All doubts as to his intentions being now at rest, a general advanceof the Sirdar's army was ordered to be made to Kenur, a deserted village about ten miles north of the Atbara.
Therefore Grenfell, desirous of following up at once the advantage gained, at noon directed a general advance in that direction.
I ordered a general advance in open order, about four yards apart; thus twenty men covered a line of about seventy-six paces.
We were not yet ready for a general advance, therefore, as the servants and carriers, cattle, &c.
I now ordered a general advance at the double; and the troops spread out through the extensive town of huts, which occupied about thirty acres.
With a view to renewing a general advance, General von Barnekow had ordered up his last reserves from Essigny, when towards three o'clock the Brigade Pittie unexpectedly pushed forward an attack along the railway line.
General von Manteuffel had ordered for the 29th a general advance on Pontarlier, where at last the French must certainly be found.
When the companies of the 11th Brigade sent to the right reached Auvigne simultaneously, the "General Advance" was sounded.
It was most important that the Germans should be made to reveal their plans; so Sir John decided to put the matter to the test on the morrow by making a general advance.
About four in the afternoon the German counter-attacks grew so weak and infrequent that Sir Douglas Haig thought the time had come for a general advance.
By now our infantry had forced the German riflemen back, and we had orders for a general advance.
Sidenote: The creed seems to form part of a general advance of culture in this part of the continent.
It was necessary to clear the ridge of that grey section which stood in the way of a general advance.
In the first light of the seventh, under a wonderful sunrise sky, the blue army began a general advance.
Hill was again the first to reach and occupy the position which he was ordered to assume preparatory to a general advance on Malvern Hill.
On the morning of the 3rd August, he made a general advance, and took up a line fronting our position at Romani.
The Turkish attack being spent, a general advance northward, took place, not, however, without further heavy fighting.
General Longstreet, anticipating the order for a general advance, now threw his whole command against the center and left.
I rode rapidly to General Bragg's position to report what I had seen, and suggested that, if he would suspend the fire of his artillery and marshal his infantry for a general advance, the enemy must surrender.
Orders were issued for a general advance at a given signal, but the causes referred to prevented a proper concert of action among the troops.
Grant decided on a general advance of the Army of the Potomac upon Lee, and early on the morning of May 4th the movement began by crossing the Rapidan at several fords below Lee's entrenched position, and moving by his right flank.
Kray had been displaced in command by the young archduke John, who ordered the denunciation of the armistice and a general advance.
There was nothing before us, we thought, but to occupy a conquered country, and while preparing for a general advance, to wipe out the irregular parties which straggled in his wake.
But in the midst of these defensive operations, preparations for a general advance began.
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