At dawn, perceiving that their enemy had decamped, they sent the Numidians in advance, and began to pursue them as rapidly as possible.
Major-general Hewett, who commanded the garrison, showed extraordinary weakness and vacillation, and took no prompt or vigorous measures to intercept the flight of the fugitives, or to pursue them.
The King of Sardinia finally resolved to unite this plan with his own, and to pursue them both at the same time.
The Russians were completely defeated; and had the French consented to pursue them, it is possible that the Russian army might have been cut off.
The British were too exhausted to pursue them; they contented themselves with taking possession of Bunker's Hill, were reinforced from Boston, and threw up additional works during the night.
Finding them deserted, he concluded that those of whom he came in search had made good their retreat to the settlements, and it was too late to pursue them.
These men took immediately the road for Guamanga, and used such expedition that, though Acosta sent off sixty mounted musqueteers to pursue them, they made their escape in safety.
The same observation holds true in regard to the average bulk of the Scandinavian boulders, when we pursue them southwards, from the south of Norway and Sweden through Denmark and Westphalia.
But if we pursue them vertically, or in any direction transverse to the planes of stratification, this uniformity ceases almost immediately.
It no less frequently happens that they vary in mineral aspect and composition, as we pursue them horizontally.
When the Bellovaci saw the Romans prepared to pursue them, and that they could not wait the whole night, or continue longer in the same place without provisions, they formed the following plan to secure a retreat.
They filled their game-bags with birds, and a troop of kangaroos appearing in sight, they were tempted to pursue them for a considerable time.
They continually saw the kangaroo bounding over the ground, and the active opossum running up the tall gum-tree, or the pandanus, and were sorely tempted to pursue them.
Thereupon Eirik goes to the other wing, which had gone back a little, and Bue had cut the ropes, intending to pursue them.
Observing that King Canute did not pursue them, they raised up their masts and set sail.
Then Thorer said he did not care to pursue them up through the mountains, and he returned down the valley again, and they did not kill many of them this time.
In every bird they observed on the water they imagined they saw an enemy's launch, sent to pursue them.
Several groups of the enemy appeared, scattered on the distant hills, and Colonel Baez remained with the cavalry to pursue them and to collect a herd of oxen, while the other troops returned to Salto.
But because the heat was very great, and our men were sore wearied, they were not able to pursue them far; but they took fifty-seven of them, and with them returned to the caravels.
I have directed the frigates to pursue them, even should they chase into Sardinia, and to take or destroy them, and also the Corsican troops; for if I wait till the island is taken I should feel deserving of reprobation.
But remember not to pursue them out of sight, come back as soon as you have secured our post.
If indeed, our enemies who have fled were weaker than we, it might be safe enough to pursue them.
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