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Definition of Sangars
1. sangar [n] - See also: sangar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sangars
Literary usage of Sangars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Relief of Chitral by George John Younghusband, Francis Edward Younghusband (1895)
"The infantry having deployed A and C companies kept the enemy engaged directly
in front along the main line of sangars, the latter company occasionally ..."
2. Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 by Richard Danes (1903)
"The Gordons occupied the first line of sangars and fired from cover at the Boers
... With unparalleled rapidity the six guns hurl shrapnel at the sangars. ..."
3. The Green Horse in Ladysmith by St. John Gore (1901)
"I employed my whole force in constructing a line of sangars rather below the
outer crest line, from which fire could be brought to bear down the slope of ..."
4. With Kelly to Chitral by William George Lawrence Beynon (1896)
"All the garrisons of the sangars turned out, and I counted them—there were over
a hundred in each. The commander-in-chief rode up the whole length of the ..."
5. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"... huge rocky bowlders standing out prominently conspicuous up to the very top,
and the sides of the mountain were bristling with strongly built 'sangars. ..."
6. The Relief of Chitral by George John Younghusband, Francis Edward Younghusband (1895)
"The infantry having deployed A and C companies kept the enemy engaged directly
in front along the main line of sangars, the latter company occasionally ..."
7. Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 by Richard Danes (1903)
"The Gordons occupied the first line of sangars and fired from cover at the Boers
... With unparalleled rapidity the six guns hurl shrapnel at the sangars. ..."
8. The Green Horse in Ladysmith by St. John Gore (1901)
"I employed my whole force in constructing a line of sangars rather below the
outer crest line, from which fire could be brought to bear down the slope of ..."
9. With Kelly to Chitral by William George Lawrence Beynon (1896)
"All the garrisons of the sangars turned out, and I counted them—there were over
a hundred in each. The commander-in-chief rode up the whole length of the ..."
10. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"... huge rocky bowlders standing out prominently conspicuous up to the very top,
and the sides of the mountain were bristling with strongly built 'sangars. ..."
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