Word: feint
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Hooker determined to make the main attack a flank one on Lee's left and rear, sending Sedgwick across the river to make a feint on his right. He himself crossed the river higher up, and was ready to strike Lee before the latter was aware of the real nature of what was going on. Then a delay was made by Hooker at Chancellorsville, and before he could move forward Lee was in his front with most of his army, having left some divisions to watch Sedgwick. Hooker was now placed on the defensive, and Lee and Jackson devised...
...twenty thousand men, against him are hurled the overwhelming masses of A. P. Hill's. Jackson's and Longstreet's divisions in a desperate attempt to flank McClellan. The attempt is only partially successful and results in great loss to both sides. In the meantime Magruder has made a feint in front of a porting of McClellan's army, which prevented aid being sent to Porter. The next day Lee remains quiet, only to find that the retreat of McClellan to the James has begun. Lee orders a hot pursuit and almost envelopes the Union army. At Charles City cross...
...careless in throwing and the homes fail to adapt themselves to the exigencies of a match. On the other hand, the defence is strong and the team catch well and play a persistent and vigerous game. It would be well for the players to practice the throwing feint, so common in Canada. The player feints at throwing under or overhand and escapes a check by quickly reversing his throw. Most of the team, however, use but one style of throw. The attack men especially should practice feinting, dodging and passing. If the team try hard to remedy their defects before...
...base after this until the seventh inning, when base-hits by Thayer, Ernst, and Wright, aided by errors of Hunt and Cutts, gave two runs. Wigton reached second on a failure of Tyng to put him out on three strikes. Dodge struck to Nunn, who made an excellent feint at throwing to first and then threw to Latham, who put Wigton out at second; this play was very fine, and deserved the loud applause which it received. Harvard made one more run in the eighth inning on base-hits by Nunn, Fessenden, and Ernst, and errors by Furman and Cutts...
...single point, - this being, doubtless, the best method of attack, - and we should mass our strength on the point we expect to be attacked, thus leaving our whole domain open to the incursions of random, guerilla-like questions. But if the movement of the enemy is merely a feint, we are liable to be utterly conquered by his victorious march through a country only defended by its ordinary militia. It is this danger which makes most students averse to the plan of learning thoroughly any particular part of a course to the exclusion of the rest...