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trench
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trench
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noun
synonyms
: ditch, excavation, earthwork, furrow, duct, trough, channel, conduit, cut, drain, waterway, moat, fosse.
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Colonel's war story a winner
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...even feel sorry for Lt. Gen. Sir George Prevost, who commanded the largest foreign...and lost. On Sept. 1, 1814, Prevost, the governor general of Canada...capture Plattsburgh while Captain George Downie sailed his superior fleet...
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The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Parameters
; ...American continent since 1776, Sir George Prevost, the British combatant commander...Macdonough essential to their success. Prevost's flotilla was powerfully armed...British were unable to continue. Prevost was a cautious commander, used...
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War of 1812.
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...and Tecumseh appear, but so do George MacDonnell and Charles-Michel...and cautious Governor-General, Sir George Prevost, whose often unjustified concerns...access to the private papers of Prevost's daughter, which provide an...
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For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; ...British North America, particularly Isaac Brock and Sir George Prevost, take center stage and drive the story forward. Brock...and desire to take the offensive is contrasted with Prevost's cautiousness, which was fueled in large part by...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Private torments of Wind in Willows author; The book is a hymn to Old England. But, for its author, it meant much more than that. A hundred years after itspublication, John Preston explores the private torments that inspired Kenneth Grahame to write his classic.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; ...the morning of November 24 1903, a man called George Robinson who, in newspaper accounts of what...England. There, Robinson asked to speak to Sir Augustus Prevost, the governor. Since Prevost had retired, he was asked if he would like...
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LOST IN the wild wood LITERATURE 'THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS' IS A HYMN TO OLD ENGLAND. BUT FOR ITS AUTHOR, IT MEANT MUCH MORE THAN THAT. A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER ITS PUBLICATION, JOHN PRESTON EXPLORES THE PRIVATE TORMENTS THAT INSPIRED KENNETH GRAHAME TO WRITE HIS CLASSIC
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...THE MORNING of 24 November, 1903, a man called George Robinson, who in newspaper accounts of what followed...There, Robinson asked to speak to the governor, Sir Augustus Prevost. Since Prevost had retired several years earlier, he was asked...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...inventor of the safety-razor, 1855; Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson...Shakespearian scholar and editor, 1807; Sir George Prevost, soldier and statesman, 1816...Mollison), aviator, 1941; George Washington Carver, scientist...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...safety- razor inventor, 1855; Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson...Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia, 1762; Sir George Prevost, soldier and statesman, 1816...Mollison), aviator, 1941; George Washington Carver, scientist...
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Field of glory: the Battle of Crysler's Farm, 1813.
Magazine article from: The Loyalist Gazette
; ...one of the few American commanders of 1813 who was competent, reappears at Lundy's Lane the following August. Sir George Prevost was talented at shepherding slender resources, but when he received rinforcements from Wellington's army, he...
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War of 1812 ... the battle of Lundy's lane: on the night of July 25, 1814, the British fought American forces to a bloody stalemate.(THE FIGHT FOR CANADA)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...had been replaced by Sir Gordon Drummond, Prevost's second-in-command...headquarters at Fort George when he was informed...ordered out. At Fort George, he found "everything...marched from Burlington. Prevost dispatched the 6th and...
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