reconnoitre

As he was pursuing his lonely course up the Green River valley, he described several horsemen at a distance, and came to a halt to reconnoitre. He supposed them to be some detachment from the rendezvous, or a party of friendly Indians.

The principal aim of his journey was to reconnoitre Lake Tchad, from which he was still three hundred and fifty miles distant.

So Grandfather told his auditors, that, on General Washington's arrival at Cambridge, his first care was to reconnoitre the British troops with his spy-glass, and to examine the condition of his own army.

Replete with oddities, Michael sneaked in to reconnoitre the house.

"Pte Liddiment peeping round corner of coal trucks, shot in nose, as he passed me he had a dirty old red handkerchief to it and said: 'That's the worst of having a big nose.'" As others fell wounded, he volunteered to reconnoitre. "I went, glad to get back and reported what I had seen.

Karrar said drones were being used to reconnoitre the area and look for the lost climbers.

Armies around the world use them to reconnoitre enemy areas, check safest routes and even attack the enemy .

Later, as the cubs reconnoitre the area beyond their sett, they are filmed coming across another sheep - and using her as a climbing frame.

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His citation explained: "For most conspicuous bravery and initiative when with a daylight patrol sent out to reconnoitre and to gain touch with a neighbouring division.

On August 21, 1914, only 19 days after Britain declared war, pairs of scouts were sent out on bicycles to reconnoitre and report back.