2. Noun. (plural of ambuscade) ¹
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Definition of Ambuscades
1. ambuscade [v] - See also: ambuscade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambuscades
Literary usage of Ambuscades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"Indian Tactics — Surprises and ambuscades — Attacking ... The strength of the
Indian is in surprises or ambuscades, and I have heard of no single instance ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... by defiles, ambuscades, attacking, scalping, &c. It is said by those who are
judges, that no representation could possibly come nearer the original. ..."
3. Letters from Head-quarters: Or, The Realities of the War in the Crimea by Somerset John Gough Calthorpe (1857)
"... Our indignation against the French — Gallant affairs of the 1st and 2nd of
May between the French and Russians — French capture ambuscades and nine ..."
4. Elements of the Art of War: Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the United by James Mercur (1888)
"Small ambuscades may be successfully executed in somewhat open country with ...
The methods of avoiding surprises and ambuscades already described under the ..."
5. Military Manners and Customs by James Anson Farrer (1885)
"... theory of fair stratagems—The teaching of international law— Ancient and modern
naval stratagems—Early Roman dislike of such stratagems as ambuscades, ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Advanced-guard, Out-post, and Detachment Service by Dennis Hart Mahan (1862)
"SURPRISES AND ambuscades. 440. Surprise. In planning a surprise, the officer must
spare no pains in ascertaining the face of the country leading to and in ..."
7. The Early History of New England: Illustrated by Numerous Interesting Incidents by Henry White (1842)
"ambuscades, ASSAULTS, MASSACRES, AND DEPREDATIONS OF THE INDIANS. IN reading the
affecting incidents of this chapter, it will be of importance to bear in ..."
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