When we arrived I ordered my men to dismount and take to the rocks, leaving the horses to take care of themselves, as the Indians were on foot and we could make better time in that immediate vicinity than we could on our horses.
In a fight against the Hernici, he cites the Roman horsemen, who had not been able to do anything on horseback to break up the enemy, asking the consul for permission to dismount and fight on foot.
They halt face to face, abreast, to fight man to man; or each passes the other, thrusting with the sabre or lance; or each tries to wound the knee of the adversary and dismount him in this way.
They have to dismount and attach themselves to the first unit of their command met.
So dismount and lay down your arms and yield yourselves, that we may grant you your lives.
The command to dismount to fight on foot was given.
The order came from General Custer for the Fifth and Sixth to dismount to fight on foot.
On sighting this force, Custer ordered Weber to dismount his men, advance a line of skirmishers toward the hill and ascertain what he had to encounter.
The fence was close at hand, and the command to dismount to fight on foot was given.
Custer, coming to a piece of woods south of Shepherdstown, neither the enemy nor our own cavalry being in sight, halted and had his men dismount to rest, they having been in the saddle since early morning.
Halting an eighth of a mile back and out of sight, Custer directed me to dismount the regiment and move in column of fours through a ravine at right angles with the creek.
Well, after having torn off the silver lace from the uniforms of his Swiss, because lace is too expensive, he will dismount the musketeers, because the oats and hay of a horse cost five sols a day.
Porthos simply told the equerry todismount and await his return at Sarzeau, whilst D'Artagnan would ride his horse; which was arranged.
As soon as the latter made its appearance, and the guns were placed in a position to command the fort, Major Daly ordered part of the cavalry to dismount and proceed with loaded carbines to the gate, under cover of their fire.
The man who called himself John Anderson was compelled to dismount and empty his pockets and take off his boots, in one of which was the damning evidence of Arnold's perfidy.
True, there are places where the trail is so precipitous that they have to dismount for safety's sake, but to walk the whole way would be absurd.
There was nothing for it when the engine stopped but to dismount quickly and push.
No, Mrs. Chesters decided; if she went up to the farm she would have to dismount and walk across the little bridge.
A knight offers to carry Madonna Oretta a horseback with a story, but tells it so ill that she prays him to dismount her.
Fernan advised his master todismount there, with a view to strengthening a little the stomachs of both riders and horses.
Brother, let us dismount here, that we may examine your wounds," said his companions to Martin.
The mountain side was very steep; although we selected the lowest spot to cross, we were obliged to dismount and lead our horses.
When we arrived there we considered it really better to dismount and lead our horses.
Our road here was often very fatiguing, and was rendered smooth and slippery by several violent showers; so that we were often obliged to dismount and lead our horses on the descents, for fear of them falling.
I went into them, but was obliged to dismount in order to pass through the thicket.
It was too late to dismount and make use of my rifle.
We had constantly to dismount and coax our ponies down and up impossible steeps.
The night air is cool and bracing, but soft as summer; and as we dismount our thoughts turn homeward, and we have a sudden regret.
We asked if there were no means by which we could pass; but the commissary only shook his head, ordered us not to dismount on the Sardinian side of the river, and shut his door.
At this moment a corps of cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Dyer, which I had kept as a reserve, was ordered to dismount and fill up the vacancy occasioned by the retreat.
Then your master offers to help you by lifting you, grasping your right arm with his left hand, and you make one or two more circuits of the ring, and then the hour is over and you dismount and go to the dressing-room.
Lieutenant Golden, also the sergeant, advised me todismount and try another horse, but I said no!
The people watched us dismount with an expression of pity.
One day when I was out, I saw several persons dismount who came from Angoumois.
I observed our Indian friend dismount and put his ear to the ground several times as we rode forward.
We frequently had to turn aside to avoid the numberless fallen trunks, or to dismount and lead our animals over them.
The continual desire of most of our party to dismount and enjoy a walk gave our horses a light coach where the road was such as to bring them to a walk, and they were actually in better condition after the journey than when we started.
The committee of two dismount and select the choicest little bit of sward for the table.
She had wanted the horse to stop and let her get down to solid ground, and now that he had done so and she might dismount a great horror filled her and she dared not.
The pony, too, seemed wondering, impatient that she did not dismount at once.
Vansovich, "advance for me to the bridge, theredismount and to muskets!
At times the riders had to dismount and lead; and more than once the beasts resisted, pointing their ears and stretching their distended and steaming nostrils forward toward precipices, from the depths of which death seemed to gaze upward.
The heart of Shakespeare beat quickly as he observed one of the travellers dismount and stoop down to render assistance to the prostrate form before him.
Nay, the perfume of the scented courtiers pervade the air as they dismount and enter the palace.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dismount" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
