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1- The night to September 25 minor detachments skirmished with each other.

2- On September 14, they skirmished near Lawrence.

3- He initially skirmished there with the Patriot defenders with mixed results.

4- The Vermonters skirmished until noon, when they were relieved.

5- They skirmished on, numbed by shock.

6- Lafayette skirmished with Cornwallis, avoiding a large-scale battle while gathering reinforcements.

7- A detail was at once sent forward and skirmished with the enemy till dark.

8- They skirmished there on 2 June.

9- Aunt Mat had skirmished around & in some way gotten both rye & sorghum.

10- When within two miles of the Hill the advance skirmished with the enemy.

11- His men skirmished with the Pennsylvania Bucktails of Reynolds’ Division.

12- Crook’s cavalry skirmished with Confederate cavalry at Waterford later in the day.

13- At other places, Arab snipers skirmished Jewish buses in Jerusalem and Haifa.

14- The United States forces then skirmished with Huerta’s troops in Veracruz.

15- The rest of the division skirmished with French Territorials south-west of Baisieux.

16- There, the 68th skirmished with the enemy, but was unable to advance.

17- The regiment skirmished with Confederates camped nearby all winter and often took prisoners during these skirmishes.

18- I immediately galloped up to them in the boldest manner, and skirmished advancing.

19- The armies’ vanguards skirmished at Dug Springs, Missouri on August 2.

20- Dimmitt’s men briefly skirmished with Mexican troops before returning to Victoria on March 19.

21- The next day it skirmished during the morning with Confederate cavalry near Boonsboro and Keedysville.

22- During the remaining winter months, both sides skirmished frequently as the British sought forage and provisions.

23- He began to feel Bragg at Bacon Creek, and skirmished with him for three days.

24- For the remainder of the battle, the regiment constructed earthworks and skirmished with the Confederates.

25- Against heavy odds in both men and artillery, the Texans skirmished for the next two days.

26- They skirmished with Hood’s rear guard, but the rainy weather aided the Confederates’ escape.

27- The Americans withdrew to Harlem, where they skirmished the next day, but held their ground.

28- Col. Emory Upton’s brigade skirmished most of the day to retain possession of the high ground.

29- The Georgia militia skirmished with the Rangers and a company of Royal Americans on Alligator Creek.

30- Here it skirmished with some Russian patrols to the east of the town, and expelled them.

31- Some of the force also skirmished with Te Rangihaeata’s warriors in the bush near the pā.

32- Loomis had advanced to the railroad in front of the ridge where he skirmished with Walker’s division.

33- Pulaski and 50 cavalry rode south to Burlington, where they skirmished with British sentries on February 28.

34- Lee’s cavalry division closed on the Federals from the northeast and skirmished with Wilson’s rear guard.

35- On June 21, elements of the II Corps probed toward the railroad and skirmished with Confederate cavalry.

36- From 1701 to 1765, colonists skirmished in the New York-New Jersey Line War over disputed colonial boundaries.

37- His small unit of engineers skirmished with pickets of Lee’s retreating forces near Harpers Ferry about July 13.

38- Tecumseh skirmished with the Americans near Chatham to slow the American advance, but the warriors were quickly overwhelmed.

39- Slough then reformed his line a half mile east of Pigeon’s Ranch, where both sides skirmished until dusk.

40- Laying claim to half the Kutch peninsula, the Pakistani army skirmished with Indian forces in August, 1965. An American force of 280 men under Colonels Cass and Miller skirmished with British troops near the bridge.

41- Their forces skirmished for 60 days, and then both withdrew.

42- He drilled his men and skirmished daily with the Romans, who had overrun a hilltop position, and had created a small camp some distance from Caesar’s larger main camp.

43- While riding into town, reportedly under a white flag, they skirmished with Union soldiers, and Jesse James was severely wounded.

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