Drift

• The cart was taking them down to Rorke's Drift, the sergeant said. —  Flashman And The Tiger
• The company holding the Drift was annihilated by the on-rushing savages, and no tidings of the colours could be gained until some days after when, behind a mound, were found the bodies of the two brave Lieutenants, one of whom grasped the pole with hands stiffened in death and around the other the precious flag was wound, "safe on the heart of a soldier The following touching lines will be welcome to the lover of noble deeds; it is to be regretted that the name of the poet cannot also be given THE LOST COLOURS Who said we had lost the Colours Who carried the tale away. —  Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems.
• When ordered to retire, although the crossing of the Tugela Drift was a sufficiently fearful experience, they were intensely disgusted. —  South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899
• The company holding the Drift was annihilated by the on-rushing savages, and no tidings of the colours could be gained until some days after when, behind a mound, were found the bodies of the two brave —  Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems.
• It was, however, I was sure, still dangerous. —  Renegades Of Gor

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