The Cavalry, the 14th and 15th Imperial Yeomanry, and Imperial Australian Regiment operated on the right, and made themselves masters of a position on a kopje at the northerly ridge of the eminences held by the Boers.
As we reached the top of this ridge we heard the boom of British artillery, showing that we were being closely followed up.
A very steep ridge of hills runs from Schoeman's Drift in a north-easterly direction, parallel with the Vaal River.
And no mistake, for during the night the British had occupied a ridge on the west, flanking and commanding the western end of the horse-shoe, and with the first grey streaks of dawn bang came their shells into the waggons.
They came under a heavy fire from the enemy, who were posted on a ridge in great force.
Mounted Infantry Company 1st Battalion Derbyshire Regiment, with two squadrons Imperial Yeomanry, had to retire from near a farm, under a ridge held by Boers.
At this post, then, one leaves the road and continues along the ridge of the "neck" instead of crossing it and descending into the valley beyond.
Neck they call a moderately high mountain-ridge which connects two mountain-ranges of considerable magnitude and over which one can pass from one valley to another between the mountains.
Indeed, the "neck," though being only a small ridge connecting two great mountain masses, is yet large enough to appear a considerable mountain itself if it were placed in the plain.
Though Cairo was then but a desolate swamp, Memphis a wood-landing, and Vicksburg a timbered ridgewith a few stores at its base, even these were in striking contrast to the sombre monotony of the great woods.
On the following day the funeral ceremonies took place at Oak Ridge Cemetery, and there the remains of the martyr were laid at rest.
However, the advanced elements along the ridge were immediately out-paced by the other 2/321 elements in the flat to their west.
Pope’s men were still clinging to the ridge top when dawn broke; but the number of unwounded Marines was by now down to eight.
First, the attack would be from the north, an approach which offered the greatest opportunity to chip off one terrain compartment or one ridge at a time.
Throughout the night, there was a series of enemy probes and counterattacks onto the ridge top.
Direct fire could be laid into the west face of Walt and Boyd Ridges, whose tops were occupied by 1/5, but those cave-filled western slopes were protected by other caves on the opposite, parallel ridge known as Five Brothers.
Between them, they made fairly short work of the entire complex, and 1/1 could advance until it ran into the far more insoluble Japanese ridge defense systems.
Other attacks, aimed at seizing the heights of the eastern ridges, while initially successful, in that small infantry units could scramble up onto the bare ridge tops, thereafter came under fire from facing parallel ridges and caves.
Illustration: Marines who fought on Pope Ridge would not recognize it in this photograph of the southern end of the ridge looking north showing how the vegetation took over.
But the dead he had to leave on the ridge, not to be recovered until 3 October, when the ridge was finally recaptured for good.
Equally threatening was fire from the enemy caves inside the parallel ridgeto the west, called Five Brothers.
As they went through a little wood, open on all sides, along the ridge of a hill that ran round the flute-dell, Liana suddenly said to the Count, she heard flutes.
Through what a magic neighborhood did they now pass along the sloping ridge of the thunder-house!
Howard had crossed Flint river with one corps in the afternoon of the 30th, and occupied and fortified a ridge of high ground parallel with the railroad and between the river and Jonesboro.
Kershaw marched on the 12th and ascended Elk ridge by Solomon's gap.
Pushing his battle forward, Hill was checked at the wooded ridge known as Seminary hill, where the First corps with artillery was strongly posted.
This was a strong abatis running across the ridge and flanked by high boulders.
Rosecrans held the ridge of the Chattanooga road, formed and strengthened his line during the night, and Bragg called his corps commanders and gave his orders for the battle of the 20th to open at daylight.
On the 25th, the attack on the ridge was repeated with more determination and was repulsed with heavy loss to the assailants, and 25 casualties on the part of the defense.
His line extended thence upon the high ground along the Emmitsburg road, with a steep ridge in rear, which was also occupied.
After camping a night at Villanow, they resumed their march, passing Taylor's ridge through Ship's gap, and camped in the Chattooga valley.
At this juncture the Federal force which moved up the Kelly's Ford road had reached the railroad and was taking possession of the Fleetwood ridge in rear of the engagement on the Beverly Ford road.
At the foot of the ridge they were relieved by cavalry, and the regiment was conducted to the bivouac of the brigade on the Summerville road.
The Union pickets offered a feeble resistance at the gap and retired, Kershaw ascending to the top of the ridge and marching on its crest toward the point of attack.
The fire of Wagner's picket line from the ridge had been so faithful and so effective that Gillmore's chief engineer reported that the sap could not advance unless it was silenced.
On the 21st, a force of the enemy charged the ridge and were repulsed, but established their line behind sand hillocks within 20 yards of the picket line.
He continued in conspicuous and valuable service; during the battle of Missionary Ridge commanded Walker's division, and throughout the Atlanta campaign of 1864 was identified with that division.
The engineer officers of the sap express the earnest wish that the enemy be driven out of the ridge with the bayonet.
So the transports dropped back to Pittsburg Landing, which place was finally selected from sheer necessity on account of its high bluff and its ridge road leading from the river to Corinth, Miss.
We hastened to return; and just as we were ready to leave the road for the country of thick undergrowth, we discovered a lone horseman coming over the top of the ridge above us.
Early the next morning they started out again, and searched carefully through the remaining canyons that were tributary to the large one, climbed again to its head, and clambered over the ridge at its source.
It had been buried nearly at the top of the ridge and the coyotes had dug it out and this is all they had left.
