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  • Tugs are built for strength, not acceleration, so races really test crews' skills.

    A Harbor's Ugly Ducklings Can't Resist the Tug of Speed Daniel Michaels 2011

  • Danny Lawson/Associated Press Tugs moved in to assist the Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Astute, after it ran aground in shallow water off the Isle of Skye, Scotland, Friday.

    British Submarine Floats High and Dry 2010

  • Tugs were expected to reach it at midday to tow it to the Mexican port of Ensenada.

    Not the Trip They Expected 2010

  • The Highlanders delivered a point blank volley into the screaming Tugs as they hurdled down the hill and into the thin khaki & tartan line of Highlanders.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • The Mountain Battery scored a few hits among the Tugs, but they moved so fast that they could only fire off a single volley.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • Nevertheless, the Highlanders maintain their cool, retiring by companies and turning around to fire volleys at the pursuing Tugs who don't care to get too close.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • Colonel Sinclair looks through his field glasses and sees ever larger hoards of Tugs assembling on the horizon.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • Bill Protz has been building his collection of Sepoys and Tugs for his fictional Tranjipour Campaign, set in 19th Century India on the Northwest Frontier.

    Seaforth Highlanders Regiment Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • The Highlanders barely have time to let loose a rapid fire volley before the Tugs are upon them.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • I thought that the melee with the Tugs worked fairly well, although I came within one pip on the dice of routing after receiving the most casualties 11 Highlanders vs 9 Tugs during the first round of melee.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

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