Camp-on Sentence Examples

Santerre was appointed marechal de camp on the 23rd of October 1792, and subsequently general of division.

During Kett's rebellion he was allowed to preach in the rebels' camp on Mousehold Hill, but without much effect; and later on he encouraged his chaplain, Alexander Neville, to write his history of the rising.

It is probable that the Ottadeni built a fort or camp on the rock on which Edinburgh Castle now stands, which was thus the nucleus around which, in course of time, grew a considerable village.

Marcellus, after an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate, began the siege in regular form (214 B.C.) by both land and sea, establishing a camp on Polichne, where stood the old temple of Olympian Zeus; but he made his chief assault on the northern side and on the defences of Tyche, particularly at the Hexapylum, the entrance facing Megara and Leontini.

Its germ is to be found in the temporary camp on Chobham Ridges, formed in 1853 by Lord Hardinge, the commander-in-chief, the success of which convinced him of the necessity of giving troops practical instruction in the field and affording the generals opportunities of manoeuvring large bodies of the three arms. He therefore advised the purchase of a tract of waste land whereon a permanent camp might be established.

He was brought up in his father's camp on the Rhine among the soldiers, and received the name Caligula from the caligae, or foot-soldiers' boots, which he used to wear.

A thoroughly French town, it dates from 1835, when General Drouet d'Erlon established there an entrenched camp on a hillock in the midst of a pestilential swamp. Soon afterwards Marshal Clausel began to build a regular city, which was at first called Medina Clausel in his honour.

During one of these, in 1195, Alexius, the emperor's brother, taking advantage of the latter's absence from camp on a hunting expedition, proclaimed himself emperor, and was readily recognised by the soldiers.

Several early earthworks are seen in the vicinity, among which the circular camp on Bury Hill, S.W.

The name (Alnecestre, Alyncester) signifies "the camp on the Alne."

They left London for Mackay's camp on the 19th of July.

He gained the confidence of Tiberius, and, supported by the praetorians, whom he concentrated in a camp on the Viminal Hill, became virtually ruler of Rome.

In 1660 George Monk, marching on London immediately before the Restoration, made his camp on the Common, and in 1 745 a regular and volunteer force encamped here, prepared to resist the Pretender, who was at Derby.

Harun then marched against Nicomedia, where he vanquished the domesticus, the chief commander of the Greek forces, and pitched his camp on the shores of the Bosporus.

Upon Milan and the cities of western Lombardy the hand of Attila seems to have weighed more lightly, plundering rather than utterly destroying; and at last when Pope Leo I., at the head of a deputation of Romall senators, appeared in his camp on the banks of the Mincio, entreating him not to pursue his victorious career to the gates of Rome, he yielded to their entreaties and consented to cross the Alps, with a menace, however, of future return, should the wrongs of Honoria remain unredressed.

Venizelos was in command of the insurgents' camp on Akrotiri, which was shelled by the united European squadrons on Feb.

By the time I walked into camp on my last night, that was still the closest I'd come to seeing moose.

Jungle Holocaust A group of oil prospectors have a rough landing in their base camp on the Malaysian island of Mindanao.

We dragged the boats up a steep rocky shoreline to camp on its north shore.

You may have to get permission to be able to leave school a few days early to be able to make it to the camp on time, although if you complete all of your assignments and tests, most teachers will allow you to go.

If this is the case for you, then you will have to think of a way to pay for your spring camp on your own, or at least part of it.

Determining what types of day and night activities you want to do will help you decide which side of the lake to camp on.

Fans planning to camp on the red carpet in order to catch a glimpse of their favorite fans should plan their arrival early to secure a position.

If your team isn't going to participate in a cheer camp, though, you should definitely attend a camp on your own.

The area is renowned for its outdoor activities, where residents can hike, run, bike, and camp on the beach and at several area parks.