causeway

• At the far end of the causeway was a plot of level ground, strewn with potsherds and heaps of refuse. —  Life and sport in China Second Edition
• The horsemen spurred over them, riding them down; the men on foot cut them down with their swords, or hurled them backward with the butts of their guns; the Indian allies of the Spaniards attacked them fiercely, and the roar of war spread far through the gloom of the night Onward marched the Spaniards, horse and foot; onward creaked and rumbled the artillery and the wagons; and the second canal in the causeway was reached while the rear files were not yet across the first. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III
• They were halted before the third and final breach in the causeway, a ditch as wide and deep as those which had been passed. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III
• With a handful of followers he was desperately striving to repel the overwhelming tide of the enemy which was pouring on him along the causeway, a dozen of the Indians falling for every Spaniard slain. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III
• Cortez led the remnant of his men off the causeway, a feeble, wounded, straggling few, faltering from weariness and loss of blood. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III

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