The French were, however, in a position to prevent them from leaving the wood, and every attempt made by the Germans to debouch met with failure.
An attempt at this time was made by the Germans to debouch from Douaumont village on the southwestern side, with the evident purpose of forcing their way to the top of the crest in the direction of Thiaumont Farm.
The enemy thus found it impossible to debouch from the village or to work round the left flank.
Meanwhile on the left the line had been heavily shelled, and the enemy made several attempts to debouch from Fremicourt.
This company successfully entered the German second line, but was unable to debouch from it owing to machine-gun fire from the German third line.
It consists in preparing for the brigade to go into action against an enemy who may debouch from Bettwiller.
It is quite evident that the river which the Dutch took for the Obi was the Kara, and that the mouth-arms, Swan and Mercurius, were two small coast rivers which debouch from Yalmal into the Kara Sea.
They generallydebouch in a lake situated in the middle of the depression.
But Dixmude had, as was natural in a country which had generally feared attack from France, been built on the eastern bank of the Yser; and the Germans were never able to debouch across the river (see Map, p.
It was not until 10 October that the northern Rumanian armies were forced back to the Moldavian border; and all Falkenhayn's efforts to debouchfrom the central passes towards Bukarest were defeated by Rumanian valour.
There would be little risk in joining the war if Russian armies could debouch from the Carpathians; and the intervention of Rumania would link up the Serbians with the Russians and envelop unfortunate Hungary on three sides.
He also wished to guard against the possibility that the Japanese, as more and more of their troops moved up Ormoc Valley, would attempt to debouch into northern Leyte Valley.
This bridge in his possession, gave the enemy an opportunity to debouch on to the open plain.
It was necessary at all costs to drive Alvintzy from the heights of Caldiero before the Tyrolese columns should overpower Vaubois' detachment at Rivoli and debouch in the plains west of Verona.
Although officers lounged about as usual, and even played footer, or smoked and read, the hearts of all beat high with hope, and in every eye was the old look one remembers on the evening of our intended debouch from Kut.
One thing is certain: if he had got through, the Essin position would have had to be abandoned by the Turks, and, incidentally to the relief of Kut, our debouch would have brought about a heavy capture of the enemy.
Anyway orders for the debouch were about to be issued the second time, and with this as an excuse I persuaded the C.
Averell was ordered to push forward up the Cedar Creek road and debouch at Woodstock in rear of the retreating foe.
The enemy's intrenchments covered a considerable part of this last road, from which he could easily debouch and attack the flank and rear or the trains of the marching columns.
The English and French cavalry were in readiness on the ground of the Light Cavalry charge, to receive the enemy if they should debouch on the plain.
The Archduke Charles awaited the arrival from Italy of Suvaroff, who was to debouch on the French right by the St. Gothard Pass.
As the cuirassiers of the Guard trotted past to debouch on their heroic mission, the Emperor, waving his sword, cried out, "No sabring.
The force now began to emerge from the narrow space between the hills and the river, and debouch into open country.
As the head of the column was about to debouch from this, the advanced scouts reported that there was a body of Dervishes in the open ground in front of the defile.
Down the steep ravine of the Lasne and up on the westward side of it was so hard a business that, as we have seen, the brigades did not begin to debouch from the woods at the summit until after four o'clock.
It was first guessed and then perceived to be a body of men: the head of a column began to debouch from Frasnes.
The latter intended to advance on Quatre-Bras at 2 o'clock, anddebouch on St. Amand at 4 p.
This facility is accentuated by the influence of the Drakensberg, which forms a screen, behind which an enemy can assemble unobserved and debouch on our flanks through its numerous passes.
The Orangists are all over the cemetery wall now: they charge with halberd and pike and force the Spaniards and Walloons back and back into the narrow streets which debouch upon the Schelde.
The narrow streets which debouch upon the gates are deserted save by the dead.
On the right, the enemy is unable to debouch from Damloup, and spends his strength in vain against the battery.
Instead of seeing a great body of men debouch from the fort, preceded by a brilliant staff, out marched a few ragged militiamen headed by Captain Helm, with one solitary private.
The trappers dashed after them, and the Indians became panic-stricken when they saw the mounted white men debouch from the thick woodland.
We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world; Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labour and the march, Pioneers!
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