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The Turks so far suspect nothing, and Koja Chemen Tepe and Chunuk Bair, with all the intervening ridge, are still unentrenched and open to capture by a coup-de-main.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

"How can they need reinforcements when they already have half the army directed against a weak, unentrenched Russian wing?"

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

So far as can be seen by aeroplane scouting, this ridge is still unoccupied; certainly it is unentrenched.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

On the other hand, it seemed probable that a sudden march, eastward or westward, would find some passage of the river, and of the natural parapet beyond, unentrenched and but slightly guarded.

From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office