news ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... in Murcia—O'Don- nel defeated at Castalla—Maitland lands at Alicante—Suchet
concentrates his forces at Xativa—Intrenches a camp there—Maitland advances ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... on this event—Operations in Murcia—O'Donnel defeated at Castalia-Mailland
lands at Alicante—Suchet concentrates his forces at Xativa—Intrenches a camp ..."
4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... this Affair—Lee's Character as a Writer—Some of his Statements examined—Arnold
intrenches himself at Portsmouth—Arrangement of Militia—Jefferson's Views ..."
5. A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers by James A. Mowris (1866)
"Arrive at Bermuda Hundred.—Debark.—The succeeding movements, which culminated in
the Battle of Drury's Bluff.—The Army of the James withdraws and intrenches ..."
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