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Then the brothers set out campwards, but night overtook them by the way and they rode on in the darkness, till they drew near the Wady wherein the enemy lay and heard the neighing of steeds in the gloom; whereupon said Sahim, “O my brother, my father and his men are ambushed in yonder valley; let us flee from it.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

No shots were fired over the dead men resting so peacefully, only the salute was given, and then the men marched campwards as the darkness of an African night rolled over the far-stretching breadth of the veldt.

The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

No shots were fired over the dead men resting so peacefully, only the salute was given, and then the men marched campwards as the darkness of an African night rolled over the far-stretching breadth of the veldt.

Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales

Scottish face; it spoke in silent eloquence in the grip of each hard, browned hand on rifle barrels; it found a mute echo in each knitted brow, and leapt to life in every deep-drawn breath; it sparkled in each tear that rolled unheeded and unchecked down war-scarred cheeks, and thundered in the echo of the men's tread across the veldt, right up to Cronje's lines, as they marched campwards.

Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales

Not being able to proceed further with our lame and thirsty horses I deemed it advisable to return campwards at 6.30 a.m.

Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills William Landsborough

The small herd is directed campwards, and some of us again scout round, halloing and shouting, but keeping our eyes well "skinned" for anything on the ground.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

A short sleep in the train, a tired walk campwards in the clear coolness of the Egyptian night, and to bed on the open sand beneath a starry vault.

The Tale of a Trooper 1930

At five o'clock the next morning the two heavily laden wagons crawled out on the desert trail, campwards.

The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910

We shot a few ducks which our young friend retrieved, and having found a reach of fresh water just above the first and smaller lake, returned campwards, surprising a hunting-party on our way; they retired quickly, the boy following them, taking with him the ducks which we had been at such pains to stalk!

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Hugo had seen enough -- his enemy was captured and the law would get him, now -- so he slipped away, jubilant and chuckling, and wended campwards, framing a judicious version of the matter to give to the Ruffler's crew as he strode along.

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 1872