schanze

For eight hours the intrepid Free State artilleryman jumped from one cannon to another, returning the fire whenever there was a lull in the enemy's attack and seeking safety behind the schanze when shells were falling too rapidly.

With the Boer Forces Howard C. Hillegas 1895

Then I knew that it was time to return to the _schanze_ and prepare.

She and Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

As the dawn broke, by climbing a tree near my _schanze_ or shelter, I saw a good many miles away to the south a wide circle of little fires, and guessed that the natives were beginning to burn the dry reeds of the swamp.

She and Allan Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Directly afterwards I observed that rifles were being handed over the _schanze_ to this man.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

When this happened, I gave orders to my men that a great _schanze_ of the English, about eighty paces from the one which we had just taken, should be stormed.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

As one watched them creeping from _schanze_ to _schanze_, often without any cover whatever, and in danger at every moment of falling under the enemy's fire, one felt that there was still hope.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

Accordingly, when the sun had gone down, I sent orders to him that he was to storm this _schanze_ before daybreak on the following morning.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

Willem Pretorius, should go and capture the _schanze_.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

When we had crossed the river, I received a report from my scouts that there were about twenty of the enemy in a strong _schanze_ on a kopje, which was about half an hour's march further up stream.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

They then fired fiercely on him, killing two of his burghers, but our men would not be denied; they leapt over the _schanze_ and compelled the enemy to surrender.

Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888