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By this time, the object of the sortie was accomplished beyond my most sanguine expectations.— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
Another sortie was attempted; but there was a dense fog, the usual accompaniment of a January thaw, and its only result was the loss of some very valuable lives Then General Trochu asked for an armistice of two days to bury the dead; but his real object was that Jules Favre might enter the Prussian lines and endeavor to negotiate.— France in the Nineteenth Century
The ladies therefore separated to prepare for their sortie, after many recommendations from the aunts to be sure to hap [1] well; but, as if distrusting her powers in that way, they speedily equipped themselves, and repaired to her chamber, arrayed cap a' pie in the walking costume of Glenfern Castle.— Marriage
Meanwhile a sortie from the American fort on their rear had a menacing success.— Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence

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