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Example sentences for "outmanoeuvred"

Lexicographically close words:
outliving; outlook; outlooks; outlying; outmaneuvered; outmarch; outmatch; outmatched; outmoded; outmost
  1. Hooker's operations began well, Lee was outmanoeuvred and threatened in flank and rear, but the Federals were in the end involved in the confused and disastrous battle of Chancellorsville (q.

  2. Alva avoided a pitched battle, and with his veterans completely outmanoeuvred the ill-disciplined troops of William, who soon became insubordinate and began to desert.

  3. In three conflicts they had been outmanoeuvred and outnumbered, and drew in their shattered columns to Acqui.

  4. Prague fell, and Frederick, completely outmanoeuvred by the united forces of Prince Charles and Traun, regained Silesia with heavy losses.

  5. George, completely outmanoeuvred by his veteran antagonist, was in a position of the greatest danger between Aschaffenburg and Hanau in the defile formed by the Spessart Hills and the river Main.

  6. Meanwhile, Surrey completely outmanoeuvred the King of Scots, crossing the Till and marching northwards so as to get between James and Scotland.

  7. In Northern Italy he outmanoeuvred Catinat and Villeroi, defeating the latter at Cremona (1702).

  8. Meanwhile General Baillie marched against Montrose, who outmanoeuvred him all over the eastern Highlands, and finally gave him battle at Alford on the Don.

  9. But the two main Spanish bodies hastened up from Cuzco and Charcas, outmanoeuvred Santa Cruz, united their forces, and routed his army in a panic, not a fourth ever reaching the seaboard.

  10. There he outmanoeuvred them and gained a commanding position on the slopes of the great volcano, Pichincha, overlooking the city.

  11. Four months later the viceroy suddenly broke out of Cuzco, outmanoeuvred Sucre, and marched toward Lima closely followed by the Colombian forces.

  12. As soon as he got his army in hand he outmanoeuvred Barreiro and by a rapid march captured the city of Tunja, where he found a good store of arms and material.


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