Sentence examples for hill expedition from inspiring English sources

One British observer wrote that it had been like "a Bunker Hill expedition", and many British soldiers blamed Arnold for the events at Fort Griswold, even though he had not been in a position to prevent the reported slaughter.

Although Arnold only reported 44 killed and 127 wounded in his official report, there were unofficial whispers that between 400 and 500 casualties had occurred, with at least one claim that it had been like "a Bunker Hill expedition".

The Mexicans on Hill's expedition were supposed to kill Alvarado if they encountered him, but, at some point, they floated right past him, without realizing who it was, as he watched from the bank with a baby in his arms.

It would give your average hill-walking expedition a bit of an edge and soon the adventure tourists would be queuing up to pay big money for a trek in the Highlands, thus giving a much-needed boost to the rural economy.

He took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill and in the expedition against Ticonderoga, and he participated in the storming of Stony Point and fought at Saratoga.

On the December expedition, Mr. Hill picked up a slimy, gray-and-white fish head, and probed its dark red interior with a gloved finger.

Colonists noted with some disgust the fact that both Walker and Hill escaped censure for the expedition's failure.

So we chose a horseback ride, a bracing and exhilarating expedition along the hills next to Lake Sofia, where the clouds seemed to chase the sun across the sky.

Like a trip itself, Portraits takes you on an expedition through rolling hills of sound.

He pulls his white Ford Expedition behind a low hill capped with a two-story pole holding a bank of stadium lights.

Indeed, it's possible to navigate the hills on the kind of hunting expedition my husband, Mahir, and I were on that July morning, a half-day foraging event organized by the Colorado Mycological Society.