When Geary and Ruger returned and found their entrenchments occupied by the Confederates they determined to recapture them in the morning, and began firing their guns at daybreak.
In the upper picture, finishing touches are being put to the railroad, and in the lower is seen the short work that was made of such public buildings as might be of the slightest use in case the Confederates should recapture the town.
What really caused their recapture I don't know, but it appeared to be due to one of them showing himself at the window of the store-room some three hours later.
It would perhaps have been best to parry the threat of BxKt and R-B7 by playing Q-Q3, although the pawn would have to recapture after 19.
PxP, however, it would be weak to recapture with the Queen.
Why not assemble an army, march through the Fog Bank, fight and conquer the Boolooroo and recapture the Magic Umbrella?
It has been shown that the law of recapture and the penalties of rescue have been almost invariably executed.
As a matter of course, when Virginia seceded no attempt was made to recapture runaway slaves from that state, and they became practically free.
The second provision was intended to authorize the recaptureof slaves escaping from their owners to another state.
The same article of the constitution that secures the recapture of fugitives from service and justice, also secures the rights of citizens of Pennsylvania and Ohio to all the immunities and privileges of citizens of the several states.
When we get there we mean to conquer and destroy all the land and recapture the Magic Belt.
Also you are to recapture my Magic Belt and return it to me.
Now we saw that the Kaffirs were collecting our cattle, and about twenty men under Potgieter saddled up and rode out to try and recapture them, since without oxen to draw the waggons we were helpless.
Till sunset they followed them, killing many, but being so few they could notrecapture the cattle, and in the end were obliged to return empty handed.
Tripoli and Tunis permitted English cruisers to enter their harbors, contrary to the rules of war, and recapture four English prizes that had been sent to them by the American privateer Abellino.
And your mission," said Hadria at length, "is to recapture the lost bird.
Henriette had obviously come to Paris in order to recapture the fugitive, and meant to employ all her tact in the delicate mission.
The official reports covering this period afford several strong hints of a Confederate plan for the recapture of New Orleans.
Van Dorn's object obviously was by crushing Williams to regain control of the Mississippi from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, to break the blockade of Red River and to open the way for the recapture of New Orleans.
At EP I viii 11-20 Ovid describes the recapture of the city from the Getes; evidently the city had been lost once again.
This strategy, however, had not the anticipated effect, and the Imperialist army, besieging Nankin, continued to direct their main efforts to the recapture of that city.
History of course gives instances of citadels which have enabled the garrison to recapture the main work with assistance, or caused a really useful delay in the progress of the general attack.
An attempt to recapture Fort Lee was made by General Anthony Wayne in 1780, but was unsuccessful.
Only one recapture of any consequence had taken place, and that was in Texas.
An expedition was sent by the Government to Charleston Harbor to celebrate the recapture by replacing the national flag on Fort Sumter.
Sherman was ordered to advance his command and recapture his camps.
Now they threaten all on board the Hawk if we attempt to recapture the Rambler.
Teddy now came up to where the boys were standing and demanded appreciation for the part he had played in the recapture of the boat.
When Southern masters came north to recapture runaway slaves, Northern consciences were outraged.
Afro-Americans who had been living in Northern communities for years and who were accepted as respected citizens were now threatened with recapture by their previous masters.
Jim, with an exasperated jerk of the head towards the window, against which the rain and wind are hurling themselves with threefold rage, as if to recapture the victim just escaped them.
It seems as if they were at conscious play with it, trying experiments as to how they can best catch their bright playfellow, and again shake it off, and yet again recapture it.
He had been freed from the stress of conflict; he had found again the joys of youth, and could recapture the old music.
Send word to Captain Bayard to try to recapture them.
The father of the captured girl promised to award the brave who should recapture her, with her hand; or, in other words, she was to be the wife of the man who brought her in.
The recaptureof Spion Kop was decided to be impracticable, and the force remained stationary south of the Tugela while the complicated situation was reviewed.
The great, the supreme effort to recapture Wagon Hill came at four o'clock in the afternoon.
The church and the schoolhouse are fought for with desperation, but only after a heroic defence can the Confederates recapture them.
While we had received the early assaults behind breastworks, we had constantly been obliged to recapture them, as they were successively wrenched from our grasp,--and we had done it.
The enemy ascertaining that only two men opposed them, immediately attempted to recapture the strong point.
They were placed under the orders of the Third Corps, and by them directed to recapture the town.
It was for these reasons that I resolved to propose an operation for the recapture of Hamel, conditional upon being supplied with the assistance of Tanks, a small increase of my Artillery and an addition to my air resources.
