| 单词 | pontoon bridge |
| 例句 | But I found a place where the cars would be sheltered after they passed that last bad- looking bit and could wait for the wounded to be brought across the pontoon bridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then in the afternoon, we went to Punda and stood near the pontoon bridge as she steamed slowly down St. Anna Bay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The dressing station was on the Austrian side of the river under the edge of the hill and stretcher-bearers would bring the wounded back across the pontoon bridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A stream of fans crossed the pontoon bridge at the western end of the course and began to fill the massive wooden bleachers on the far side of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Associated Press journalists near Bakhmut on Saturday saw a pontoon bridge set up by Ukrainian soldiers to help the few remaining residents reach the nearby village of Khromove. Russian shelling hits Ukrainian town; Bakhmut battle rages 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The Russians would be forced to waste time building a replacement pontoon bridge, giving Vladyslav and his unit time to pull back to Kyiv. How Russia's 35-mile armoured convoy ended in failure 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Soldiers milled about, directing vehicles over a pontoon bridge installed to replace a bridge destroyed by Russian troops. Zelensky visits liberated Izyum as Ukraine aims to keep Russia on the run 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “Our military is eagerly waiting for the enemy to make the next pontoon bridge, because that is the No. 1 target.” For Ukraine, the Fight Is Often a Game of Bridges 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z A pontoon bridge was blown up overnight and a command center was hit, as well as two checkpoints. Fears grow for Ukraine nuke plant ahead of inspector report 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The deputy commander of a National Guard unit said his men prevented an attempted river crossing by Russian troops last week, destroying tanks and a pontoon bridge. On Donetsk’s Front Line, Small Gains and Losses Impose a Heavy Toll 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z They then set up a defensive line to box in the Russians as they crossed their pontoon bridge, and rained down artillery fire on the area. A doomed river crossing shows the perils of entrapment in the war’s east 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z However, Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross the same river in the town of Bilohorivka, Ukrainian and British officials said. Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z A pontoon bridge takes about three hours to build and on average in this spot lasts about 24 hours, Ukrainian officers in Colonel Kostenko’s unit said. For Ukraine, the Fight Is Often a Game of Bridges 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s airborne command released photos and video of what it said was a damaged Russian pontoon bridge over the Siversky Donets River in Bilohorivka and at least 73 destroyed or damaged Russian military vehicles nearby. Ukraine opens first war crimes trial of captured Russian 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Aerial images showed dozens of burnt-out tanks and the remains of a pontoon bridge. Ukraine war round-up: Carnage at the river and a war crimes trial 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s airborne command released photos and video of what it said was a damaged Russian pontoon bridge over the Siversky Donets River and several destroyed or damaged Russian military vehicles nearby. US, Russian defense chiefs speak for 1st time since invasion 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But as soon as they crossed, Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge in the water, and Russian troops "fell into the trap", it said. Bloody river battle was third in three days - Ukraine official 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In the end, Russian forces tried unsuccessfully a half-dozen times to cross that river, using a pontoon bridge and driving across a marshy area, all in unfavorable locations and under Ukrainian artillery fire. They flooded their own village, and kept the Russians at bay 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z By the time of the March 30 trip, the Ukrainian military had fashioned a makeshift pontoon bridge across the river that the van could traverse. Aid groups fight to deliver lifesaving supplies despite losing lives to Russian shelling. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z A military pontoon bridge over the Pripyat river was pictured on 15 February. Ukraine: Satellite images show Russian military activity 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Maxar Technologies, a commercial satellite imagery company that has been monitoring the Russian buildup, reported continued heightened military activity near Ukraine, including a new pontoon bridge and a new field hospital in Belarus. Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as Russia moves troops 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z German military observers used it to call in artillery strikes on Soviet troops as they streamed across a pontoon bridge in the build-up before the final push on Berlin. 