We have no soldiers here except my small body-guard of eight men; the rest of our small military force is now stationed elsewhere.
At a short distance from the camp a small bodyof English horsemen awaited L'Elfi and his Mamelukes.
Early on the following morning an officer in a glittering uniform rides into the Mameluke camp, accompanied by a small body-guard.
He was accompanied by a small body of chosen troops, and brought some pecuniary aid, which he employed in repairing the most dilapidated part of the fortifications.
The same day on which this decisive battle was fought, Queen Margaret and her son, now about eighteen years of age and a young prince of great hopes, landed at Weymouth, supported by a small body of French forces.
A small body of cavalry which accompanied them now pushed on ahead, and when half the distance had been traversed a trooper brought back the news that the enemy had not yet reached the town.
On the following day Romana, with a small body of cavalry, left Toabado, crossed the Minho, descended into the valley of the Tamega, and took refuge close to the Portuguese frontier line.
The French made but a short pause; a small body of cavalry that Soult had left near Braga brought him the news that the British army was entering that town.
Irishman in a loud whisper, pointing as he spoke to a small body of men in gray who could be seen not far away in the road before them.
Suddenly Noel, as he emerged from a small body of woods, beheld a group of men directly in the road before him and not distant more than fifty yards.
They're comin', too," he added as he pointed toward a small body of men who could be seen advancing up the side of the hill.
The statement of Eliza Jane was correct, for a small body of men was moving in an orderly manner up the road.
Next day it passed without effort into the possession of a small body of Free Staters, who were astonished to find it abandoned.
A small body of Free Staters rushed the summit of Wagon Point, and by their impact drove many of the defenders down the reverse slope.
As he gained it he encountered a small body of Federal cavalry, attacked and drove it into town.
A small body of mounted men was usually kept in reserve to act on the flanks, cover a retreat, or press a victory, but otherwise our men fought very little on horseback, except on scouting expeditions.
Vonones fled on horseback to Seleucia with a small body of followers; while his defeated army, following in his track, was pressed upon by the victorious Mede, and suffered great losses.
A small body of horse reached Carrhae about midnight, and gave the commandant such information as led him to put his men under arms and issue forth to the succor of the proconsul.
On the following day the Boers were in full retreat; and Lord Dundonald, with a small body of mounted troops, made a dash across the hills to Ladysmith.
Seventy of the Imperial Light Horse held Waggon Hill with a small body of bluejackets and a few Engineers having charge of the 4.
A company being then called upon to rush the open space, Lieutenant Todd asked for permission to try first with a small body, and this being granted he led a mere handful of ready volunteers forward.
At that time there were with him at Glencoe three battalions of infantry, a brigade division of the Royal Artillery, the 18th Hussars, and a small body of mounted infantry.
Under cover of this a small body of horse, with one gun, from Shields's forces, had reached the east end of the bridge and trained the gun on it.
Clive did not imagine, for a moment, that so daring an assault could have been made on his camp by a small body of enemies, and expected every moment an attack by Law's whole force.
That does indeed appear a desperate enterprise, with such a small bodyas you have at your command, and these, entirely new recruits.
Three of the guns he placed to answer the French battery, two of them he hurried to his left, with a small body of English and two hundred Sepoys, to check the advance of the enemy's cavalry.
The two eighteen-pounders, for which Clive had sent to Madras, were now well upon the road, under the protection of a small body of Sepoys, and were approaching Conjeveram.
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
There was at the time only a small body of Spaniards in the neighbourhood, but as soon as the news reached the Archduke Albert at Brussels he concentrated his army round Ghent.
During the time he had heard a small body of horsemen ride up to where the insurgent leader and his prisoner were stopping.
As they moved slowly toward the pier it became evident that they had been expected, for, early as it was, quite a throng of spectators were awaiting them, and among the crowd were to be seen a small body of troops.
A small body of men can go where a large one would be likely to attract attention.
The Imperial Yeomanry, who had been scouting far ahead, now found themselves perilously involved with a small body of the enemy.
Here he saw in the distance a small bodyof the enemy moving southwards, and, having telegraphed the information to Estcourt, turned back.
That he might unite policy with force, he first entered into treaty with the duke of Burgundy, and sent that prince a small body of troops, which supported him against his enemies.
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