In the height of it my ear caught the regular footfall of troops, and a squad of infantry came swinging round the corner.
A squad of soldiers had run out, hearing the shot, and these bore him into the Citadel, Master Archibald limping behind.
Marshal of County Blank, Greetings I give to you: My squad has just brought in your men and the squad was, Sergeant Blue.
When court met, every man served with a bench warrant from the judge presiding was present, and as soon as court was called to order, a squad of men arose in the court room, and the next moment the judge fell riddled with lead.
This squad were nearly all large steers, and had run fully twenty miles, before, thanks to an angle in a fence, they had been checked.
Suddenly a squad of five or six turned a point of the brake and rode within fifty feet of me.
A squad of men were riding leisurely through our abandoned herd, coming over to where the two outfits were disputing.
Francis Brooks, who commanded a scout boat, heard reports of musketry, and at once signaled the fort, when a lieutenant's squad marched out and found the murdered Highlanders with their heads cut off and cruelly mangled.
The Spaniards fled with so much precipitation that the squadcould not overtake them, though they pursued rapidly.
On the way they met Calhoun’s littlesquad sorrowfully returning.
A squad of cavalry dashed by in pursuit; they had missed him.
He was discovered by a squad of Federal cavalry, which immediately gave chase.
In a moment a squad of Federal cavalry passed in swift pursuit.
The little squad sprang to their horses, and without thinking of danger, or what force they would meet, rode to the rescue, the Sergeant in the lead.
Down Main street they rode, two abreast, and were at once distributed throughout the town; a squad upon each street corner, attended by an equal number of infantry; all with weapons in hand ready for immediate action.
That was not a squad of pickets emptying their guns on being relieved from duty; it was the continuous roll of thousands of muskets, and told us that a battle was on.
The precious document giving me thirty-days leave of absence was delivered to me in due time, and our little squad arranged to start on the next train, and which would leave Little Rock for Devall's Bluff early the following day.
When it rounded in for that purpose, the members of our little squad were quite nervous, and there was a rush on the principle of every fellow for himself.
I told the fellow that I would conduct him and his squad to my picket post, and then send word to our commanding officer, and he would take such action as he thought fit and proper.
I will now return to the little squad of furloughed Sixty-onesters that was left a while ago on the freight cars at Little Rock.
He who had commanded the shooting squad stooped over the corpses, a smoking pistol in his hand.
He waited until sentinels and shooting squad had gathered at the door.
He bellowed an order, and the shooting squad threw up their guns at aim.
Michel Ney and a squadof Chasseurs had just brought him an Imperial packet from the City, and the packet contained general orders very much to his Indian taste.
The dumfounded shooting squad had blazed crazily against the half-open door; and for the critical quarter minute following, their weapons were harmless.
The squad gradually faded away in the distance, and the cries of Widow Chupin died away in the stillness of the night.
The result of a tour of inspection of this locality was so certain, that the officer in charge of the police post called to the squad as they departed: "I will prepare lodgings for our guests.
The murder of the pretended soldier must have been consummated between the moment when the squad of police heard the shrieks of despair and the moment when Lecoq peered through the shutter and saw the victim fall.
His report was listened to, and then the squad passed on.
Once I couldn't resist the temptation to fire into a squad that came bolder than the rest, and the two shots were good ones.
As soon as the squad of Nazi troops had pounded by, the two youths struck off at right angles from the dirt road, and travelled swiftly and silently northward until they reached the shelter of a thick woods.
It seemed that they would take no more than a couple of steps before they would be forced to drop flat and hold their breath while a squad of German troops went past.
At that moment, a squad of German troops came tearing toward him.
This squad was beginning to withdraw also, pulling the Ogrum after them.
Craig looked up at his squad on the bank of the ravine.
He was going to lead a squad of blue-jackets ashore!
The bayonet-fighting squad were engaged in some preliminary drill of the more ordinary kind when Major Bayne and the chaplain arrived on the ground.
Wandering about the village, he saw in a field at its outskirts, a squad of recruits doing military evolutions and physical drill.
Arriving at the bayonet-fighting ground, the little sergeant major put the squad through their manual as if they had been recruits, to a running comment of biting pleasantries.
Graves, the squad clambered on board a contractor’s truck and reached the command post about 0315.
