She brought also the information that re-enforcements were coming.
Trenches were dug, the guns in the outlying batteries were turned upon the fort, and the New Englanders sat down to wait until the enemy should be starved out or until re-enforcements might be brought from Boston.
Months passed away and new re-enforcements arrived, until at length he felt strong enough to undertake an excursion into the very heart of the country.
Re-enforcements arriving, augmented his force to twelve hundred; but the enemy was now beyond their reach.
La Fayette was expecting re-enforcements of militia and Wayne's Pennsylvania Brigade.
But re-enforcements must be on the way by this time.
Listening to their talk he learned that they had been out on the trails leading to Fort Prescott, and had come in with the news that no re-enforcements for Fort Carson were within forty miles of the latter place.
In the first week of December we learned that cannon had been secretly sent to the northern extremity of the island, to guard the channel and oppose the passage of any vessels bringing us re-enforcements by that entrance.
This once accomplished, re-enforcements and supplies could have been sent us to any amount.
Their forces had been so greatly weakened by the sickness which prevailed in Loudun, that re-enforcements were absolutely necessary for them to keep the field against the Catholics.
There was no prospect of any immediate re-enforcements arriving from Europe, and no hope, without them, of being able to take the field successfully against Saladin.
No doubt the re-enforcements of reserves that hurried into it to strengthen the regular garrison counted themselves lucky men to have so massive and stout a shelter from which to fight an enemy who must work in the open against them.
Gage had ten regiments at his disposal, but was trying to raise a force of Canadians and Indians in addition, and was asking for still more re-enforcements from England.
He objected "that the communication with France was again opened, and the most dangerous crisis passed; and that at every retrograde step he would now be meeting the re-enforcements sent him from Paris and from Germany.
Here we might stay till the return of spring, when our re-enforcements and all Lithuania in arms would come to relieve, to join us, and to complete the conquest.
Now, he proposed, as we had no arms, to go in with a rush and a yell, and make those rebels think that re-enforcements had arrived.
The rebs became more cautious, and that was what was wanted, as the only hope we had was to hold them at bay until re-enforcements could arrive.
After the return of the colonel with his re-enforcements from the ferry, Deck Lyon had not had the opportunity to examine minutely the premises, especially outside of the immediate scene of operations.
I supposed they would have been sending up re-enforcements to the battle-field all day; and they could not have done that without reducing greatly the number in the works.
Your horse is well rested now, and you must make the gravel fly on your way to the road; for I reckon the re-enforcements will be needed as soon as they can get here.
With the advance of spring Hannibal took up his camp on Mount Tifata, where, while awaiting the arrival of re-enforcements from Carthage, he was at hand to support his partisans in Campania and oppose the Roman generals in that province.
She had proceeded only a little way, however, when suddenly a heavy fire was opened upon her from the fort, and at the same time a large body of re-enforcements was seen approaching from the south.
Dewey with his ships is there, holding the town at the muzzles of his guns and waiting for the re-enforcements of troops, which were dispatched to his aid from San Francisco almost a month after his victory--an unconscionable delay.
Oudinot was amazed, and sought an armistice, while Louis Napoleon, in order to hurry re-enforcements to Civita Vecchia, sent De Lesseps to open negotiations for peace.
Then re-enforcements arrived, and the height was retaken, but at great cost.
It was put an end to by the arrival of the re-enforcements promised by the Flemings to the King of England.
They are continually receiving fresh re-enforcements more numerous than the waves of the sea, and to us more bitter than its brackish waters.
The English re-enforcements arrived too late, and served no other purpose but that of inducing Philip to grant the Flemings a truce for two years.
The struggle was a severe one--re-enforcements could not well be sent to the rebel left for fear of the movement being now made against their right.
Starvation would soon force terms, as retreat or re-enforcements were considered alike impossible.
Pike: "'I fear that re-enforcements for the enemy are coming up.
The enemy were menaced in every front, so that no portion could give aid or re-enforcements to the other.
There were but 500; this was enough, however, to show that re-enforcements were coming.
There they stood and poured volley after volley into the enemy, until at last he began to give way, when re-enforcements came from the centre, as was desired.
Lyon reported that he could not find any force to his left, but at the same time reported that there was much noise and dust in his front on the main road, and he feared re-enforcements for the enemy.
The enemy well knew the condition of our troops, being in possession of the route to our depot of supplies, and the one by which re-enforcements would reach our army.
By this time large re-enforcements had arrived by way of transports up the Combination River to Nashua.
Lyon; as he feared re-enforcements were moving to his (Lyon's) front.
Re-enforcements came to the right, and a renewal of the assault all along the line was ordered.
His re-enforcements had now arrived from Brown's Ferry, and he was eager to make an assault, being now satisfied that he should take the aggressive.
The cavalry which had been sent to the extreme right began now to give way, and at the same time the enemy began to appear in force in rear of the extreme left, while Colonel McMillen required re-enforcements in the centre.
The enemy seeing our weakness in numbers, pressed heavily in the center and upon both flanks, with the evident design of breaking our line before re-enforcements could reach us.
As the struggle proceeded, re-enforcements were more frequently in demand; but recruits were scarce, and the question of arming negroes became again prominent in the colonies and the army.
Lee, in both instances, seeming to have received timely information of our plans to enable him to transfer re-enforcements from the Petersburg to the Richmond front.
On the opposite shore was a railroad leading to Mobile by which re-enforcements were going forward to Charleston.
The re-enforcements as they arrived, passed to the rear and formed on the left, leaving me to hold the right.
There was no further attempt at pursuit and the enemy was permitted to return to Corinth where ample time was given him to collect re-enforcements and to strengthen his position.
We needed supplies and above all, re-enforcements to complete and strengthen a line twenty-one miles long and to ward off the enemy in the rear.
It was at this time 'that Washington wrote to Gates and Putnam to send on re-enforcements from the northern armies amid the Highlands.
Having received more re-enforcements from New York, he sent Cornwallis to fall upon Fort Mercer in the rear.
They therefore brought up re-enforcements and placed them in position, with instructions to maintain an unremitting fire upon the roof of the building.
It was at last announced that the re-enforcements so impatiently expected were coming from England.
Turenne had meant to wait for re-enforcements and artillery, but the whole court had flocked upon the heights of Charonne to see the fight; pressure was put upon him, and the marshal gave the word to attack.
The enemy pushed forward and demanded the surrender of the town, but learning that re-enforcements had arrived, retired.
Leaving Stevenson in Morgan's front to engage his attention, Kirby Smith with his entire force advanced into Kentucky, thus entirely cutting off re-enforcements and supplies to Morgan's command.
While the winter passed, the Union forces kept receivingenforcements while the Confederate forces had no reenforcements.
This movement prevented Cornwallis from either receiving British enforcements or from escaping out to sea.
We had got our men well together, all the re-enforcements were up, and now we were to strike.
Chattanooga could hold out, but it was apparent that no offensive operations were possible until re-enforcements came.
As soon as we felt reasonably sure that Chattanooga could hold out until re-enforcements came, the disaster of the 20th of September became the absorbing topic of conversation in the Army of the Cumberland.
No re-enforcements had yet reached us, the enemy was growing stronger every day, and, worse still, we were threatened with starvation.
The Yazoo Pass operation had begun in February, but the detachment had had bad luck, and on my arrival at Memphis was lying up the Yallabusha waiting for re-enforcements and supplies.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enforcements" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