75 years after WWII, search continues for missing soldiers 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The ferry was a contraption made from two sections of an old pontoon bridge welded together and decorated with arches that rose high on either side. ‘I've seen death in this city, but nothing as sad as this’: how a ferry disaster exposed the corruption devastating Iraq 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A floating pontoon bridge over the Tigris is all that connects the western and eastern sides today. Mosul draws Iran-backed Shiite militias 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It was finished under Gov. Davis two years later and replaced an old pontoon bridge. Bridge in Larose getting $24M upgrade 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z As the Seventh Army moved across France and into Germany Mr. Holm was there, participating in the building of a crucial pontoon bridge across the Rhine at Worms, Germany. A Quiet Hero From the Greatest Generation 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The territory’s main link to the outside is two rusty boats that ferry passengers across a river from Iraq and a pontoon bridge for cargo. On the Road in Syria, Struggle All Around 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It is built on the same spot across the Scheldt river where a pontoon bridge was assembled in 1914 to supply the fortified city of Antwerp and permit its rapid evacuation. Pontoon bridge opens to remind Belgians of WWI 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z In comparison, about 30,000 crossed the pontoon bridge between the two nations Monday, the zenith of the panicked flight from Sunni Muslim extremists intent on converting or killing them. In Iraq, trapped Yazidis reach safe haven through Syria 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A group of hunters on snowmobiles wait as the ship passes, ready with a pontoon bridge to cross the open water that the icebreaker leaves behind. Ice and lolly 2014-04-10T04:00:00Z The influx of refugees last week was so large and sudden that border officials shut a pontoon bridge connecting the countries, fearing it would collapse under the weight of people. Iraqi Kurdistan rules out intervening over Syrian border 2013-08-27T07:50:51Z The mass flight of into northern Iraq started just over a week ago when Iraqi Kurdish authorities opened a rickety pontoon bridge over the Tigris River. Syrian Kurds trek to Iraq over parched hills 2013-08-26T11:12:23Z Men, women and children crossed a temporary metal pontoon bridge over the Tigris River, carrying small knapsacks or rolled up carpets stuffed with their possessions. Syrian Kurds' flight drags Iraq deeper into neighbor's war 2013-08-20T16:51:28Z The latest influx of refugees crossed a new pontoon bridge over the Tigris river at Peshkhabour, adding to the 150,000 Syrian refugees already registered in Iraq. Assad's forces push back rebels in Syria's Alawite mountains 2013-08-19T13:20:51Z As part of their World War One commemorations, organisers in the Belgian city of Antwerp plan to reconstruct the pontoon bridge which helped the Belgian Army and many residents escape occupation in 1914. Gathering century-old memories of wartime Belgium 2013-04-27T00:21:04Z On the following day the President, accompanied by some of his cabinet officers and the staff officers of the army, crossed the river on the lower pontoon bridge. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Meanwhile a pontoon bridge was being built close to the Venizel road bridge, and by 5.30 this, too, was finished, and the 10th Brigade crossed and completed the concentration of the 4th Division. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Two days' further marching brought the army within four miles of Pearl River Swamp, where it halted to lay a pontoon bridge across Pearl River. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z While on the march we were annoyed with hundreds of negroes who followed us, and at Broad river we were obliged to take up the pontoon bridge and leave them behind. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z "It is the perfect kick-off to our event next October when we plan to reconstruct the pontoon bridge across the Scheldt and allow 200,000 people to use it over two days." Gathering century-old memories of wartime Belgium 2013-04-27T00:21:04Z He describes, indeed, how the East Indian producer and consumer of cotton are united with one another by a pontoon bridge which leads over England. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The R.E. came to the rescue with a pontoon bridge, but the German fire was persistent, and it was night before the bridge was completed. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z I made requisition for a pontoon bridge, and was delayed a day waiting for it and for the cavalry. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z After a rest of four days at Cassville, we again went forward, crossing the Etowah on a pontoon bridge without resistance. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z In September, 1862, when Confederates appeared in the area, Union troops came across the Ohio on a pontoon bridge made of coal barges. Civil War Links 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z The Russian engineers were meanwhile busy building a pontoon bridge, which they soon completed, and they then crossed after a short opposition, rapidly deploying to right and left in order to surround Didsbury. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Single girders, however, are not recognized as a military means of communication, so the R.E. set to work to build a pontoon bridge alongside. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z But when our pontoon bridge came up it was without a train for hauling. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Lower down, on our way to the south camp and permanent barracks, is the canal with its pontoon bridge, the connecting link between the north and south camps. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Mr. and Mrs. Meadows, with whom I had lunch, once operated a pontoon bridge at this point but had given it up on account of the trouble from high water. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z The artillery now made its finishing demonstration before Brakfontein, there being no necessity—now that the troops had come successfully across the pontoon bridge—for a continuation of the feint attack. