Fortified

Examples

• Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The important elevations within the line had all been carefully fortified and supplied with a proper armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Columbus, besides being strongly fortified, contained a garrison much more numerous than the force I had with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was fortified both on the top and on the rocky and precipitous sides. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He fortified his new position, and our trenches were then extended from the left of our main line to connect with his new one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thomas was strongly fortified in his position, so that he would have been safe against the attack of Hood. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy on his front was partially fortified, but was soon driven out of his works. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Fortified by such encouragement, he could venture to say Humbug; and now Bar's mind was relieved. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In a short time it was well fortified and a detachment was sent to occupy Smithland, at the mouth of the Cumberland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Strongly as I was fortified in my resolution by the desperate nature of our situation, I hoped most fervently that I might escape this last emergency. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• General Johnston raised another army as rapidly as he could, and fortified or strongly intrenched at Corinth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Not a fortified town that they passed in all their journey was as strong, not a Cathedral summit was as high, as Mr Dorrit's castle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This was speedily fortified, while a detail was laying the pontoon bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Richmond was fortified and intrenched so perfectly that one man inside to defend was more than equal to five outside besieging or assaulting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 27th, the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufficient men to hold its fortified line, moved by the enemy's right flank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thus fortified, he answered briefly, I see daylight. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were fortified or intrenched, and there was considerable fighting before they were captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• All commanding points two or three miles to the south, south-east and south-west were strongly fortified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These were fortified and defended at all points. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This brigade was furiously attacked; but the remainder of the division coming up, they were enabled to hold their position, and soon fortified it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By ten o'clock the bridge was laid, and our extreme right, now in Lookout valley, was fortified and connected with the rest of the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 30th Hancock moved to the Totopotomoy, where he found the enemy strongly fortified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When Alexander was a boy of sixteen, he had seen his father repulsed by the fortified city of Byzantium upon the Bosphorus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poor Pleasant, fortified with a sip of brandy, is ushered into the first-floor chamber. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We reached the quaint old fortified city of Bergamo, the renowned in history, some three-quarters of an hour before the train was ready to start. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No fortified and protected interest readily surrenders any monopoly it may possess. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This island was fortified and manned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the left our troops also were fortified, and as close up to the enemy as they could get. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Haines' Bluff, eleven miles from Vicksburg, on the Yazoo River, was strongly fortified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was through the use of such ordnance that the German army so easily reduced the strongly fortified Belgian cities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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