Troop days were all right; squadron days were not bad; regimental days were tolerable at times; but brigade and divisional manoeuvres were inventions of the devil.
These old sailors, accustomed to correct manoeuvres and having as resource and guide only tactics, that compass of battles, are utterly disconcerted in the presence of that immense foam which is called public wrath.
The troops broke in the doors of houses whence shots had been fired; at the same time, manoeuvres by the cavalry dispersed the groups on the boulevards.
In the meantime, Boulatruelle's manoeuvres in the forest ceased; and he resumed his regular occupation of roadmending; and people gossiped of something else.
The artillery-men rapidly performed their manoeuvres in force and placed this second piece in line with the first.
Thirdly, there was to be a spring tide, which should combine its manoeuvres with those of the fog and calm.
In those military manoeuvres the miller followed the fortunes of one man; Anne Garland of two.
So he persevered in his intention to catch her alone, and at last, in spite of her manoeuvres to the contrary, he succeeded.
The clever manoeuvres of Cicero had such success that, when Marcellus proposed to concert with the tribunes of the people on the means of opposing the candidature of Caesar, the majority of the Senate gave their opinion to the contrary.
Plutarch, after presenting under the most unfavourable colours the manoeuvres of the consuls for the distribution of the governments of the provinces, adds: "This partition pleased all parties.
Manoeuvres (about eight days), From September 3 to September 10.
On July 27th, the first information was received concerning preparatory measures taken by France: the 14th Corps discontinued the manoeuvres and returned to its garrison.
On the 27th of July we are told that the German Government received 'the first intimation concerning the preparatory measures taken by France: the 14th Corps discontinued the manoeuvres and returned to its garrison'.
The manoeuvres of the troops in the Krasnoe camp were suddenly interrupted and the regiments returned to their garrisons at once.
He knew that at any moment his Regiment might be thrown into action, and as the long journey was found to have a stiffening effect on one's limbs he decided on some small practice manoeuvres before the actual and real thing took place.
Thalcave watched these manoeuvres without showing whether he comprehended or not.
However, the tactics of their enemies had evidently changed, they no longer endeavored to force the entrance of the ramada; but their new manoeuvres were already causing a still more imminent danger.
Will the Naval Manoeuvres of 1894 have any novel features?
And, lastly, how may the Naval Manoeuvres be appropriately defined?
It was returned on the instalment system by helpers from other games, and the bowler began his manoeuvres again.
Robinson had been a petrified spectator of the Captain-Kettle-like manoeuvres of the cricket captain, and it did not take him long to make up his mind.
The plotter disappeared after this "drowning" for some months, while the hush-money and sinister manoeuvres were baffling the pursuers.
In the manoeuvres of 1910 regiments were told off to extemporize means of crossing the canal in the quickest and most effective way.
Had that body been less intent on the party manoeuvres centring in the trial of Louis XVI, it would assuredly not have furthered the insidious designs of that Minister.
In such manoeuvres a Hipparch should not make a display not of mere military dignity, but of the skill and ability of an officer, appearing at one time in the front, at another on the rear, and at another in the centre.
The Manoeuvresof Jane An Original Comedy in Four Acts.
He has meant to go, but shemanoeuvres him to the big seat instead.
In 'The Manoeuvres of Jane' we see Mr. Jones in his most sprightly mood and at the height of his ingenuity; .
For the last half-hour I was too busy watching the manoeuvres of the wildebeest bull, to take my gaze off him for a moment.
She was only a little curious about the manoeuvres of the animals, and she called Truey and little Jan up into the tree, in order that they might share the spectacle with her.
Their manoeuvreswere of the oddest kind, and some of them appeared to be made for the purpose of mocking me.
While they sat watching the manoeuvres of the quaggas, a movement was made by one of these creatures more singular than any that had yet been witnessed.
All this necessitated a host of manoeuvres and connivances, which required impenetrable secrecy.
He saw nothing but her; he was blind to the fact that important manoeuvres were in progress.
At the manoeuvres of the year past, Herhor spoiled his whole plan, then put the blame on him, and took away the command of an army corps.
The calm answer mollified Mentezufis, so the priest did not remind the prince of the manoeuvres of the previous year when he left the army in the same way and incurred the pharaoh's disfavor.
But I say, lord, that thou dost not know what a battle is; thou hast even an entirely false idea of it from manoeuvres at which thou hast always been the victor, though more than once thou shouldst have been conquered.
Far to the east he could see the desert where a year earlier the manoeuvres had taken place between his corps and Nitager's.
Thou rememberest thy words to my adjutant during those manoeuvresin Pi-Bailos?
In recent years the French had often held manoeuvres in this area and had a permanent manoeuvre camp at Mailly, which was actually within the battlefield of Fère Champenoise.
The truth might be that manoeuvres of the French army were in progress, or that the forts around Paris were practising.
With manoeuvres like those of a fox when he doubles to avoid the pack, Glossin strove to approach the place of appointment in a manner which should leave no distinct track of his course.
She delighted in petty mystery, and intrigue, and secrets, and yet trembled at the indignation which these paltry manoeuvres excited in her husband's mind.
Penelon put his hand over his eyes, and then stared at the man who thus criticized the manoeuvres of his captain.
They were well clothed and well armed, as indeed were all the troops, whom I had an opportunity of inspecting during the manoeuvres under the guidance of a German captain in the viceroy's service, who was told off to accompany me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "manoeuvres" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