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z An act authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi river at the city of Quincy, Illinois. United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog 2011-06-22T02:00:25.153Z As just now explained, the failure of wagons for our pontoon bridge forced us to cross at Loudon, and to make direct march upon Knoxville by that route. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z A few days later, in the afternoon, my company crossed a pontoon bridge on the Aisne, and two hours afterwards we dug ourselves in a mile and a half beyond it. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z I remember hearing my brother tell of one that took place while crossing a narrow pontoon bridge. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Then the engineers, with celerity which looked to the uninitiated like a conjuring trick, in two hours threw a pontoon bridge over the river, and the crossing was successfully accomplished. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z The pontoon bridge was soon removed when our march was resumed towards Pascagoula Bay, where we arrived hungry and worn, with scarcely any food for ourselves or horses. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z Our railroad was in working order on the 26th of January, and the part of the pontoon bridge ordered for us was on the road. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z They crossed in skiffs and their object was to lay a pontoon bridge. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z A pontoon bridge was thrown across the stream, but when it was thick with marching men, shrapnel began to burst above it. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Communications between the banks of the river were maintained by means of a pontoon bridge. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Meanwhile the engineers were busy building a pontoon bridge by the side of the aqueduct, where they were sheltered from the enemy's fire. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z As high up as Front Royal the river was found past fording, but part of a pontoon bridge was at hand. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z A pontoon bridge had been flung over the river, and all the Union soldiers had already crossed except some artillery and two brigades of infantry, which included the Second Kansas Colored Regiment. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z The left of his line extended from Chancellorsville towards the Rappahannock, covering the Bark-Mill Ford, where he communicated with the north bank of the river by a pontoon bridge. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The mule waggons went over the pontoon bridge, but all the mules had to be taken out and the vehicles passed over by hand. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z The rest of the 1st Division was got across by means of the pontoon bridge, and in the evening was partly entrenched two miles north of the river. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z At the same time General Foster called for a pontoon bridge to make his crossing of the Holston at Strawberry Plains, which was ordered. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z He lacked the elements of military engineering, pontoon bridge building, military trenches, with barbed wire placing, hand grenade work, etc. On the Trail of Deserters A Phenomenal Capture The trains with the wounded and prisoners were compelled to await at Williamsport the subsiding of the river and the construction of boats, as the pontoon bridge, left at Falling Waters, had been partially destroyed. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z When all men were over, the chesses of the pontoon bridge were so worn by the traffic that I do not think they would have lasted another half-hour.” South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z The enemy in his retirement blew up the bridge over the river, and our engineers have built a pontoon bridge to replace it. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Under the precipice the railroad bridge crosses the Potomac, and a pontoon bridge was laid a few yards above it. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We took our position opposite the pontoon bridge, in the rear of the second street. My First Campaign Part of the pontoon bridge was recovered, and new boats built, so that by the 13th a good bridge was thrown over the river at Falling Waters. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Visé itself was certainly quiet save for the unceasing stream of troops making for the pontoon bridge. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 It was impossible to get loaded wagons across a very shaky pontoon bridge in pitch darkness, with very steep banks down to it, and no side rails on it. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z When we reached the river we found that our pontoon bridge had been partly swept away by the flood caused by the storm I have just spoken of. From Bull Run to Appomattox The next man jumped over him, and kept going until he fell on the pontoon bridge. The Irish at the Front A third pontoon bridge was constructed at the lower end of the town. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z A pontoon bridge is stretched across below it until the bridge is finished. An Artilleryman's Diary The 11th we marched back to Loudon and covered the laying of the pontoon bridge, returning to Lenoir in the evening. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts A pontoon bridge was rapidly thrown across, and over this the advance was steadily made, the troops pushing forward stubbornly behind a cloud of cavalry, and having to fight almost every foot of the way. