Outposts
['aʊt,post]
Examples
- Like a careful general, his first visit was to the outposts at the western pass, where he found everything in an extremely satisfactory condition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Johnston's cavalry meanwhile had been well out towards our front, and occasional encounters occurred between it and our outposts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About a mile from the main camp we encountered their outposts and, as had been prearranged, accepted this as the signal to charge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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