The brigade was formed in line of battle, and after a pause started slowly through the woods in the rear of the receding skirmishers, who were con- tinually melting into the scene to appear again farther on.
After a time the brigade was halted in the cathedral light of a forest.
A brigade ahead of them and on the right went into action with a rending roar.
Now why are you asking silly questions about the Fire
Brigade? They have horses, let them be off to Vladimir, and not leave them to the French."
"We're the regular military
brigade of the kingdom."
And, to save me, I can't remember whether the Hancock Fire Brigade was a republican or a democratic organisation.
And, oh, it wasn't John Barleycorn's fault that he didn't get me that night of the Hancock Fire Brigade.
General James Clinton, the brother of George Clinton, then governor of New York, and the father of De Witt Clinton, who died governor of the same State in 1827, commanded the
brigade employed on this duty.
AFTER the departure of the different detachments, or brigades, as they are called by the fur traders, the Beaver prepared for her voyage along the coast, and her visit to the Russian establishment, at New Archangel, where she was to carry supplies.
Her departure and that of the various brigades, left the fortress of Astoria but slightly garrisoned.
"A
brigade!" said Fouquet, raising himself upon his elbow.
After standing at arms for an hour the
brigade in camp "swore a prayer or two" and went to bed.
Decimus Smith, returning to his parish at Bombay; and a brigadier-general of the English army, who was about to rejoin his
brigade at Benares, made up the party, and, with Mr.
They removed their emporium from Astoria to Fort Vancouver, a strong post on the left bank of the Columbia River, about sixty miles from its mouth; whence they furnished their interior posts, and sent forth their brigades of trappers.
In the meantime, they detach bands, or "brigades" as they are termed, of trappers in various directions, assigning to each a portion of country as a hunting or trapping ground.