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War That night a pontoon bridge was built across the river and on the morning of the 28th the artillery moved across and encamped during the succeeding day and night in the suburbs of Malolos. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. Within the fortifications was the pontoon bridge, which the imperial army had formed after having burnt the great bridge in January. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Reached the pontoon bridge over Chickamauga half an hour of sundown. An Artilleryman's Diary We crossed the river on a pontoon bridge about midnight of the 15th and started for Petersburg as fast as we could go, arriving there late in the afternoon. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts All the artillery crossed over the large pontoon bridge, of ninety-seven boats, during the night. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery The 6th Connecticut was encamped on the bank of the river, and at the end of the pontoon bridge which we had to cross, they had erected a handsome arbor decked with flags. History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers When the latter recovered himself, and got the horse under control again the guards were far away, and he was at the approach to the pontoon bridge. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Deserters say that the enemy is reinforcing heavily and making preparations to throw a pontoon bridge across the river some dark night. An Artilleryman's Diary Early in the afternoon General Burnside rode down to the river where the men were trying to lay the pontoon bridge. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts The pontoon bridge was completed shortly after, and three thousand men entered the city before night. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery The Mercury ran smoothly into ancient Bristol, crossed the Avon by the pontoon bridge, and whirled up the hill to the College Green Hotel. Cynthia's Chauffeur We crossed the James River on a pontoon bridge over to Manchester—all the bridges having been burned. The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy We crossed the Chickahomony, I was told, near its junction with the James, on a pontoon bridge, I should think one-eighth of a mile in length. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry General Woodbury with a corps of engineers had charge of the laying of the pontoon bridge. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts The Second corps crossed about eight o’clock A. M., on a pontoon bridge. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Sandy Creek protecting men laying the pontoon bridge. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War The two branches of the Nile are to be crossed by a pontoon bridge. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Across the Yellow Hoang-ho, which is the largest river we encountered in Asia, a pontoon bridge leads into the city of Lan-chou-foo. Across Asia on a Bicycle We took up the pontoon bridge and fell back to Lenoir. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts During the afternoon the engineers laid a pontoon bridge across Cub Run, without meeting any opposition. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery The flying foe kept under shelter of this fire—and these guns could not be taken, as the pontoon bridge was defended by heavy artillery. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It was several days before we were able to place across the river a pontoon bridge. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. On the 19th we marched to Dunkirk, on the Mattapony river, which was crossed on a pontoon bridge and thence to the Pamunkey, opposite White House. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War At twelve o’clock we quietly withdrew, passed through the city, which was now deserted crossed the pontoon bridge and went back to our old camp. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts Friday, February 28.—The battery crossed the Potomac to Harper’s Ferry on a pontoon bridge. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery December 12th.—The enemy have possession of Fredericksburg, and succeeded in crossing a large portion of their force three miles below, on their pontoon bridge. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital A pontoon bridge had been laid across the river and troops of all arms were continually crossing to the south bank. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. Five miles below, at Falling Waters, in a bend of the river, was a ford where a portion of Longstreet's corps was yet to cross on a pontoon bridge. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Here a pontoon bridge had been thrown over, and a double column of troops and a battery of artillery were crossing at the same time. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 A pontoon bridge was immediately laid for the infantry. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery The freshet rendered his pontoon bridge too short, etc. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The river was crossed by a pontoon bridge. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. But the pontoon bridge had not yet been completed. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The second day we crossed the Rappahannock at United States ford on a pontoon bridge. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Crossed the Pamunkey River about four o’clock P. M., on a pontoon bridge. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Under cover of darkness the Italian sappers built a pontoon bridge, and the Bersaglieri crossed and carried the town and the surrounding heights at the point of the bayonet. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The greatest secrecy was observed, and nobody but the guides knew our destination, and we followed them in silence up the shell-pitted road and across the pontoon bridge that spanned the Yser Canal. