Example Sentences

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And now, Messieurs les Cheyennes, we'll see who first will bivouac to-night upon the War Bonnet.

From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles

To-day he will reach Synee; will bivouac there for a few hours, and will march on here in the night.

From In Times of Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The regiment will bivouac not far from here, and we may just as well stay the night in yonder building as sleep in a mouldy barn.

From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir

"We will bivouac in the woods yonder, near this ford," he said courteously.

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner

The forces will bivouac on the upper and lower decks and receive only straw bags and covers.

From Operations Upon the Sea A Study by Edelsheim, Franz, Freiherr von