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Definition of Reconnaissance in force
1. Noun. An offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconnaissance In Force
Literary usage of Reconnaissance in force
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"CHAPTER X FROM TULLAHOMA TO CHATTANOOGA Attempt to Assassinate Forrest—Desperate
Personal Encounter—He Kills His Assailant —A Second Reconnaissance in Force ..."
2. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... TO CHATTANOOGA Attempt to Assassinate Forrest—Desperate Personal Encounter—He
Kills His Assailant —A Second Reconnaissance in Force at Franklin—Forrest ..."
3. South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke (1900)
"General Gatacre made a reconnaissance in force towards Stormberg. 13.—The City
Imperial Volunteers left ..."
4. Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence by Heros von Borcke (1867)
"... JEFFERSON—CROSSING OF THE HAZEL RIVER BIVOUAC IN THE SNOW—SCOUT WITH GENERAL
STUART— HEADQUARTERS NEAR CULPEPPER COURT-HOUSE—reconnaissance in force, ..."
5. Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan: Including Visits to Ararat and by Douglas William Freshfield (1869)
"... —The Governors—A reconnaissance in force—Legends—Avalanches—The Old Men's
Chorus—Men in Armour—Our Bivouac—A Critical Moment —Scaling an ..."
6. Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan: Including Visits to Ararat and by Douglas William Freshfield (1869)
"... A reconnaissance in force— Legends — Avalanches — The Old Men's Chorus — Men
in Armour — Our Bivouac — A Critical Moment —Soiling an ..."
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