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade The column here had arrived at the river bank at midnight of September 5, 1914, and at early dawn had begun building the pontoon bridge. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources We crossed the Shenandoah on a pontoon bridge and skirted the mountain under Loudon Heights over the same route south that we had taken on our way in from the Leesburg raid. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 We started out at dusk and followed the familiar paths back down to the engineers' pontoon bridge and then along up the highway in the rear of La Bryke. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The engineers have thrown a pontoon bridge over the river, you see, to a place called Kernville. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The steamboat had a pontoon bridge reaching to the shore. The Vanishing Race Still, under cover of the success of the Eleventh Brigade the engineers built a pontoon bridge at Venizel and the Twelfth Brigade crossed to Bucy-de-Long, with a number of the lighter artillery. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources I crossed the pontoon bridge, which had been laid the morning before under circumstances of the greatest gallantry by Howard's division of our corps. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 However, the South African Railway Pioneer Corps had with extraordinary rapidity thrown a pontoon bridge across the river. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Well, it is a terrible sight and we will hurry through the place and cross to Johnstown flat, over another pontoon bridge further down. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin For two hours I watched scores of natives taking a wash at the large, free bathing ghat near the pontoon bridge. The Critic in the Orient The next minute I barely stifled a yell of delight, for there, staring me in the face, was a sort of pontoon bridge, stretching away into the darkness. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany On July 5th, crossed Tennessee river on pontoon bridge after a weary march over hills and mountains through mud and rain. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Higher up on the other side of the railroad was a new pontoon bridge, built on boats, painted with Uncle Sam's light blue color. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A pontoon bridge, dotted with figures in khaki, crossed a deep pool. Brandon of the Engineers January 27th, before the pontoon bridge at Trichardt's Drift was reached. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland When the pontoon bridge over the river was reached, it was found that the wind and the rush of the current had parted it, and no troops could cross until repairs were made. An Undivided Union A crossing was effected by means of a pontoon bridge constructed by the Engineers. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Lower down the river were the remains of the pontoon bridge destroyed by the rebels. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A great deal of trouble was experienced in completing a pontoon bridge across the Catawba, on account of heavy rains and high waters. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service It left its position among the rocks of Hart's Hollow about 7 a.m. on February 27th, and, moving down the hill through the deserted Boer laager, halted by the pontoon bridge. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland The battalion, followed by its wagons, crossed the pontoon bridge, the boats and the planks were taken up and loaded upon the wagon again, and the troops were ready to march. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. Men had to be found to work the ferry on which, when the pontoon bridge was drawn back, troops and horses were hauled across the Canal. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula The pontoon bridge was at once laid, and being completed soon after dark, the march was continued by night, McMillan, with Beal and Rust, moving six miles to the reversed front to cover the trains. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps They crossed to the south side of the Tennessee on the pontoon bridge at Kelly's ferry, below Chattanooga. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Towards the evening it became quite lively and put a shell through the pontoon bridge. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Another detachment also effected a crossing further up the river in the neighbourhood of Chamigny, but the main body of the 3rd Corps crossed by the pontoon bridge in the early hours of the 10th. 1914 From that date for several days there was a continuous stream of troops crossing the pontoon bridge. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula There he made his crossing on May seventh in common ferry-boats and by a pontoon bridge. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Two divisions were ferried over, and by noon, a pontoon bridge across the Tennessee, fourteen hundred feet long, and another across the West Chickamauga, two hundred feet long, were completed. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service General Hart now received an order to cross early next morning, with three battalions of his brigade, the pontoon bridge, which had been constructed under Hlangwane. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland With a steady tramp the troops crossed, scarcely the slightest motion being perceptible upon the firm double pontoon bridge. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac News came of the general parole; and every sound across the river—every cloud of dust at the pontoon bridge—was the signal for a rush to doorstep and porch. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death That evening Provera threw a pontoon bridge across the Adige at Anghiari, below Legnago, and crossed with a portion of his army. