This was to lay an ambuscade for the Inca, and take him prisoner in the face of his whole army!

I laid an ambuscade, with thirty men and three officers, near the road.

He found out their exact position, and that they had laid an ambuscade for the Union commander.

Hastening forward, he laid an ambuscade on the line of march of his foes, and awaited their approach.

Bab Azoun, on his native heath, laughs them to scorn, and once laid an ambuscade in which the soldiers suffered badly.

I have already got guides, for the light troops laid an ambuscade, and seized some of the cut-purse vagabonds who hung on our rear.