Nick Undrell divided his forces into two companies, giving them instructions to ride forward, one on either flankof the enemy, with the endeavour to head them off.
They rode in single file, with scouts in front and rear and on either flank.
Kiddie's horses in the background were similarly protected from the line of fire, unless, indeed, the Indians should succeed in getting through on either flank, which was not at all probable.
Cavalry, too, hung on either flank, and scouted the country.
The division was drawn up in a line, stretching a half a mile across the field, straight as the flight of an arrow, with artillery on either flank.
Each day as we marched, dark columns of smoke rose from numberless conflagrations in our rear and on either flank, where the cavalry was at work carrying out the edict of destruction of the valley.
The rebel line now overlapped that of the Union forces on either flank, and the two corps under Howard were in danger of being surrounded by the greater numbers of their adversaries.
The woodsmen of Virginia, veteran hunters and Indian-fighters, were thrown far out in front and on either flank, scouring the forest to detect any sign of a lurking ambuscade.
Frontier riflemen scoured the woods far in front and on either flank, and made surprise impossible.
But at the very moment of success, a fresh burst of whoops and firing was heard from either flank; while a confused noise from the rear showed that the convoy was attacked.
The French advanced with fifteen hundred men, and the guards and rifles received them steadily, the rocket corps, on either flank, opening with this novel and destructive projectile.
But further they never could attain, as the supporting brigades joined on either flank, and every continued essay to force the centre was repulsed.
This drawback was aggravated by the fact that, like most positions, such as Hooge or Hill 60, in the Ypres salient, it could be subjected to a converging fire from the front and either flank.
It is on the first two regiments that attention must be concentrated for the moment, for they had to occupy the southern thrust of the line and to file into their new positions from the old line on either flank.
Niven had with one hand to fend off attempts to bomb his men at right and left down the trench, and with the other to turn and enfilade with excellent result the Germans who were pressing in on either flank.
To climb an ascent so steep, vexed by skirmishers on either flank, and scourged by the guns which flashed from the summit, was a great and most daring feat--yet the French did it.
Wellington could not advance and leave San Sebastian and Pampeluna on either flank held by the enemy.
On either flank of this was a smaller building, occupied by his staff, the whole being surrounded by a neat paling.
Dutch Company" of the Sixteenth, a company of German rifles, was deployed as skirmishers on either flank, the head of the column was fired into by a party of the enemy concealed immediately in advance of us.
With an impassable river immediately in our rear, and an impenetrable forest on either flank, defeat would amount to no less than destruction and capture.
Smith invariably kept a line of skirmishers deployed on either flank.
Bushmen and Yeomanry scouting far ahead, and the infantry on either flankin a widely extended line.
At dusk the undefeated 9th Brigade stormed and took the trenches one mile north-east of Illies, but as they were unsupported on either flank, they had to abandon the position and fall back.
The detachment, however, was small, and as it was unsupported oneither flank it was deemed wise to retire.
Welsh Fusiliers, who accordingly pressed on towards Ledeghem, quite ignorant of the new development, or of the fact that they were unsupported by the battalions on either flank.
Burnett again warned the old rajah that he was very likely to be led into an ambush, and urged him to send out scouts on either flank to examine the country.
He accordingly halted here: the infantry drawn up in the centre, and the cavalry on either flank, ready to charge the guns of the enemy, should they have brought any with them.
The native troops were in the van, the few horsemen on either flank, while the British brought up the rear.
Two horsemen awaiting the moment, spear in hand, give chase, one on either flank.
The battalion was being pressed on either flank, and its right was in air.
It did not come on either flank in any strength till about ten o'clock.
Atop the hill it was held by the fire of Lewis guns, but, with their superiority of numbers, the Germans pushed round on either flank, rendering the position untenable.
To General Nugent it had appeared long before probable that his troops, if they went forward further as a wedge into the enemy's defensive system, with not a yard gained on either flank, would go only to their own destruction.
Carpenter led on over a narrow trail; the others followed almost in single file now, while the five scouted in the woods on either flank and at the rear.
The army continued its march through the wilderness, the scouts in front and heavy parties of riflemen on either flank.
Paul and Long Jim were on either flank, while Carpenter led slowly on toward the mountains.
Nothing could escape the trained eyes of Henry Ware and his comrades, and those of Murphy, Ellerson, and the others, while off on either flank of the army heavy detachments guarded against any surprise or turning movement.
The preliminary conditions of a campaign seldom offer more than three or four alternatives; an attack by the centre or either flank, or some combination of these.
During the 12th the enemy attempted renewed attacks on either flank of the 1st Corps, but was repulsed with great loss.
He told me that another French regular Division was to be brought up on either flank at Nieuport and Ypres, and he proposed later to move Conneau from the neighbourhood of Béthune.
The column in blue was struck in front and on either flank.
In the daylight now Jackson had scouts and skirmishers far in front and on either flank.
Above the crash of the battle which raged fiercely on either flank, they heard the notes of a trumpet rising, loud, clear, and distinct from all other sounds.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "either flank" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
