Word: across
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these reasons, Rosecrans adopted the bold plan of striking directly south, across the river and over a succession of mountain ridges, passable only by narrow gorges, to the railroads which brought Bragg his supplies from the South...
...bank below the defences and captured New Madrid, the only considerable town. To pass the river and overpower the batteries which defended the one road to the island, he needed gun-boats and transports. By a wonderful feat of engineering, a canal, six miles long, but shallow, was cut across a submerged peninsular, from loop to loop of the river and the frail transports thus passed around the batteries. A gun-boat, the Carondelet, boldly ran the gauntlet of the fort at night, running so close under the banks that, before the guns could be sufficiently depressed...
Ordered to keep Polk occupied, Grant made a dash upon Belmont, just across the Mississippi from Columbus, and defeated Gen, Pillow decisively. His raw, troops became unmanageable, however, and delayed so long looting the camp, that the Confederates returned and almost cut off Grant's retreat...
...twelve men participated in the cross country run held by the H. A. A. The start was made from in front of the Carey Building at 3.50 p. m. From there the men ran up Garden street to the Cambridge clay pits, through Concord avenue to Fresh Pond then across the country to Mt. Auburn and return by way of Brattle and Craigie streets. The finish was made in front of the Law School at 4.22 p. m. Grant '99 was the first man to finish and 1m. 39s. afterwards Blakemore and Foote came in. The race between these...
...evident that the Harvard men were going in to show their courage. Steadily but surely the Pennsylvania team was being driven back across one line after another, by a series of irresistible rushes at the tackles. There were only six minutes left when Harvard crossed the center line and started down the field...