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  • I'm afraid that's my training; always reconnoitre thoroughly. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
  • Edwin, who, with Grimsby, had volunteered the dangerous service of reconnoitering the enemy, returned within an hour, bringing in a straggler from the English camp. The Scottish Chiefs
  • Special Forces reconnoitered the jungle, looking for U.N. forces being held hostage as part of Cobra Gold 2002 exercises.
  • They were sent to reconnoitre the enemy powder magazine.
  • They reconnoitred and calmly informed control what was needed.
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  • The group was tasked to parachute behind enemy lines, infiltrate into the town, reconnoiter the objective, select the place to kill the mayor, and then execute actions on the objective.
  • In this case, an exception should be made not only for clumsy phrases, but for simple oversights, such as a girl going to "reconnoiter" rather than rendezvous with her boyfriend. Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones – review
  • They moved at high speed, often with motorcycle combinations, ahead of the panzer divisions, to reconnoitre routes and maintain the momentum of the assault.
  • Submarines also engaged enemy combatant ships and auxiliary vessels, pursuing combat operations in assumed or reconnoitered combat designation areas of enemy task forces and on their deployment routes.
  • He was sent to Eritrea to reconnoitre the enemy position.
  • These flights gave the pilots an opportunity to study the terrain, note landmarks on their maps, and reconnoiter routes to and from the front lines.
  • The scout section reconnoiters TOW firing positions and routes between positions. FM 7-91 APPENDIX A ORGANIZATIONS
  • Johannesburg the way Tshepiso Mashinini often does while he reconnoiters the city. The Struggle to Govern Johannesburg
  • Specifically, the team was to reconnoiter potential helicopter landing zones, determine the level of enemy activity, and observe possible cave sites.
  • March 25th, 1945 saw members reconnoitering the beaches at the southwest tip of Tokashika Shima, a dangerous job as the landing beach was in a cove surrounded by easily defensible high ground.
  • These scouts can reconnoiter routes, conduct screening missions, and escort convoys because they do not need extra equipment, additional troops, or special training.
  • Soldiers and officers of the XI Corps had responsibly reconnoitered their front and flank, had seen the Confederates forming, and had tried to warn the new XI Corps commander General O.O. Howard, but to no avail.
  • Routes and security must be clearly defined, reconnoitered, and rehearsed.
  • A further reconnoitre involved canoeing the perimeter of Loch Morlich to check out the possibilities.
  • At a high point between two grey hills, they stopped and reconnoitered.
  • The two vessels made for land at Mount Egmont, but the shore was so steep at this point, that Marion put back to sea and returned to reconnoitre the land upon the 31st of March in 36 degrees 30 minutes latitude. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
  • If that didn't work, they'd drop back and "reconnoiter," he said. Daytona Beach News-Journal Online
  • Tomorrow, Foix and Ferda and I will go into Valenda on foot, in disguise, and reconnoiter. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • From their reconnoitres of the base, they knew that meant the coast was clear.
  • Several times during the following two weeks he heard reports of the doings of the mission from different ones of the Indians who went thitherto reconnoitre. Old Mission Stories of California
  • If so, perhaps they were reconnoitering the nation's capital prior to an attack.
  • He trod on empty cartridges as he walked from room to room to reconnoiter from the windows. War
  • Sergeant Nilson, secure these individuals while I reconnoiter. Gideon’s war
  • This results in wasted effort as infantry battalion scouts conduct time-consuming reconnaissance of areas and routes already reconnoitered by recce troops.
  • Early in the war Allied planners realized the value of scouts for reconnoitering enemy-held beaches.
  • Unless it is a hip new combination of "sussing out" and "suspicion" in which the susicious person suspiciously reconnoiters a location, probably an ex girlfriend's new place of residence. No Getting Around It: Cycling and Religion Clash Again
  • On September 14 the unit was reconnoitred as a diversionary raid; two mines were found and detonated and the beach and defense positions charted.
  • Shakespeare 'descry' also occurs in the sense of 'to reconnoitre.' Milton's Comus
  • At a high point between two grey hills, they stopped and reconnoitered.
  • He foisted the box of worthless gadgets back onto Katie then did a quick reconnoitre of their current position.
  • They stopped and began to reconnoitre the terrain.
  • For all any Union unit on the hills around Gettysburg knew, or any cavalry unit like this one out reconnoitering knew, the battle might go on for days more.
