By nine o'clock at night he was in possession of five of theseredans and, of course, of the connecting lines of rifle-pits.
The enemy's line consisted of redans occupying commanding positions, with rifle-pits connecting them.
To the east side of Petersburg, from the Appomattox back, there were thirteen of these redans extending a distance of several miles, probably three.
The grey began new rifle-pits, and in the redansthey collected thundering barrels and loaded shells.
These guarded the redans which defended the left or northern part of the open gap.
It was while the French left were thus drawn up in line behind the wood of Sars, with their redans at the centre weakened by the withdrawal of the Irish brigade, that Marlborough ordered the final central attack against those redans.
Batteries 4 and 5 must change their embrasures to direct their fire on this battery B, and only batteries 6 and 7 could sweep the redans A and B.
On the morning of the 1st of March the German artillery recommenced firing on the redans more briskly than the day before, from the three batteries behind and from battery No.
However, the colonel was unwilling to abandon the redans without cost to the enemy.
The column encountered the fire of the three guns left in the redans A, the howitzer, and a front of fusiliers posted on the great traverse F.
A mass of the enemy might be seen moving along the traverse F, and halting outside the redans A.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "redans" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
