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1 This was to lay an ambuscade for the Inca, and take him prisoner in the face of his whole army!
2 I laid an ambuscade , with thirty men and three officers, near the road.
3 He found out their exact position, and that they had laid an ambuscade for the Union commander.
4 Hastening forward, he laid an ambuscade on the line of march of his foes, and awaited their approach.
5 Bab Azoun, on his native heath, laughs them to scorn, and once laid an ambuscade in which the soldiers suffered badly.
6 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.
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