Here there was abundant forage, and as the horses could go no further, Colonel Washington ordered a halt, and determined to await the promised reinforcements.

The morning came; and at the Star and Garter, Richmondthe place appointed for the breakfastingaccompanied with one English friend, he impatiently awaited what reinforcements the bride should bring to grace the ceremony.

On the 13th of August, Gen. Brock, a brave, energetic officer reached Malden with reinforcements.

At the same time I think they would have been killed off long since except for reinforcements received from across the line in Lower California.

Reinforcements from Spain On the part of Carthage as much had hitherto been done in support of her general in Italy as could be expected.

The senate preserved its firm and unbending attitude, while messengers from all sides hastened to Rome to report the loss of battles, the secession of allies, the capture of posts and magazines, and to ask reinforcements for the valley of the Po and for Sicily at a time when Italy was abandoned and Rome was almost without a garrison.

He might hope that, in possession of Capua, he would be able to seize one of the Campanian ports, where he might disembark the reinforcements which his great victories had wrung from the opposition at home.

Hannibal Reduced to the Defensive His Prospects as to Reinforcements The clear vision of Hannibal had not been dazzled by his victories.

The Sending of Reinforcements Temporarily Frustrated Had it been possible, immediately after the battle of Cannae, to bring into play all the resources on which Hannibal thought that he might reckon, he might have been tolerably certain of success.

With the help of some reinforcements, however, which arrived from Italy, he maintained his position in the island and continued the blockade of Syracuse.

Muttines was not induced to deviate from his course; he maintained himself in the interior of the country, occupied several small towns, and was enabled by the not inconsiderable reinforcements which joined him from Carthage gradually to extend his operations.

Hasdrubal was able once more to turn to that country (543), whither he was soon followed by considerable reinforcements and by Massinissa himself.

In the meantime, reinforcements continue to arrive daily for their army.

We met on the road several Prussian waggons and reinforcements on their march to Bruxelles.

The men soon learned that she could overpower them, and all they could do was to go back into the cloister for reinforcements.

We even saw a British gunboat lying in the Scheldt, and unlimited reinforcements pouring up the river.

Were reinforcements coming?

Both parties now flew to arms, but Lancaster soon found himself ill supported by his compeers, and marching northward for reinforcements from the celebrated Bruce, King of Scotland, the King in the meantime, sent the Earl of Surrey and Kent to besiege the castle of Pontefract, which surrendered at the first summons.

Towards the problem of Slav population, of English colonisation, of French armies and reinforcements, it shows the same strange philosophic sulks.

But whereas he fought an equal conflict a long time he was deprived of reinforcements by the confusion on the bridge across which many were pushing at one time, crowded all, together.

Here in New Orleans lay thousands of veterans flushed with their up-river victories, whose best and quickest aid to Rosecrans would be so to move as to turn Bragg's reinforcements back southward.

Fresh reinforcements had arrived for James, under the Comte de Lauzan, in return for which an equal number of Irish soldiers under Colonel Macarthy had been drafted for service to France.

Fresh reinforcements were hoped for from France, but none came until too late to be of any use.

In the first campaign, though near a vastly superior French force, Washington precipitated the conflict by attacking and capturing an advance party, though the delay of a few days would have brought him large reinforcements.

Seeing all our exertions ineffectual, as the enemy continually received reinforcements, and above fifty of our number were already slain, Cordova gave orders to force our way through the enemy, which we effected in a compact body, the enemy keeping up a close pursuit, continually pouring in their arrows, and even attacking us with their spears.