Without the reinforcements he had claimed he could not hope to drive his attack home.
To collect reinforcements from the northern defences was the work of a few minutes.
On their joining, he ordered the Solebay and Avenger into Basse Terre Road, to carry the General's further orders into execution, touching reinforcements from the different islands.
The Admiral, without delay, arranged every thing in his department to prevent a surprise from any future reinforcements of the enemy which might arrive.
Edgar felt very anxious, fearing that the expected reinforcements had arrived, and that a tremendous attack was about to be made upon the camp.
They were, too, in hourly expectation of the arrival across the desert of reinforcements from Korti.
Of course as soon as reinforcements arrived, or the boat column came up the river, Metemmeh would be captured; but by that time he might be hundreds of miles away.
The boat column might not get round for six weeks, while all reinforcements coming across the desert from Korti would have to march, for Edgar felt sure that it would be a long time before the camels were in a condition for work again.
The advantage of prestige in Europe was thrown away when France allied herself with her hereditary enemy, Austria, and thus involved herself in wars which kept her from sending adequate reinforcements to America.
When once it was definitely decided to send no further reinforcements to Gallipoli, of course the only thing left to do was to get out, and to get out as speedily as possible.
Reinforcements only came in by driblets, and as they came they were eaten up in futile attacks on the strong trenches which the Turks had meanwhile, with great energy, dug right across the Peninsula.
In the afternoon Slover, who had been out scouting, returned with the information that a mounted force was approaching, and that he believed they were the reinforcements which Col.
The reinforcements came up and proved to be Butler's British rangers from Detroit.
He sent Generals Gregory and Benbury to Great Bridge, and as soon as he received reinforcements he advanced upon Portsmouth and drove the enemy in, so harrassing them that they were forced to withdraw, and embarked for New York.
After several hours of fierce fighting the Indians realized that they were at a disadvantage, and learning from their scouts that strong reinforcements were on the way, abandoned the siege.
Griffis, “was the reinforcements of some German and Polish mechanics brought over to manufacture glass.
Meantime reinforcementsarrived from Mankato and St. Peter, 30 miles distant, and from Le Sueur, still more remote.
They received instructions to hold the position at the corrals; to defend them, or to act as reinforcements if the struggle should take place elsewhere.
The sheriff brought reinforcements up, but with no other effect than to rouse the discontent of the ranchers at their utter failure.
Receiving reinforcements the French again advanced, again enveloped the squares, and were again hurled back.
The division of Durette drove out the Nassau troops from Papelotte; but reinforcements arrived from the British line, and the French in turn were expelled.
The villages were too far in advance of the heights on which the army was posted, and his reinforcements were therefore a long time in reaching the spot where they were required to act.
Both parties continued to send downreinforcements to these points, but neither could succeed in obtaining entire possession of them.
But no reinforcements could be sent to them, for the whole of the British troops were now in action, and their allies had for the most part long before left the field.
You will, of course, remain at Delhi till reinforcements arrive there.
Successful as had been the defence, the fact that the British had received great convoys and reinforcements had caused a feeling of apprehension as to the final result.
Well, the news of Assaye is welcome, indeed, and Scindia will be very chary of weakening his army in the Deccan by sending reinforcements in this direction.
Then he reformed his platoon and returned to the attack, holding an exposed position until reinforcements came.
No sooner had he left this rest trench than a great "Jack Johnson" came, burying the reinforcements under many feet of earth.
Not only that; the actual progress of reinforcements was hampered by the operations of these tireless Colonials, who were constantly harassing the warrior natives of the soil.
He detached in addition heavy reinforcements from the main body of defenders, who were holding back the Allies at Achi Baba.
No finer feat of arms has been performed during the war than this sudden landing in the dark, the storming of the heights, and, above all, the holding on to the position thus won while reinforcements were poured from the transports.
Moreover, all reinforcements must pass by the same way; and the heavy losses inflicted upon the Turks by the Allied forces in Gallipoli necessitated many reinforcements.
The Anzacs holding the position at Gaba Tepe were naturally weakened by the withdrawal of these reinforcements to co-operate in the main attack, and this fact appears to have been known to the enemy.
Richardson, yet another, was killed a little later, but heavy reinforcements arrived, and the Southerners were driven back in their turn.
The Southerners expected to find many reinforcementshere among their kindred.
Buell late in the day ordered reinforcements sent to McCook, but they reached him too late for the battle.
