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  • That made matters rather worse, for what the Jackal hinted at was that the Mugger must have eaten his food on that land-march fresh and fresh every day, instead of keeping it by him till it was in a fit and proper condition, as every self-respecting mugger and most wild beasts do when they can.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Alexander had conquered the country of the Indus by a land-march from the

    A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

  • Not long afterwards -- a number of transports, sufficient for the whole army, having been assembled from Herakleia and Sinôpê -- all the soldiers were conveyed by sea to the latter place, passing by the mouth of the rivers Thermôdôn, Iris, and Halys, which they would have found impracticable to cross in a land-march through Paphlagonia.

    The Two Great Retreats of History George Grote 1832

  • But the mere mention of a renewed land-march excited such universal murmurs of repugnance, that he did not venture to put that question to the vote.

    The Two Great Retreats of History George Grote 1832

  • Lastly, Xenophon proposed to require the Grecian cities to repair and put in order the road along the coast, for a land-march; since, perhaps, with all their efforts, it would be found impossible to get together a sufficient stock of transports.

    The Two Great Retreats of History George Grote 1832

  • The governor of Satalia proposed to the king to embark the crusaders; but, when the vessels arrived, they were quite inadequate for such an operation; hardly could the king, the barons, and the knights find room in them; and it would be necessary to abandon and expose to the perils of the land-march the majority of the infantry and all the mere pilgrims who had followed the army.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 1830

  • Cossacks, joined him after a land-march by way of the Caucasus.

    The Art of War Henri Jomini 1824

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