This maneuver produced a seasonable supply for the provincials.
Washington hoped this maneuver would bring on a general action, and he rejoiced to hear the cannonade that opened upon the American works in the morning, from Bunker Hill and a ship and two floating batteries in the Mystic.
Here another hot skirmish ensued, and, but for a successful maneuver of Sir William Erskine, the exhausted Britons must all have been captured.
With one hand she swept it up to her knees, a maneuver which added perhaps a knot to her speed.
As easily as if the maneuver had been rehearsed they swung through the opening and whirled away from the crowded room.
Frequently he glanced over his shoulder, but soon this maneuver became unnecessary, for the battle-front of the squall had advanced with such appalling rapidity that it now overhung them, like some monster destroyer of the air.
Shock and awe were also present in the degree that coalition forces owned the night and could rapidly maneuverlarge units in terrain thought to be foreign, imposing, and unforgiving for the predominantly U.
Pollock, operations officer of the 1st Marine Division, advised MacArthur of the opposition of the Marine leaders to a complex scheme of maneuver involving Army airborne troops.
On the right flank of the maneuver element, Company F, the weapons platoon burst from the undergrowth and surprised Japanese machine gunners setting up their weapon, killing them and turning the gun against the enemy.
During a routine briefing on 14 December, just one day before the landings at Arawe, MacArthur off-handedly asked how the Marines felt about the scheme of maneuver at Cape Gloucester.
However, as will be explained in the discussion of the middle game, this maneuver need not be feared.
The winning maneuverin these endings into which most Chess games resolve themselves, is easily explained and after understanding it the beginner can readily see the fundamental principle underlying every game.
For this reason White decides on Bxd2, probably also hoping that he will be compensated for the broken Pawn position by an attack in the g- or h-file which Black's maneuver opens.
But this maneuver involves two moves with pieces which are already developed and it is therefore preferable to place the Rook a1, who has to be developed, right away in the Queen's file and then to proceed as suggested above.
They are nothing but game positions in which a maneuver forces the win that is so well hidden that it would probably not be found by a player in an actual game.
From Black's next move, Q-d7, it is indeed apparent that he has decided on a maneuver of this kind.
The maneuver by which he does this is one which occurs in a similar form in nearly all Pawn endings and its thorough grasp is therefore essential.
But if it was the Nazi then this maneuver was the best bet in Dawson's bag of air fighting tricks.
And right then and there the Nazi proved that his maneuver had a purpose.
The maneuver brought Dawson straight up in the seat.
In fact, that one maneuver sort of put the two aircraft on even terms.
During the entire period of his observation, the pilot, in fact, did not make any maneuver or in any way shake the machine in order to dodge the firing.
At no time, even in the greatest danger, did he ever cease to govern everymaneuver of his machine by his own thought.
Guerder was taken first into the commanding officer's post, and on being questioned about the maneuverthat won the victory excused himself with modesty: "That was the pilot's affair.
Guerder, who had picked up his rifle, laid it down, executed the maneuver indicated by Guynemer, and resumed his machine-gun fire.
And then both cried aloud--and crouched to repeat the maneuver that had saved them from death when they had first entered this insect hell.
And he too gazed at the maneuver that had caught Denny's wary attention.
This maneuver was executed so quickly that the Martians were unable to deal us a blow before we were poised above them in such a position that they could not easily reach us.
It was evident that thismaneuver would save us from danger if it were quickly effected, because the airships of the Martians were simply airships and nothing more.
The mere thought of any such maneuverwas too much for me--the foolish hope that a homeopathic little pill of chloral would put me under the table, like any shopgirl lured from a dance-hall!
What prevented Creegan from repeating his maneuver with the night-stick I could not tell.
No sooner did the Jap maneuver off than Dave whipped off the top of his zoom, and banked around toward the north.
Hilton did not bother to maneuver his "big, husky carcass" around the desk, but simply hurdled it, straight toward her.
Maneuver your big, husky carcass around here behind the desk so the door can open.
The ground was rough and hilly, and exceedingly difficult to maneuver troops on; while the fort itself stood on a commanding eminence overlooking the river.
Thomas having just commenced a maneuver to flank the enemy on the left, as stated.
When night came the repairs would be finished, and he would have to maneuver so as to weigh anchor.
The wind had died away completely and this was a favorable circumstance for the maneuver he desired to execute.
Bud saw the maneuver just in time to wheel his horse on a spot as big as a dollar and take after the man in the darkness, yelling back, "Get the others!
This, however, does not explain reports that they travel at high speed or maneuver rapidly.
They've had some trouble tracking the things, they maneuver so fast," said Steve.
A fairly stiff wind was now beginning to blow, and to Jack the maneuver appeared risky in the extreme.
I directed you while you were in control of the ship so that as far as possible we shouldmaneuver in circles.
Though Cervera was safe in harbor, the maneuverof the American fleet cannot be called unsuccessful.
If there be an exception, it was the curious maneuver of Schley, the commander of the Brooklyn, who turned a complete circle away from the enemy after the battle had begun.
But unless this maneuver saved the Brooklyn, it had little result except to scare the Texas, upon whom she suddenly bore down out of a dense cloud of smoke.
If this doesn't work, they'll probably win, for their tubes are better than ours, and they can maneuver faster.
Almost simultaneously the Thessians succeeded in the maneuver they had been attempting for some time.
The vessel was still at the distance of nearly a league, but the maneuver sighted thus was not less real.
The maneuver was not accomplished without certain difficulties, which were successfully overcome after a good many resorts to the demijohn.
I was a prisoner among the pirates of Tunis three years, and can maneuver a boat like an admiral.
This maneuver was accompanied by a little tacit monologue.
His directions were executed with that celerity which distinguishes everymaneuver on board a man-of-war.
When the maneuver had been completed, the vessel which bore the admiral saluted France by twelve discharges of cannon, which were returned, discharge for discharge, from Fort Francis I.
Madame followed, with an anxiety almost equal to that of the prince, everymaneuver of her august husband.
Now comes up the balance of the fleet, and each vessel on its arrival performs the same maneuver and lee-bows its predecessor.
Often when massed together in great fleets the vessels carried away their mainbooms, bowsprits, jibbooms and sails by collision in what was really a hand-to-hand encounter and when the maneuver of lee-bowing was the order of the day.
