When well tangled in the abattis the death-warrant.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference

And up to that abattis high the charging 'columns tread.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Poetry of the South] Reference

Edmund and I got through the abattis and ran up to the wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

And on each proud abattis yawn, with menace stern and dread.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Poetry of the South] Reference

The whole extent of the works was faced with an ample abattis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Colored Regulars in the United States Army] Reference

At intervals around and inside the outer abattis are built the.    From Wordnik.com.  [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference

Axemen were ready to be sent forward to remove abattis, and Captain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

Seventh, of cliffs of rocks, trunks of trees, covered by an abattis.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

The abattis was past, the breastworks mounted, the works were our own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

Some got through the abattis, and went up to the breastwork, eight feet high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

This was a strong line behind a thick impenetrable abattis and held by a powerful force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

Their course lay through woods and underbrush and heavy abattis, felled by the Americans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference

The abattis has usually four entrances which are choked up with heaps of bushes at night.    From Wordnik.com.  [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference

Steadily they came on, through obstructions, through slashing, past abattis without wavering.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference

But the works were too strong, the abattis too troublesome, and the rebel forces too numerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

Then we went up to the abattis and picked out some of the wounded from among the heaps of dead men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

Here, he threw up breastworks of logs, and his front and right flanks were covered by extended abattis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference

They stood at the abattis, hacking away at the stakes, falling in heaps before the shower of grapeshot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

Through the tangled undergrowth, through the abattis, and over the breastworks they leaped with a yell.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

On both sides are little square plots fenced against sheep and goats by a rude abattis of stripped and dead boughs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Midian] Reference

The greater part of the line was picketed with abattis, and the woods cut down to give full sweep to the fire of the guns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference

A row of bayonets projected over the breastworks; an abattis of steel awaiting the momentarily expected onset of the enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

The unfinished wall on the eastern face was raised by logs of wood, and abattis and wire entanglements were placed in front.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference

Before daybreak, after a heavy cannonade and bombardment, and an unsuccessful attempt to set fire to the abattis, the French and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference

When in a small swale or depression in the ground, near the center of the field, the abattis was discovered in front of the works.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

An abattis or a fosse would have made this step futile; but as things were, it was not altogether impossible that they might surmount our low wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference

The defenses consisted of two rows of trenches, lying one over the other, with strong cover, and with wire entanglements and abattis in front of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

The Normans were unable to penetrate the abattis, but they gained the victory which changed the whole history of the English race by the stratagem of a feigned retreat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference

Part of the command pierced through the abattis and reached the rifle-pits.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Fort Henry to Corinth] Reference

Trees were felled, and every accessible point was covered by formidable abattis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War] Reference

Fisher, got up to the abattis, but were not supported, and consequently had to retire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Gordon, Volume I] Reference

On the farther slope, crowned by the works, the slashed timber made an extensive abattis.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Fort Henry to Corinth] Reference

A long and formidable line of abattis had been made, but the men were compelled to seek some rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis] Reference

The four regiments started again, forced their way still farther up the abattis, and were again repelled.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Fort Henry to Corinth] Reference

Jesse was killed at the abattis -- shot through the head -- and Graves was killed further in advance than any one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Gordon, Volume I] Reference

A few of them managed to force their way into a weak point of the abattis, under a heavy fire from the fort; and worked round to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti] Reference