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Example sentences for "reconnoitre"

Lexicographically close words:
reconnoissance; reconnoissances; reconnoiter; reconnoitered; reconnoitering; reconnoitred; reconnoitres; reconnoitring; reconnu; reconquer
  1. I will reconnoitre all the ground in front of you, and will then, with the colonel, join you.

  2. The letter was as follows: "Colonel O'Connor will at once march with his force to Plasencia; and will reconnoitre the country between that town and the Tagus to the south, and Bejar to the north.

  3. Should their way be arrested by a strong picket, they were to reconnoitre the ground on either side; and then one was to be sent back, to guide the column so as to avoid the picket.

  4. Still, I suppose they want to reconnoitre our position, and draw the fire of the Spaniards to ascertain their whereabouts.

  5. In one place, it was said the ghost of an ancient warrior, clad in armour, took his nightly round to reconnoitre scenes endeared by many a tender claim.

  6. But his further remonstrance was cut short by Cortes riding by, and even urging his charger, though at a cautious pace, beyond the watchfire, as if to reconnoitre with his own eyes, the situation of the foe.

  7. The watchfires were replenished, and two subalterns, the leaders of the party, advanced a little beyond them, to reconnoitre the condition of the enemy.

  8. Of the Admiral's lovely daughters he had heard while in the navy, and now he was frightened to think that perhaps they were come here to reconnoitre him.

  9. Ten of these were sent to reconnoitre the enemy, but approaching too near, they were attacked and destroyed.

  10. I'll just reconnoitre again; then we'll get back.

  11. If we could only reconnoitre the mill we might be able to hit upon a plan.

  12. I will go and reconnoitre our new domain.

  13. When they came in front of the enemy, the sight alarmed them grievously; and Harold sent forth two spies[4] to reconnoitre the opposite troops, and see what barons and armed men the duke had brought with him.

  14. On May 27 Woolsey despatched an officer in a fast pulling boat to reconnoitre the coast, while he himself went with the requisite force to the falls.

  15. Cumberland Head, the squadron hove-to, and Captain Downie went ahead in a boat to reconnoitre the American position.

  16. May 30, he had received from Chauncey an express, in accordance with which an officer was sent out upon the lake, to reconnoitre towards the entrance of Black River Bay.

  17. On the 3d the British fleet was seen well towards the west end of the lake; but on the 4th a vessel sent especially to reconnoitre came back with the report that it was no longer there.

  18. May 27 the minister of war gave orders accordingly, and Mejia promptly sent an engineer there to reconnoitre and draw a plan.

  19. Prince; till I reconnoitre ye and drive in his outposts?

  20. Peregrine's vanity being aroused at this intimation, he went up to reconnoitre the young lady, and was struck with admiration at her beauty.

  21. This satisfied them that the enemy had left immediately after the attempt which he had made to reconnoitre the premises.

  22. Recollect, sir, that we have in all probability killed one of their band, when he came to reconnoitre the house in the skin of a wolf, and that will never he forgotten, but revenged as soon as it can be.

  23. Those who are better mounted, on the contrary, will ride in advance, and reconnoitre the Guamini River, which empties into Lake San Lucas.

  24. It was not merely to reconnoitre that he pushed forward.

  25. I shall reconnoitre at Lady Oxford's: proper precautions should never be neglected, even in a friendly country.

  26. That they are curious is certain; for if a person lies on the ground, and plays strange antics, such as throwing up his feet in the air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him.

  27. To address him was my first impulse;--my second was, to watch him until he was alone, or at least to reconnoitre his companions before confronting him.

  28. Two men were now sent to reconnoitre the town.

  29. At this place we encamped, and made a shelter to defend us from the inclement season, and began to hunt and reconnoitre the country.

  30. Colonel Hardin, who commanded the Kentucky militia, was now sent ahead with six hundred men, principally militia, to reconnoitre the country.

  31. Presently the door of the house was partially opened, and a man's head protruded through the aperture, as if to reconnoitre the cause of the uproar.

  32. The party below having heard of our operations now sent out a small detachment to reconnoitre the ground, and if possible reason us out of the claim.

  33. You will surely reconnoitre first, General Mejia," I ventured to say.

  34. To accomplish this, a considerable force was despatched from Lahore, and in advance of it was sent a party to reconnoitre and gain intelligence.

  35. His orders were to reconnoitre and find out in what state of preparedness the garrison stood, what was its strength in men and guns, the best means of attack, and the most vulnerable quarter.

  36. General Markham ascended an elevated flat to reconnoitre the precise distribution of the Neapolitans, and he was speedily convinced that an immense advantage might be gained by placing the artillery upon that height.

  37. The wind not being fair for Minorca, where Nelson had purposed to reconnoitre Port Mahon, the frigates next went to Cartagena, and ascertained that the great Spanish fleet was certainly not there.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reconnoitre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.