They have been staying in the cantonment for days awaiting further instructions from their superiors. From LearnThat.org.
The cantonment is the head quarters of the British army on this side the Deccan. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
Muyange is so far the only so-called cantonment camp that is operational thus far in Burundi. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It was formerly, but is no longer, a military cantonment. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The cantonment of Peshawar had been laid out by Sir Colin. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
The entire cantonment throbbed and buzzed with excitement. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
Meanwhile the city and cantonment were in a state of uproar. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Agra's cantonment avenues and parks are kept in excellent order. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
British cantonment straggling some distance outside Berbera town. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
When encamped, in 1823 or 1824, near the town (not the cantonment) of. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
"'We bore Featherstone to the nearest cantonment, and buried him there.'". From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
From the train they were marched to a great cantonment on the edge of the city. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
To resist these marauders it was necessary to place guards all round the cantonment. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Hyderabad, I at once drove over to Secunderabad, a very large British cantonment and station. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Camp Liberty was the cantonment in which the boys were to receive their initial military training. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Now the cantonment in which the 195th lay was bounded on the north by a river -- dry in the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
Cavalry between the river and the Sitapur road, our reconnaissance extending beyond the old cantonment. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker visited the cantonment that day and the review was staged in his honor. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
This took place in camp at Kurnaul, "a great ugly cantonment, all barracks and dust and guns and soldiers.". From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
To the south of the cantonment is situated the park, created by the taste and public spirit of Lord Wellesley. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Upon the construction of the Sherpur cantonment Sher Ali had expended an astonishing amount of labour and money. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
There is no railway, but the metalled road from Kotah to the British cantonment of Deoli passes through the state. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
On the 24th we retraced our steps, halting for the night at the old cantonment of Muriao, where we buried poor Macdonnell. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
During the ensuing summer the regiment got "the route," and was ordered up country to Dinapore, a cantonment near Patna, on the. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
Constant and heavy firing was heard from the city and suburbs, and the Cavalry were reported to be advancing on the cantonment. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
BANGALORE, a city of India, the capital of the native state of Mysore, and the largest British cantonment in the south of India. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
This expedition practically closed all operations for the season, and the cavalry was put into winter cantonment near Winchester. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
To aid Baker in his difficult task, I brought four guns into action near the north-west corner of the cantonment, and I signalled to. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
The cantonment is situated on the left bank of the Hugli; it has also a large bazaar and several large tanks, and also a parade ground. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Anne Arundel county, almost within shadow of the National Capital, to be selected as the site of a cantonment to be named after General. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
(Chiltan) on the south-west; and the great square-headed Murdar to the south -- all overlook the pretty cantonment from heights which range from. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Given the site it was the job of the town-planner to distribute the necessary buildings and grounds of a typical cantonment as shown in type plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
Amid such a spirit the Brighton boys reached the cantonment and after a hasty roll-call sat down to what they one and all pronounced a "fine feed.". From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
One is to be found in each cantonment: he generally occupies a position of unsheltered and pathetic loneliness in a corner of the local parade-ground. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
Some few escaped by the stone bridge, but the greater number, including the whole of the mutinous 15th Irregular Cavalry, made for the old cantonment. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
They released some 500 prisoners who were in the gaol, and helped themselves to what food they wanted, but they did not enter the cantonment or the fort. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
We have not had any instance of cantonment, properly speaking, during the present war; but in Europe this method of disposing troops is frequently adopted. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
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