Apparently, however, the capture of the bridge had only been a precautionary measure, for the enemy did not press his attack home.
Was it meant to join battle in all seriousness with the enemy, and to drive him from Belgium, or was it just a precautionary measure to hold and delay him?
Precautionary sweeping usually carried out by small craft at big naval bases such as Portsmouth (Spithead) and Rosyth (Firth of Forth) inside the submerged defences.
Precautionary sweeping in front of incoming and outgoing convoys.
They should be kept clean and disinfected, as a precautionary measure, by the proceedings above described.
Consuls sent despatches that the rinderpest was prevailing largely, and the Government, as a precautionary measure, closed the ports against the introduction of cattle from the Baltic to this country.
Under this head, propagation, the author describes how this poison is conveyed by the winds, while the facts add much to the number and variety of the precautionary measures.
We shall pass over these, which, as not implying precautionary measures, are of the least interest, and commence by noticing the case of vegetable putrefaction.
I took precautionary measures accordingly, in order to get them by it.
Washington and consult with you in behalf of this State, with a view that suchprecautionary measures may be taken by the Government of the United States as may afford us that protection which the Constitution of the United States requires.
Precautionary leaflets are circulated among the workmen, and attractive posters, printed in all languages, are used.
My records prove the great need for this precautionary measure, and I only wish it had been enforced years ago, before so many men in the prime of life had been deprived of eyesight, and of earning capacity as well.
In 1640 the King arrived at York on his way north to reduce the Covenanting Scots, after they had resolved to invade England, and, as a precautionary measure, to imprison or expel all suspected Royalists from the army.
L] [L] This reference to commanding officer meant his wife, whose authority only extended to precautionary instructions as to his safety and health.
These shanties were placed on a little rise of ground, with a precautionary thought of the usual spring floods.
She had felt the almost galvanic, precautionary response of Durkin's body; now she could hear his whispered ejaculation as he clutched at her and thrust her back.
He was on the point, she knew, of making the plunge and asking if they might not see the Riggi together, when something in her glance, some precautionary chilliness of look, checked him.
A physician should take all possible care to prevent the spread of smallpox or any other contagious disease, and use all such precautionary measures as may appear desirable.
Long steep gradients not only necessitate increased motive-power for the ascending trains, but also require increased brake-power, and precautionary measures for the descending trains.
As a precautionary measure, it is well to place iron gratings some little distance in advance of the syphon pipes to intercept and collect any brushwood, straw, or other things which might be brought down with the stream.
Some were mounted on asses and camels, and, what is not an indifferent circumstance on this day, Godfrey de Bouillon had been obliged to borrow a horse of the count de Thoulouse.
This proposal, which had been rejected the day before, could not be adopted by the leaders of an army full of ardour and confident of victory.
That Union which had been entered upon with so much doubt and hesitation and with so many precautionary stipulations had become one of the great nations of the earth, strong at home and everywhere respected abroad.
I have neither whip nor rod, as had the man in the exhibition, and agree to any precautionarymeasures you may care to take.
I, too, could cite a number of seemingly correct responses which demonstrably were due to the absence of adequate precautionary measures.
But I have no doubt that the successful responses of the horse were due solely to the absence of precautionary measures.
Peixotto of Portugal applied a precautionary ligature to the innominate in a case where secondary hæmorrhage occurred from the carotid.
The majority of the unions paying disability benefits, as a precautionary measure specify the time within which claims for disability must be filed.
In the unions maintaining out-of-work benefits it is customary to provide as a precautionary measure that members must have been in good standing for a lengthy period before being entitled to the benefit.
The Alabama was at once cleared for action, and, as a precautionary measure, her funds were despatched on shore for deposit in the event of the engagement which appeared likely to ensue.
If the pig is not more than six weeks old, an incision is made at the bottom of the scrotum, the testicle pushed out, and the cord cut, without any precautionary means whatever.