  • The code word must be acknowledged by the forward unit before the ranger force reconnoiters the reentry point. FM 7-85 Chapter 6 Special Light Infantry Operations
  • Satellite reconnaissance is not as flexible as other types of reconnaissance, because a satellite only reconnoiters an area when its orbit takes it into range. FM 100-61 Chptr 8 Reconnaissance
  • If accosted on a reconnoitre, they claimed they were looking for scrap.
  • They reconnoitred for surface fleets, and helped to guard Russian convoys.
  • Early in the war Allied planners realized the value of scouts for reconnoitering enemy-held beaches.
  • In autumn 1809 he reconnoitred the area between Lisbon, Torres Vedras, the Atlantic coast, and the river Tagus accompanied by Col Richard Fletcher, his chief engineer.
  • Tomorrow, Foix and Ferda and I will go into Valenda on foot, in disguise, and reconnoiter. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • None of them breathed easily until they were well away from the reconnoiters. Where There's Smoke
  • If so, perhaps they were reconnoitering the nation's capital prior to an attack.
  • They were sent to reconnoitre the enemy powder magazine.
  • After interrogation it was discovered that their mission had been to reconnoitre the base for an attack within 72 hours.
  • At noon, after an exhausting two and a half-mile march, Miles ordered the troops into an early bivouac in a horseshoe bend of the river and directed the Crow scouts to reconnoiter the valley.
  • The crossing had to be carefully reconnoitred and the landing place chosen with care.
  • God reconnoiters the limits of Hell amid cries of insuperable ecstasy. God's Vial
  • March 25th, 1945 saw members reconnoitering the beaches at the southwest tip of Tokashika Shima, a dangerous job as the landing beach was in a cove surrounded by easily defensible high ground.
  • Routes and security must be clearly defined, reconnoitered, and rehearsed.
  • The reconnaissance and security section reconnoiters routes and primary, alternate, and supplementary TOW firing positions. FM 7-91 CHPTR 5 Employment/ Separate Antiarmor Battalion
  • If accosted on a reconnoitre, they claimed they were looking for scrap.
  • Once he declared the aircraft safe, I completed a final reconnoitre of the site to 50m out from the wreckage.
  • A quick reconnoitre seems the best idea before finding somewhere to eat.
  • Once he declared the aircraft safe, I completed a final reconnoitre of the site to 50m out from the wreckage.
  • These flights gave the pilots an opportunity to study the terrain, note landmarks on their maps, and reconnoiter routes to and from the front lines.
  • Specifically, the team was to reconnoiter potential helicopter landing zones, determine the level of enemy activity, and observe possible cave sites.
  • Special Forces reconnoitered the jungle, looking for U.N. forces being held hostage as part of Cobra Gold 2002 exercises.
  • On 21 August 1914, a squadron of 120 cavalrymen belonging to the 4th Dragoon Guards were sent forward to reconnoitre the land ahead of the advancing British Expeditionary Force.
  • The crossing had to be carefully reconnoitred and the landing place chosen with care.
  • What tasks (such as reconnoiter a route or assist a passage of lines) does the OPORD specify for the company team to accomplish? FM 71-1 Chapter 2 Battle Command
  • These scouts can reconnoiter routes, conduct screening missions, and escort convoys because they do not need extra equipment, additional troops, or special training.
  • The heavy cavalry troop can reconnoiter up to a 10-kilometer-wide zone or up to two routes simultaneously.
  • M, the title's hunter, has rented a room at an isolated house from which to reconnoitre the wilderness beyond.
  • Small armored task forces had reconnoitered the area.
  • Tomorrow, Foix and Ferda and I will go into Valenda on foot, in disguise, and reconnoiter. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • They reconnoitred and calmly informed control what was needed.
  • They reconnoitred for surface fleets, and helped to guard Russian convoys.
  • As soon as she was gone, Dandie reconnoitred the premises, listened at the key-hole as if he had been listening for the blowing of an otter, —and having satisfied himself that there were no eavesdroppers, returned to the table; and making himself what he called a gey stiff cheerer, poked the fire, and began his story in an undertone of gravity and importance not very usual with him. Chapter XLV
  • Their ability to quickly reconnoiter is why we have such great coverage of everything that went down. Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #6 | EW.com
  • He foisted the box of worthless gadgets back onto Katie then did a quick reconnoitre of their current position.
