Upon reaching the southern bank the march was prosecuted with great vigor; and as only two brief halts were made that night it proved to be one of the most wearisome of the campaign.
The night was excessively hot, the roads dusty, and the halts were so brief and at such long intervals that many of the men fell out exhausted.
On one of these halts I heard Mirza's voice saying in cheerful tones, "Madam, your horse is gone!
We were ten hours on the journey, owing to the custom of frequent halts for smoking and talking.
The square advances slowly and painfully over the stony ground, with frequent jerky halts to preserve order and to pick up the wounded.
She halts on its western edge; between which and the Alamo there is a stretch of open prairie.
The horse halts not again, till the crystal current is surging against his flanks, and the legs of his rider are submerged knee-deep under the surface.
Hence, while the command would enjoy their stated haltsby the wayside, these strings of mules would be led or driven in continuous circles of steady toil.
Strange to say, our brigadier, who habitually confined himself closely to cold water, was one of the most particular of officers in ordering halts for coffee.
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
The guide became more ill at every step, and needed frequent halts and long rests.
So off we set on a forced night march, on which no lights were allowed, and mysterious halts occurred, when we flung ourselves down at our horses' feet on the dusty road and took snatches of sleep.
After Remoulins the train halts at the station +Sernhac-Lédenon+.
The coach for Beausset halts in the Place of Ollioules, and then runs up the right bank of the Reppe to Beausset, pop.
The Toulon omnibus from the Place d’Italie halts at the port, but passes through the village on its way to Toulon.
The diligence haltsat and starts from the station.
The coach, after passing the ramification southwards to Les Salins, halts a few minutes at La Londe, 7¾ m.
The remainder of the squad, or two, obliques to the right and halts on line with the leading file or files.
Death halts for no man," answers my grandfather, shovelling away.
But your laggard memory halts and stumbles and plays traitor by refusing to keep pace with it.
Then with many halts and sighs she repeated to him what Bishop Kennedy had said to her.
The halts of the King himself on the 31st of July and the 1st of August were made at two places which read in the MS.
Anyhow, we get twohalts and three marches between Caen and Lisieux, a distance of only twenty-five miles, which could easily have been accomplished in two days had there been a really definite plan in the commander's head.
During the frequent halts occasioned by the great length of the trains, the men would tear down the fences and build fires, around which to warm themselves.
As it began to grow dark, it became evident from the frequent and annoying halts of the train ahead of us, that the regiments and batteries in the advance of the column were taking their positions for the night.
We were without rations; but the train made frequent halts at the stations, during which we would rush to the stores and buy whatever we wanted.
Thus, making frequent halts to relieve the skirmishers with fresh companies, we felt our slow way forward.
The roads were dusty, and the halts were more frequent and annoying than yesterday.
All at once Cha halts again before the steepest and loftiest flight of temple steps I have yet seen.
Our guide traverses a very large court, passes into a second, and halts before an imposing structure whose doors are still open.
Every man knows the dreary halts in camp when the rain pours outside, or the regiment is held in reserve.
We had been riding in this pleasant fashion for an hour and a half with brief halts for rest, when Wood stopped the head of the column, and rode down the trail to meet Capron, who was coming back.
With the gardener-beetles, if one is crippled, none of the same race halts or lingers; none attempts to come to his aid.
The time and periods of halts should be arranged before starting, and units must regain any distance lost before halting.
Owing to the frequent necessity for halts to correct intervals, etc.
When a Rear Guard halts to fight it is being separated every minute from the Main Body, which is moving away from it, while every minute brings reinforcements to the enemy.
The two part company at Neapolis (Shechem) because Sergius Paulus halts there, and Saul, in the spirit of true Jewish strictness, will for his part not rest till he has quite passed the bounds of Samaria.
The ascent occupied five hours of quick walking; the return, made on the whole much more leisurely, about four; halts accounted for the remaining hour and a half.
I was eight hours (halts included) from the Baths to where I stopped.
There was one halt of half an hour towards midnight, but the remainder of the haltswere merely of the usual five minutes' duration.
Halts were frequent, and the men were so exhausted that many of them, when they stopped for a moment, fell down in the mud and slept.
Whenever possible, water tanks and bottles should be replenished; halts will be made for this purpose.
About midnight it began to rain, which made everybody cold and uncomfortable, especially as halts were long and frequent.
It was a weary tramp, for, owing to the wretched road, long halts were necessary in order to allow the waggons to close up.
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