A squad of a dozen horsemen, powdered with dust, yet excellently mounted, were riding slowly toward the veranda.
We can easily reach the town ahead of that squad of cavalry, and if you have some safe place there to go, and will only keep indoors, there is no danger of discovery.
It might be possible even for my little squad to hold this advance position until reinforcements arrived, but what could be done with the prisoners?
A squad of troopers was without, dusty, hard-riding fellows, uniformed in Confederate gray.
The woman had played with me as though I were a mere child; had been laughing at me all night; and doubtless intended now to hand me over prisoner to this squad of gray-jackets.
I could examine the greater part of the front yard from the windows, the squad of troopers camped near the gate, and the sentinel pacing before the steps, but was compelled to lean far out to gain any glimpse of the rear.
A few sentinels at the house, and a squad of cavalry in the stable.
Two hours of hard riding, and we came to a double log cabin, with a squad of horsemen in front, and a considerable infantry guard near by.
Oh, very well," I replied indifferently, my eyes marking the swift approach of that distant squad of cavalry.
A glance from the window exhibited a double line of canvas-covered wagons creaking past, mules toiling wearily in the traces, under close guard of a squad of infantry.
The little squad came trudging down the opposite side of the fence, only the upper part of their bodies dimly visible against the slightly lighter background of the sky.
The hospital squad had cleared out much of the front hall, but had not reached the plaster pile where we had made our last stand.
They formed this time in double line, sufficiently extended so as to cover the front and two sides of the house, with a squad concealed back of the stable, prepared to rush the kitchen and take us in the rear.
His last fight against the Plains Indians had been about two years before, when he covered the retreat of a squad of infantry, from a body of mounted Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, and brought them all safely off.
Do you remember the day Judge Baronet took his squad out av Springvale, Phil?
There's Injuns on track of this squad every minute.
Mallory ordered a squad of men forward, and stationed some on the pilot and running board, others on the tender and front platform.
At a shouted order from Mallory, one of his men dropped off with a squad at his back and took possession of the wreck, while Harvey, flushed with victory, moved on to undo the work of the afternoon.
Out charged First Lieutenant Hawkins with his scout-sniper platoon and a squad of combat engineers.
This tough assignment went to Major Chamberlin and a squad of combat engineers under First Lieutenant Alexander Bonnyman.
I stopped, and looking in the direction of the fire I had just quitted, I saw a squad of cavalry ride up to the woman who still sat there.
The sergeant then ordered the corporal to proceed to the house with a squad of men and bring out the corpse, while he stationed the remaining men to guard all the approaches to the house.
Only a signal drill for fifteen minutes to-morrow," he called out as the squad was leaving the field.
Come back to the Freshman field for a scrimmage," and followed by his squad of pupils, he led the way.
Frank and Jimmy had gone out for the Freshman football team, and the latter was now a recognized member of the squad with great hopes for the future.
So he was displaced by a weaker hitter, and shortly after went over to the track squad where he was received with open arms by the trainer, who foresaw a certainty of added points in the coming track meets.
Thomas, however, attracted by the bearing of Frank, had held him on the squad in spite of the fact that he was not an exceptional fielder.
Turner fell into a more fortunate situation as catchers on the squad were scarce, and before two weeks of practice had elapsed, was in second place in the race for the position of backstop on the Freshman nine.
He was at first enrolled among the candidates for pitcher, but as there seemed to be a great plenitude of pitchers, he was relegated to the outfield, but glad to be on the squad on any position.
He ran his eye over the squad which crowded around the injured captain.
Progress became slower as the 'bus neared the field, and it finally took the combined efforts of a squad of police to break the crowd sufficiently to let the Yale players through to the Locker Building within the shadow of the Stadium walls.
I'm too late to do anything with the baseball squad now anyway.
Half a dozen of them had been only a few days before up before the Freshman Committee for attempting to break up a dance in one of the local halls of the city, which necessitated the rushing of a squad of police to the scene.
I will at once notify the German Legation of this terrible happening, and advise that they send a squad of marines to bring back their wounded interpreter.
There's a squad of Tommies going up to help us, and if we don't do the trick this time I am afraid it will be all up with the whole shooting-match.
She passed only a prowling squad car, and the two police stared at her curiously.
It didn't begin to thaw again until the second squad car and the ambulances arrived.
