It was explained to the General that reports had reached us of the presence in our lines of a German spy in British uniform, who from the description given, resembled the Indian officer in all particulars.
The men were allowed to go back to their trenches unmolested, but the two bottles of beer quite naturally and without any difficulty continued their journey to our lines.
One day a German aeroplane was brought down behind our lines, near Ration Farm.
The Indians made four or five most fierce charges on our lines, yelling and screaming as they advanced, shooting balls and arrows into our ranks.
Our lines closed up and our men in their proper places.
Many hand-to-hand encounters took place, and ghastly bayonet wounds were received, but the Turks suffered quite as heavily as our lines.
To overcome this the Turks would creep up near to our lines--they were very skilled scouts indeed--and would throw some article of clothing or equipment near where the rifles were spitting.
I remember Major Martyn telling me how one party, on coming through a communication trench to our lines, had tried to kiss his hands in gratitude at being spared.
On reaching the position of the enemy at this place, our brigade was drawn up in line of battle, advancing into position so as to cover the pass, during which time a heavy cannonade was opened on our lines, and continued until dark.
The enemy about this time made repeated charges on our lines, both to the right and left of us, and several on the lines of the First Brigade, but only one on the Third Brigade.
On the morning of the 5th, Johnston had fallen back to another line of entrenchments on the north side of the Chattahoochie, our lines advancing as usual until they came upon him.
About this time there was an incessant roar of artillery on the extreme right of our lines, despite the heavy rains that fell, which afterwards proved to be the operations of Sherman's "flanking machine.
As events afterwards proved, these movements were only feints to draw our troops from Petersburg to better enable Grant to carry out his plans to make a breach in our lines in front of Petersburg.
On the 30th his advance ran against our brigade, on the left of our lines, at Atlee's Station, where we entertained him for some little time to his discomfiture.
At dark we began to move slowly to the right, and after we had proceeded about one mile a rebel yell, as if a rushing mighty wind, rolled down upon us from the right of our lines.
Hyde Park Corner," afterward changed to "Canada Corner," was an important junction point of the roads back of our lines.
Directly opposite our left was Piccadilly Farm, located on a hill about ten meters higher than our lines.
Can you find your way back down the ravine to our lines, my lad?
He'll be pleased to learn of your affair with a Yankee spy, no doubt, and of how you helped the fellow through our lines.
We instantly began hauling in our lines; but before long she was off again, swimming away some depth below the surface, at a great rate, while we and the other boat were towed after her.
The sooner we get in our lines, and tow the fish alongside, the better.
Without mercy lances were thrust into her on every side, till the shouts which reached our ears, as we slowly approached, hauling in our lines, proclaimed that our victory was complete.
I saw him fall and he turned several times before striking, about 400 meters in front of our lines.
The next morning the further surprising details arrived: The enemy airplane that had been attacked above our first line trenches had fallen inour lines because of heavy south winds.
Still they came, firing as they advanced, until they arrived within a short distance of our lines, when every gun opened upon them, and as one man fell another took his place.
They throwed column after column against our linesto break them and cut their way out, but were unable to break our ranks.
Artillery was used by the rebels and some of their shot came close to our lines, killing and wounding eight of the cavalry.
Our men crossed over and the cavalry pursued the retreating rebels hauling their guns from the field by hand, as our lines were so close to them they could not use horses until they got out of range.
On they came, supported by artillery, to within 150 yards of our lines, when a deadly fire of grape and canister was thrown into their ranks, mowing them down like grass, and soon they were forced to fall back.
I was only in the air a few minutes and we didn't go very high, but, although I know this section pretty well, I couldn't make head or tail out of our lines.
He dropped, wounded, and began to crawl, inch by inch, to our lines.
The night before last, the Germans started using liquid fire on our lines.
Scaling the end of the ridge, where our right was posted, they charged furiously upon the 21st Ohio infantry, and were handsomely repulsed, without loss to our side; while eight of the enemy fell dead within a few feet of our lines.
I was now alone, and nearly one hundred miles from our lines, and the little party which came with me was rapidly disappearing from view.
Our lines were to be pushed on the right and closed in towards the north, so as to prevent supplies or reinforcements passing out or in on this side of the Black River.
At twenty-five minutes past one a furious cannonade was opened by the enemy on our lines, as they had then ascertained that we had discovered their approach.
When we return to our lines we shall make it our business to hunt him up.
We are going to try and make our way back to our lines to-night.
However, we wouldn't have done so had you permitted us to return to our lines in peace.
If they will allow us to hide here until night, we may be able to get back to our lines safely.
We are trying to make our way back to our lines, but a German motorcycle squad is after us.
Needless to say, the Germans were engaged on similar work, and they were digging out towards our lines.
The third fear was three cries, again in the dark, when a neighbouring battalion sent out a working party to dig a sap in front of our lines.
There is a vacant spot in our lines, where there is no trench and none being constructed; why this should be I do not know.
They tell me that a concussion shell has struck him since and part of his body was blown over to our lines.
The party then searched the point of exit, where they found the wire well cut by the 2-inch mortars, and returned to our lines, having been in the German trenches six and a half minutes.
In consequence many had to be despatched who might otherwise have been taken back to our lines alive.
In fact, in the case of Mackintosh's raid, it is doubtful if his wounded could have been brought back to our lines at all had not a sally-port through which the more severely wounded were carried been discovered.
His observation of our lines in this sector was probably unparalleled in the British zone.
If he did so the position was serious, for the crater became a permanent menace to the security of our lines.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "our lines" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