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) His southern camp he moved to Södermalm, from which he built a pontoon bridge to connect it with the west camp now on an island some three or four hundred yards from Stockholm. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa The Division crossed the Tigris by a pontoon bridge that night; our Brigade being in reserve. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 Another pontoon bridge was crossed, bridging the Shenandoah—sparkling on its rocky bed—the Dancing Water, as termed by the Aborigines, with their customary graceful appropriateness. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac I was ordered to cover the ford and protect the pontoon bridge until the head of Burnside's column should reach it. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The Cheshires came last, and we of the Brigade Staff followed them at 4 A.M. through dripping fields and criss-cross hedges, coming across the Scottish Rifles lying asleep near the pontoon bridge. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 Our situation was now extremely dangerous, as the Federals had only to cross on the pontoon bridge a hundred yards from the fort and "gobble us up." The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson We crossed the pontoon bridge from Georgetown, and then, passing by Arlington, we went to a new fort on the main road from the Long Bridge. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. It crossed a pontoon bridge of enormous extent, in the construction of which ninety boats were used, and the length of which was over two thousand feet. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Can you not cover the pontoon bridge with a bridge-head, and hold it so as to preserve the bridge for crossing whenever we get ready to advance? Forty-Six Years in the Army On the morning of February 21, the second day after the occupation of Hlangwane, a pontoon bridge was thrown at a point between that hill and Colenso. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 Sumatra is the first island of the immense pontoon bridge which extends south-eastwards from the Malay Peninsula. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Limbers and cookers joined us about nine, A Company's cooker having fallen overboard in crossing the pontoon bridge but having been extricated without damage. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The pickets of that division formed the half of a circle of about three-fourths of a mile in diameter, the center being at the pontoon bridge, where some earthworks were thrown up. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 But our cavalry was unable to drive that of the enemy back, and hence Hood was free to lay his pontoon bridge and cross his infantry and artillery at any point above Columbia. Forty-Six Years in the Army A pontoon bridge was thrown across the stream; but there were many troops in advance of us, and my brigade did not reach the south side until after one o'clock. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The English brought up three field cannon and under protection of their scattering fire laid a pontoon bridge. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom To be an idler and watch the traffic going to and fro over the pontoon bridge which spans the Limfjord is a delightful way of passing the time. Denmark The picket line extended nearly to the railroad, and, as before, formed a semi-circle, radiating from the pontoon bridge. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The pontoon bridge was destroyed by enemy fire. Winning a Cause World War Stories This afternoon Colonels Stanley, Hobart, and I rode down to the Tennessee to look at the pontoon bridge which has been thrown across the river. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer It was done, as in 1745, by a pontoon bridge of small boats, but the work took till the 29th of June. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The division under Holstein was planted on an eminence on the other side of the river, across which a pontoon bridge was at once thrown. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War The confederates, finding our troops in possession of their pontoon bridge, had set it on fire at the end still held by them; thus all pursuit was for the time cut off. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 At Riga there is a floating pontoon bridge over the Duna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" There were two bridges there, one for the railroad and one a low pontoon bridge. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World We crossed the river by a pontoon bridge, for the Austrians had destroyed the other in their retreat. Italy at War and the Allies in the West We got the dogs and sledges from one piece of ice to another—the whole forming a sort of pontoon bridge. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club On the morning of the 15th, the corps moved to the river side, where it remained while other troops were crossing by ferry and on an immensely long pontoon bridge. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The river behind them could be crossed only on a narrow pontoon bridge. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis One column, headed by sixty chosen men in complete armour, was to cross the bridge and throw a platform over the arch; another to cross by the ford: the third by a pontoon bridge. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick The German fire was deadly, yet though more than half their men fell, the engineers put the pontoon bridge across. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne We drew a long breath, and, reaching the solid ice on the other side of this pontoon bridge, plunged on to the north. