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Example sentences for "advance upon"

  • We kept our position until it became evident that the enemy were not firing at us, and then withdrew to find better ground to advance upon.

  • Somewhat more than half of this force at Washington was to advance upon Richmond by way of Fredericksburg, and add forty thousand men to McClellan's great army when he should sit down before the Confederate capital.

  • Accordingly he ordered Jackson to sweep down the Shenandoah valley, threatening an advance upon Washington in its rear, thus putting the Federals there upon their defence.

  • The enemy was in no condition for backward move at the time of my advance upon Knoxville, so simultaneous advance of our many columns could have given him serious trouble, if not confusion.

  • Peterborough had returned to Spain, and viewing the altered state of affairs, was now as eager to act on the defensive as he had been before to urge an advance upon Madrid.

  • Their combined wisdom allowed an advance upon Lisbon, but insisted on bringing Sir John Moore to join the army.

  • In the course of the 14th, the Prussian outposts reported that the French were massed round Beaumont: later in the same day there were clear signs of an advance upon Charleroi.

  • Blücher was permitted to return to the Marne, and to advance upon Paris by an independent line of march.

  • It was unknown whether the French intended to advance upon Moscow or upon St. Petersburg; nor had any systematic plan of the campaign been adopted by the Czar.

  • The Archduke was six days in moving from the Inn to the Isar; and before the order was given for an advance upon Ratisbon, Napoleon himself had arrived at Donauwörth, and taken the command out of the hands of his feeble lieutenant.

  • Weary of these protracted negotiations, Pollock was now eager to advance upon Caubul.

  • They made no advance upon Washington, which was the one thing that ordinary intelligence was entitled to expect at their hands.

  • He could not understand why, if they really purposed to advance upon Caubul, Macnaghten and Keane were wasting their strength in utter idleness at Candahar.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    advance from; advance guard; advance upon; advanced cases; advanced guard; advanced post; advanced stage; advanced state; advanced towards; coaxial cables; effective strength; fibrous tissue; hold together; impartial suffrage; life after; maiden fair; sensible perception; sharp major; should require; specific type; thou tell; though differing; weak point; wild rice; write unto; your readers