Behind is the massy Skiddaw, smooth, green, high, with two chasms and a tent-like ridgein the larger.
It consists not only of chalk flints, but to a great extent of cherts and sandstones, such as are found at present in the forest-ridge of the Wealden and nowhere else.
I don't know what the height of this ridge is above the level of the meadow, but it must be very considerable, as you look down upon the tops of the loftiest forest trees as they grow far, far beneath you.
This ridge is composed of gravel, and looks as if it had been subjected to the action of water.
There is a sharp ridge of limestone at the back of the township of Thurlow, though of far less dimensions, which looks as if it had been thrown up in some convulsion of the earth, as the limestone is shattered in all directions.
The settlers in that vicinity have given to this singular rise the name of the "Ridge road.
The Queenstone Heights, to the east of the village, are a lofty ridge of land rising three hundred feet above the level of the country below.
To return to the night of which I want particularly to speak, no sooner had the clock made his monosyllabic utterance than "I am probably unique," the Vimy Ridge inkstand said.
About a mile from the Mission, the plain gradually ascended to a ridge of moderate elevation, on which was a growth of dwarf oak and ilex.
The Sweetwater Valley runs nearly to the point where the dividing ridge of the Pacific and Atlantic waters throws off its streams to their respective oceans.
Gardens and orchards lie immediately in front of the building, and a vineyard stretches away to the uplandridge of the valley.
Following Deer Creek to the ridge of the Black Hills, they crossed the mountain on to the waters of the Medicine Bow, and here they discovered a few lodges, and La Bonte set his first trap.
Their course led for about thirty miles up the Boiling Spring River, whence they pursued a northeasterly course to the dividing ridge which separates the waters of the Platte and Arkansa.
In the month of December the mountaineers crossed the great dividing ridge of the Rocky Mountains, making their way through the snowy barrier with the utmost difficulty, and losing many mules and horses in the attempt.
I noticed the preternatural sharpness of the ridge of his nose, the deep cavities of his temples, and I envied him.
They now struck due east, and kept their eyes fixed on a point where they thought they could discern a black ridge of mountains on the north side of the Jokull, and a hollow on the south.
Till they reached the glacier, they met with no obstacle except a stony ridge of hills, which stretches all the way from the glaciers in the east, and crosses Kaldidalr in a northern direction.
The party followed the sandstone ridgetill it terminated abruptly in a precipice with ledges.
It was a smooth ridgeof sandstone, like the bank of a mountain torrent.
On the north side of this ridge was a heap of snow, and a small lake, formed by the water from the glaciers.
Costula: Hymenoptera; a small ridgeseparating the externo-median meta-thoracic area into two parts.
Carina -ae: an elevated ridgeor keel, not necessarily high or acute.
Humeral carina: in Coleoptera, an elevated ridge or keel on the outer anterior angle of elytra.
Interstitial line: the elevated ridge between two striae or series of punctures.
Frontal costa: Orthoptera, a prominent vertical ridge of bead which may be median or lateral: see median carina and lateral carina.
Frontal ridge: in Coleopteran; a sharp ridge on the dorsal margin of the eye, extending forward.
Mr Cringle," said the skipper, "do you mark that tree on the ridge of the mountain, that large tree in such conspicuous relief against the eastern sky?
There was a long narrow saddle, or ridgeof limestone, about five hundred feet high, that separated the southern quarter of the parish from the northern.
Frank led the way at a swift pace, keeping the ridge between them and the buffalo for a time, and then making use of other shelter.
Out of this he climbed at a certain point, and they made their way over a ridge into another ravine, from which they branched into yet another.
He backed from the crest of the ridge and down the slope, Barney following.
Frank scrambled eagerly to the crest of the ridge on which his friend was perched.
She indicated the direction, along the ridge of the mountain spur.
Clear Creek Canyon is a deep, narrow valley, some fifteen miles in length, and approaching a mile in its greatest width; lying between the main range of the San Bernardinos and the lower ridge of the Galenas.
You see on the right side of the road a picturesque ridge of cliffs clothed with shaggy ilexes and underwood, overhanging at intervals the walls and buildings.
The vaulting of the lantern springs from a higher level than the other vaults, and has ridge ribs as well as diagonal and wall ribs.
This is common in Spain; but it is impossible to see why one ridge should require it and the other not, and the only explanation is that possibly the architect wished to lead the eye on from end to end of the building.
Going eastward along the narrow ridge the cathedral is soon reached, and this is the centre of the city, which then widens somewhat, before the edge of the hill is reached which leads down to the suburb below the aqueduct.
The groining is all of the kind so common in Spain, having ogee lierne ribs in addition to the diagonal, and in place of ridge ribs.
It is groined throughout, and the groining has the peculiarity of having ridge ribs longitudinally but not transversely.
Ridge-ribs are hardly ever introduced, and the ridge is generally very little out of the level.
The vaulting has transverse, diagonal, and ridge ribs.
Leaves flat, with the midrib forming a distinct ridge on both sides, linear, sometimes over 2 in.
Fruit sweet, edible, in clusters in the axils of the leaves; seeds lens-shaped, with a ridge on the inner side.
Wherever there was a ridgeof snow on the ice they could see the marks left by the tramp quite plainly.
I saw some silver tail foxes at the ridge to-day," said Shep.
Placing the deer on the pole as before, they set off toward the ridge Shep had mentioned.
Just past the cliff is a ridge of high ground running almost to the lake, and the wind has swept it clear of snow, so walking will not be so very difficult.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ridge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