  • During this phase, the company team reconnoiters and occupies its positions. FM 71-1 Chapter 4 Defensive Operations
  • In autumn 1809 he reconnoitred the area between Lisbon, Torres Vedras, the Atlantic coast, and the river Tagus accompanied by Col Richard Fletcher, his chief engineer.
  • From their reconnoitres of the base, they knew that meant the coast was clear.
  • It was all the more frustrating because the following week she was leaving for Rome, to reconnoitre for The Antiques Roadshow. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
  • Authorities say that while the circle of suspects—which stretched from Colorado to Pennsylvania to Ireland and South Asia—didn't conduct any attacks, their world-wide plotting shows how would-be terrorists can recruit, raise money, and reconnoiter potential targets online. Teen Charged in Terrorism Plot
  • Once Soothesong passes, he continues his reconnoiter, breathing in the tempting fumes of meat broth greedily.
  • The group was tasked to parachute behind enemy lines, infiltrate into the town, reconnoiter the objective, select the place to kill the mayor, and then execute actions on the objective.
  • All was quiet and he led the way along a narrow whitewashed corridor, pausing to reconnoitre the entrance hall at the end. THE KEYS OF HELL
  • He remembered the fat man in Vinegar Street, whose trade, rat-catching, took him to the great houses in west London that he reconnoitred for his thieving friends. Sharpe's Fortress
  • They were sent to reconnoitre the enemy powder magazine.
  • After interrogation it was discovered that their mission had been to reconnoitre the base for an attack within 72 hours.
  • They can reconnoiter to determine enemy dispositions and occupy observation posts from which they can observe the battlefield and relay information to the commander.
  • A further reconnoitre involved canoeing the perimeter of Loch Morlich to check out the possibilities.
  • This results in wasted effort as infantry battalion scouts conduct time-consuming reconnaissance of areas and routes already reconnoitered by recce troops.
  • The naval commander, chosen for his aggressiveness, was new to Lake Champlain, knew nothing of its winds, and failed to reconnoiter the American position.
  • I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre.
  • The naval commander, chosen for his aggressiveness, was new to Lake Champlain, knew nothing of its winds, and failed to reconnoiter the American position.
  • For all any Union unit on the hills around Gettysburg knew, or any cavalry unit like this one out reconnoitering knew, the battle might go on for days more.
  • Harrison had placed himself with his staff, colonel Wood approached him with intelligence, that having reconnoitered the enemy, he had ascertained the singular fact, that the British lines, instead of the usual close order, were drawn up at _open order_. Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
  • Furlong began to feel very uncomfortable; the conversation ended; down came the servant, to whom Furlong was about to address himself, when the man said, "He would be with him in a minit," and vanished; a sort of reconnoitering party, one by one, then passed through the hall, eyeing the stranger very suspiciously, any of them to whom Furlong ventured a word scurrying off in double-quick time. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
  • The Signal Section went astray and remained silently on a byroad while their officer reconnoitred. Adventures of a Despatch Rider
  • Saturday - the synaxis of the birthday, if you will - was spent reconnoitering the Los Angeles Jewelry Mart. 29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury
  • He was sent to Eritrea to reconnoitre the enemy position.
  • Rolling left to lie prone, I shoved the rifle stock to my shoulder and dared to reconnoiter by peeping over a twisted root.
  • A quick reconnoitre seems the best idea before finding somewhere to eat.
  • Here he stopped a moment to reconnoitre the gate through which he had to pass; and seeing, even at that distance, many soldiers on guard, his imagination also being rather overstrained, (one must pity him; for he had had enough to unsettle it), he felt a kind of repugnance at encountering the passage. Chapter XVI
  • Soldiers and officers of the XI Corps had responsibly reconnoitered their front and flank, had seen the Confederates forming, and had tried to warn the new XI Corps commander General O.O. Howard, but to no avail.
  • As soon as she was gone Dandie reconnoitred the premises, listened at the key-hole as if he had been listening for the blowing of an otter, and, having satisfied himself that there were no eavesdroppers, returned to the table; and, making himself what he called a gey stiff cheerer, poked the fire, and began his story in an undertone of gravity and importance not very usual with him. Guy Mannering
  • On 21 August 1914, a squadron of 120 cavalrymen belonging to the 4th Dragoon Guards were sent forward to reconnoitre the land ahead of the advancing British Expeditionary Force.

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