Word: skirmisher
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...winter, or until outdoor work can be done, the instruction will be for the most part on the external order drill. When the company can get out of doors more of the regular routine of the soldier will be taken up. There will be parade and guard mounting, skirmish practice, presentation of colors, use of company as advance guard, signalling by flag and heliostat, and the like...
...foregone conclusion with everyone that two places in the 220 yards dash would go to Yale and in this one case, the foregone conclusion proved to be correct - Swayne and Allen winning first and second. For third place there was a very lively skirmish between Thompson and Hawes of Harvard, but the former was just a foot ahead of Hawes when the tape was reached and thus secured third place...
...referce having been chosen from among the spectators, the ball was "set," to use their expression, and the elevens lined up, the reds having the west end and the wind. The contest began with a lively rush and skirmish on the right flank of the reds, until a long drawn "d-ow-n" from the bottom of a pile of ebony rushers ended it and the men pulled themselves off. The quarter-backs were so good and the blocking so steady, that the side which had the "down" usually lost many yards before another halt was made. "Line up, Charley...
While the police were attempting to arrest some Yale students who were creating a disturbance at the New Haven Opera House, Tuesday night, a party of Yale men interfered and for a while a lively skirmish lasted. The police were finally victorious...
OXFORD has a Rifle Corps, and this Rifle Corps has had an exciting skirmish with muckers in the town. If the H. R. C. had done something of this kind, it would have at least made itself useful, and perhaps might have become a more popular institution...