Usage of "defensive works"

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Military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare and military bases.

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Uso de defensive works en inglés

July 5-Italiansare shelling the Austrian defensive works at Malborgeth and Predil. 
 New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ... 

The mercenaries on the defensive works of the causeway knew their trade. 
 The broken blade 

And third, there is no evidence of warfare or defensive works. 
 The Rational Optimist 

The defensive works of Munda were constructed from dead bodies and abandoned arms. 
 Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle 

Here, as at other main fords and ferries, defensive works were laid out. 
 To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II 

He must build up his defensive works in that quarter. 
 The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance 

A brief sketch of these defensive works may be of interest to the reader:- 
 Elements of Military Art and Science / Or, Course Of Instruction... 

Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses. 
 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life 

From Corinth the Rebels retreated to Tupelo, Mississippi, where they threw up defensive works. 
 Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /... 

We reserve the subject of winter quarters, covered by defensive works for a separate article. 
 On War 

One of the best of these defensive works crowned a symmetrical mountain near Schürmann's house. 
 Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 / Seventeenth Annual... 

Though Halleck had partly constructed defensive works around Corinth on occupying it in May, small army. 
 Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of... 

The main defensive works are where the headland commences, from which point the city is not visible. 
 The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races 

The capital of the kingdom of the Thaumaturgs, Anditi Pura, possessed no walls, fortress, or defensive works. 
 Blood and Bone 

They have never before shown so much industry and finished their defensive works with so much care. 
 Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863... 

The military notes pronounce El Principe undoubtedly the strongest natural position about Havana now occupied by defensive works. 
 The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour... 