were bivouacking
- past progressive of bivouac.
Example Sentences
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For almost five days now I have been, as it were, bivouacking.
From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
The sepoys had succeeded in crossing the river and were bivouacking immediately in front of them.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
From his new position, less than four hundred yards from the spot where the unsuspecting Huns were bivouacking, Wilmshurst could keep them under close observation.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest
The same day, a little before nightfall, Baron Vigneau strode across the greensward to the spot where his own followers were bivouacking beneath some huge beech trees.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
While we were bivouacking in the market-place, a vidette galloped in with some news which caused Captain Eshricke to mount in hot haste, and we literally bolted from the village.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John
