Skirmishing

Examples

• When I arrived Hovey's skirmishing amounted almost to a battle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By eleven o'clock the skirmishing had grown into a hard-contested battle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 27th there was skirmishing on the Hatchie River, eight miles from Bolivar. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After some skirmishing on the 17th and 18th, General Hunter, owing to a want of ammunition to give battle, retired from before the place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Osterhaus was up, and after some sharp skirmishing the enemy was driven away with considerable loss in killed and captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was no fighting on the 13th, further than a little skirmishing between Mott's division and the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was constant skirmishing and fighting between the cavalry of the two armies, but this did not retard the advance of the infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 19th there was constant skirmishing with the enemy while we were getting into better position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Late on the 17th, his rear-guard was overtaken near Adairsville, and heavy skirmishing followed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was some skirmishing outside of Corinth with the advance of the enemy on the 3d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• THOMAS, Chattanooga General Sherman carried Missionary Ridge as far as the tunnel with only slight skirmishing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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