The Fourth Division had had comparatively much the worst of it, up to this stage, of any of my Divisions, and I felt that they were due for a short rest.
Indeed, experience went to show that so long as the strength did not fall below 600, a unit could quite well carry out, in battle, a normal battalion task, provided that frequent periods of short rest could be assured.
Only one Division at a time could therefore be permitted a short rest, and this Division formed my only tactical reserve.
The troops were roused from their short rest at six in the morning.
He did not intend to offer battle there, but it was indispensable to give his troops a short rest, and provide them with food and ammunition.
In that strong position he hoped to be able at least to give the troops a short rest.
After a short rest we proceeded to explore the interior of the huge pile.
Wearied and exhausted, a short rest had to be allowed to men and officers.
Then, after taking a short rest in the shade of the monoplane, they prepared to resume the journey.
Rander announced that he would stay with the mules and catch a short rest.
Then, after a short rest, they resumed the journey.
In the forenoon, while taking a short rest, we experienced a perceptible shock of an earthquake, which was also felt at Cairo and St. Louis.
Marching leisurely, and halting for a short rest, at a small stream seven miles out, we reached Somerville at one o'clock.
After a short rest, we resumed the march, and arrived at Centerville at sunset.
They encamped by Lodau, and after a short rest, advanced to Bautzen, which city the king had appointed for the reunion of the two army corps.
With renewed courage and renewed strength, after a short rest, he went again to work.
As this spot presented a natural pause between the laborious ascent already accomplished and the immense declivities which lay before them yet to be climbed, they named it Le Repos, and halted there for a short rest.
After a short rest at the Hospice of the Grimsel, Agassiz returned with two or three of his companions to their hut on the Aar glacier for the purpose of driving stakes into the holes previously bored in the ice.
When we came to a pillaged village towards the evening we were at last granted a short rest, for in consequence of our quick marching we had disengaged ourselves almost completely from the enemy.
We got a short rest, and lay wet to the skin in an old trench shivering all over with cold.
After a short rest we continued our march and the motor-cars went back.
We were relieved in these trenches by the 51st Division about the beginning of October, and the 50th Division moved out of the line to the neighbourhood of Courcelles-le-Compte for a short rest.
After this we moved off to the village of Dernancourt for a short rest.
On April 8 the 42nd Division was taken back for a short rest to the area round Authie.
After a short rest, which had given us some new strength, we continued the march.
The pontooneers of Prince Eugene had gone ahead, working during the night to construct a bridge, but frozen and hungry they had suspended their work for a few hours, to finish it after a short rest.
It was perhaps 9 o'clock when we had covered half of the way and took a short rest, after which we resumed our march and arrived before Wilna toward 3 o'clock, having marched ten hours, exhausted beyond description.
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