Covering the front with a strong line of skirmishers, McCook moved his men slowly forward, the enemy stubbornly contesting every foot of ground.
We passed through a strong line of works captured early in the day by Birney's division of the Second Corps, and were ordered to relieve a Pennsylvania regiment of Mott's brigade, which had been deployed in the woods as skirmishers.
A strong line of works was erected, and the men slept on their arms, ready to repel an attack.
He had partial success at the former, but was repulsed when he met Mahone's strong line.
General Field put out a strong line of skirmishers to support the cavalry.
Anderson had severe contention at one o'clock, but by pushing front and flank movements got to the enemy's strong line.
We did not go far before we found the enemy's infantry posted across these two roads behind a strong line of intrenchments on the west bank of Bailey's Creek.
A powerful artillery, posted just in rear of the crest, swept the entire length of the slopes, and under cover in rear were dense masses of infantry, with a strong line of skirmishers pushed down the hill in front.
The moon was full, and on the far side of the glade where the advanced guard, acting under Jackson's orders, had halted and deployed, a strong line of fire marked the hostile front.
On its southern end the Turks had erected a strong redoubt, known under the name Dujailar Redoubt, from which a strong line of six lesser redoubts run in a southwesterly direction to the Shatt-al-hai.
Efficaciously supported by their artillery, their infantry carried with the bayonet a strong line of intrenchments and redoubts along the southern slopes of Monte Pari Cimadoro and the crags of Monte Sperone.
This was a strong line behind a thick impenetrable abattis and held by a powerful force.
Suddenly, as the line of skirmishers emerged from the woods they received the fire of a battery and of a strong line of battle.
By his direction I threw out a strong line of skirmishers, and posted the regiments on a ridge, in good supporting distance.
The next morning two brigades and two batteries of Birney's division were interposed between Slocum and Howard, with a strong line of skirmishers thrown out in front.
There was no reason other than Howard's utter want of appreciation of the gravity of the situation to prevent him from forming a strong line of defence to protect his right flank.
Here General Smith's command joined him, making his full force about fifteen thousand men, and he formed a strong line of battle and waited to be attacked again.
The enemy, in force, occupied a strong line along a deep ravine, from which they moved forward to attack as soon as Hamilton's men appeared on the crest.
The general purpose was to establish a military frontier with a strong line of defence from the Alleghany Mountains to the Mississippi.
This was a strong line in single rank deployed thick along the barricade of rails.
But, they had not proceeded far, when a strong line of dismounted confederates was encountered.
We forced them back on their reserve, stationed behind a strong line of rifle pits, with partly open ground before them immediately in front of D's skirmishers.
The wagon train proved to be Beauregard's trains and batteries moving down from Richmond, and well sheltered from us by a strong line of battle.
By morning, working in relays, we had a strong line of works thrown up right under the enemy's nose.
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