The advance of Van Dorn and Price was met on the Chewalla road by Oliver's brigade of McKean's division, which was steadily driven back, together with reinforcements until, at 10 A.
No reinforcements arrived for either army in time for the Sunday battle.
This, instead of being as reinforcements for defeated troops, as it really was, was taken as a possible aggressive movement which, in some occult way, must assail and overthrow the main army in front.
Night came, and the battle ceased on this part of the field before the reinforcements arrived, both armies holding their positions.
Considerable parts of his army had not been engaged, and reinforcements came.
As the reinforcements joined the besieging party a cheer arose, and a sally was made upon the barricade.
Part of the newly-arrived reinforcements proceeded to Ile Nou, part moved towards the barricade.
Seeing the reinforcements coming up in battle array they quickly retired, chanting a death song, for they had lost fully fifty men in killed and wounded.
Their tenacity was due to the fact that they expected reinforcements and hoped to annihilate the whites.
If Santa Anna, instead of going there, had now gathered all the Mexican strength between Puebla and Vera Cruz and preventedreinforcements from reaching Scott, the latter would have been in a hard position.
The most efficient American army that had yet been seen in the country awaited Butler's orders, and large reinforcements had been voted by Congress.
The government ordered the reinforcements to leave Vera Cruz promptly, and Bankhead was put in the place of Wilson there in order to obtain more efficient management (=62=adj.
When these troops retired, Mexicans attacked the guard at Padierna, but American reinforcements defeated them.
Pinzon and also the outpost on La Atalaya notified Santa Anna of the American movement, and strong reinforcements were therefore despatched to that hill.
To hinderreinforcements from reaching Chapultepec, Quitman by Scott's order placed fifty men well forward on the road in the night of Sept.
The, enemy had been seen hovering about the neighbourhood in considerable numbers, but had not ventured an attempt to throw reinforcements into the place.
He had in vain demanded reinforcements and supplies from Farnese, who most reluctantly was obliged to refuse them in order that he might obey his master's commands to neglect everything for the sake of the campaign in France.
By a sudden blow they could capture or destroy the Spanish ships, and master the troops on shore before reinforcements could arrive, and before they had time to complete their defences.
The French commander, Roquemont, had despatched him to tell Champlain that the ships of the Hundred Associates were ascending the St. Lawrence, with reinforcements and supplies of all kinds.
Where are the reinforcements and supplies that he said should follow us from France?
In face of the large French reinforcements coming up, it would be as much as he could do to hold his own even there.
After a brief respite, during which reinforcements of soldiers and citizens came up in considerable numbers, the defenders set to work systematically to dislodge the French from the positions so hardly won.
Before he actually gave the order to evacuate, the French, unaware of the reinforcements hastening to their support, gathered themselves together for another charge.
On entering the streets, the Spaniard summoned to join him small bodies of citizens who were gathered at certain points to act as reinforcements and reserves.
A second charge of grape, together with sharp musketry-fire from every point occupied by the Spaniards, scattered the French reinforcements who were now attempting frantically to withdraw the gun out of range.
The fugitives scarcely paused as these unexpected reinforcements joined them but they eyed Ta-den and Tarzan with puzzled glances.
As they moved past him and out of the chamber Tarzan caught snatches of their conversation which indicated that the Kor-ul-ja reinforcements had fallen upon their little party in great numbers and driven them away.
And still Ta-den and thereinforcements did not come.
He constantly demanded reinforcements and money, which never came to hand.
With the British in force at the Cape, how could supplies, reinforcements and despatches get through to him in Ile-de-France?
Did you tell Captain Carleton that reinforcements were coming to the aid of Fort Sumter?
News had reached Charleston that a steamer with supplies and reinforcements for Major Anderson was on its way, and Mr. Robert Waite declared that the Confederates would never permit it to reach the fort.
We have heard that Mr. Doane has presented the letter to the President, and Major Anderson is sure that reinforcements and provisions for the forts will be sent at once.
Those flash-lights are from a guard-boat which the South Carolina people have sent down the harbor so that Major Anderson won't send us reinforcements without their knowledge.
Soon, however, the reinforcements from England began to arrive; and the French invasion, on which the rebels were building their hopes, was still delayed.
He had, therefore, obtained reinforcements this year, so that he was in a state to measure his forces with any opponent.
Although continually occupied in defending and attacking, Praslin conceived the idea that the safety of Cremona depended upon the destruction of the bridge of the Po, so that the Imperialists could not receive reinforcements from that point.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reinforcements" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: reinforcement; relief; reserve; reserves; support
