Further, the clear differentiation of official functions, which had been commenced under the sway of Tenchi, was completed in this reign.
Miyoshi Kiyotsura says that instead of being "metropolitan tigers" to guard the palace, they were "rural wolves" to despoil the provinces.
There had not apparently been any officially recognized weights and measures in remote antiquity.
Meanwhile Festititz, for want of sufficient force, was obliged to abandon the blockade of Prague; and the French generals being now at liberty, took post at Leutmaritz.
He proceeded to Portsmouth, where he took post, and began to fortify on the twentieth of January.
General Maxwell, with about one thousand light troops, took post on the heights upon the west side of the river, about a mile from Chad's Ford, to dispute that passage.
He took post at Barren Hill (nearly twelve miles from Valley Forge), a little west of the church.
His army was augmented by re-enforcements, and, with about five thousand men, he took post at and fortified Gloucester Point, whence he might have a supervision of affairs in Lower Jersey.
They returned through the brush and took post at the two points of the crescent in the road.
Colonel Haldimand, with the grenadiers, light infantry and a battalion of The Black Watch, took postat the bottom of the lake.
Colonel Lillington, on the 25th took post on the east side of Moore's Creek bridge; and on the next day Colonel Caswell reached the west side, threw up a slight embankment, and destroyed a part of the bridge.
His advanced guard under General Fraser took post at Three Mile Point, and the ships anchored just out of gunshot of the fort.
As Burgoyne advanced to Fort Edward, Schuyler fell still further back and took post at Saratoga, or rather Stillwater, about thirty miles from Albany.
Abercrombie fell back to the landing-place; sent out detachments to secure a saw-mill, within two miles of the fort: this done he advanced with his whole force and took post at the mill.
But the Pompeians observing this, took post on a mountain whose foot was washed by a river.
From this post, Stewart moved to McCord's ferry, on the Congaree, on the south side of which he took post, amidst the hills near the confluence of the Wateree and Congaree.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "took post" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
