Both armies hesitated to begin the battle and remained inactive until in the afternoon.
July 2d, the division began to move towards Gettysburg and marched as rapidly as circumstances would permit, as the roads were blocked with wagons, artillery, and the wounded of both armies.
Such examples of heroism, shown by both armies in that hand-to-hand struggle at Spottsylvania Court House, will not be lost to the Republic.
His first care was for the wounded of both armies, and he was among the foremost at the burning mansion where some of them lay.
Leaving Colonel Pickens with a body of militia under the protection of a flag, to bury the dead and provide for the wounded of both armies, he set out the same day about noon with his prisoners and spoils.
Both armies, however, needed repose, and military operations were suspended, as if by mutual consent, during the sultry summer heat.
In spite of their strict regulations there was a good deal of drunkenness among the French soldiery, though perhaps it was not in excess of our proportion, considering the numbers of both armies.
The Zouaves were the admiration of both armies: they are the first soldiers in the world.
The front of both armies united, and the line of offensive operations covered by them, extended from the sea to the Tchernaya for seven and a half or eight miles.
The courage of the soldiers in both armies grew as they beheld the bravery of their own men and their eagerness for the fight.
Rain fell continually; but the fire was too strong, and those moving towers were burning, to the astonishment of both armies, since the night was so wet.
A long and perilous flank march must be made by both armies, with an almost certainty that Grant would concentrate first and fall upon them in succession.
The 1st of December was spent by both armies in watching each other, and behaving as if they dared each other to attack.
Polk claimed a victory, but while he had some temporary success, both armies slept on the field.
No wonder could be expressed that the loss of life had been so terrible, for thousands of brass cannon-balls were lying loosely about, and glistening on the sands.
The capture of the fort enabled the second parallel to be pushed on, and breaching batteries to be completed.
Both armies were in the highest state of efficiency, for to both the undivided attention of their commanding officers had been directed, and yet in their respective equipments a practised eye would detect a marked dissimilarity.
During the pause that the heat of the weather and the weariness of the troops had produced, both armies went to the banks of the rivulet for water.
Do so now: and then, if we are allowed to reach Mesopotamia, it will be time enough for the united suffrages of both armies to declare a lawful emperor.
A truce was made for three days by the common consent of both armies, and we gladly accepted a little respite in which to take breath.
And while both Drona and Dhrishtadyumna were slaughtering the two hosts, the warriors of both armies, in utter disregard of their lives, fought everywhere to the utmost extent of their prowess.
The combatants of both armies, oppressed all around by those foremost of car-warriors, during the hour of darkness, fled away on all sides.
Both armies, after several attempts to possess themselves of this road, resolved at length to come to a general engagement.
In consequence of this, both armies approaching, pitched their tents in sight of each other, upon the opposite banks of the river Ly'ris.
This cry instantly spread itself through both armies, exciting the one as much as it depressed the other.
To him was assigned the unlimited command of both armies, particularly in battle, while the Elector was deprived of all power of altering the order of battle, or even the route of the army.
Every private in both armies, felt a jealous share in their leader's reputation, and under every corslet beat the same emotions that inflamed the bosoms of the generals.
Both armies separated, as if by tacit agreement; the trumpets sounded, and each party claiming the victory, quitted the field.
At Rome, the report of the action was conveyed thither, and was afterwards confirmed, not less by letters from the common soldiers of both armies, than from the generals themselves, all men individually extolled Maximus to the skies.
Both armies halted, and were preparing themselves for battle.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "both armies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