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Into this hot, dusty inclosure among the hills, the whole army poured, and as there was only a single pontoon bridge to serve as an outlet, there was of course great delay. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Friday's gale and the rise in the river has scattered our only pontoon bridge, and Heaven knows when another will be ready. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years However, the Engineers soon appeared, and the rest of the Battalion crossed by a pontoon bridge. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Still, under cover of the success of the Eleventh Brigade the engineers built a pontoon bridge at Venizel and the Twelth Brigade crossed to Bucy-de-Long, with a number of the lighter artillery. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne The pontoon bridge at Venizel was completed at 5:30 P.M., when the Tenth Infantry Brigade crossed the river and moved to Bucy le Long. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The line of battle of the corps extended from the pontoon bridge at Franklin's Crossing to the right of the town of Fredericksburgh. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Half-way across the crazy pontoon bridge of ice, the dogs, harnessed to one of the small sleds, became suddenly terrified. A Man's Woman Our track was continued across the pontoon bridge and ran around the west shore of Kite Island. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Buller then determined to transfer the bulk of his force back to the Hlangwhane side of the river over the pontoon bridge by which he had crossed to the left bank three days before. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The entire population, including, of course, the Government of Antwerp, have made their escape across the pontoon bridge which still connects the River Scheldt with the road toward Ghent. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 On Sunday, the 19th, the Sixth corps crossed the pontoon bridge to Virginia, the bands playing "O carry me back." Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 These prisoners were subsequently used as a shelter and protection for a pontoon bridge which the Germans had built across the river, and were so used to prevent the Belgian forts from firing upon it. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 A week later, on Wednesday, the 17th, Lyttelton's brigade crossed by the drift, and Warren's wing of the Army began the passage by a pontoon bridge at Trichardt's or Wagon Drift. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith In view of a retirement, a pontoon bridge was, at Lyttelton's request, thrown across the river under the main ridge. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The construction of a pontoon bridge was at once undertaken, and was completed by 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 After a rapid march, it crossed the pontoon bridge at Germania Ford at ten o'clock. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 These troops crossed the river by the pontoon bridge at Potgieter's on the 3rd and 4th, relieving Lyttelton's Brigade which had been in occupation of the advanced position on the low kopjes. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria If," he wrote to Clarke on the morrow, "I had had a pontoon bridge, the war would be over, and Schwarzenberg's army would no longer exist.... The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) By the evening of February 26 the troops for the main attack had recrossed the Tugela, and the pontoon bridge west of Hlangwhane could now be removed. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans In their despair they prepared to leave the city on foot by crossing the pontoon bridge and marching toward the Dutch frontier. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 If," he wrote to Clarke on the morrow, "I had had a pontoon bridge, the war would be over, and Schwarzenberg's army would no longer exist…. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) We galloped swiftly down to the pontoon bridge, and were about to pass over it, when the General-in-Chief met us. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria He's down yonder somewhere about that pontoon bridge. Westways A reconnaissance, however, caused him to change his mind and to resume the movement at an acute angle by doubling back towards Hlangwhane and crossing the river by a pontoon bridge west of the hill. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans A couple of miles from the cantonment, and the broad Jumna is crossed on a pontoon bridge, the buoys of which are tubular iron floats instead of boats. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A pontoon bridge was thrown across and the cars were taken over to the right bank, where we bivouacked with a machine-gun company and a battalion of native infantry. War in the Garden of Eden At intervals of ten minutes the batteries withdrew in beautiful order and ceremony and defiled across the second pontoon bridge. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria What it saw was Hood’s head-of-column coming over on a pontoon bridge, and a right pretty spectacle it would have been to one whom it did not concern. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 As they heard the news of Cronje's surrender at Paardeberg, they were crossing the newly placed pontoon bridge, and on it they set up a signpost bearing the legend "To Ladysmith." A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans But he had no trains to move his pontoon bridge, nor horses to pull it. History of Kershaw's Brigade The river was rising in one of its periodical floods and we found that the pontoon bridge had been cut half an hour before our arrival. War in the Garden of Eden While these things were passing a new pontoon bridge was being constructed at a bend of the Tugela immediately under the Vaal Krantz ridge, and by five o'clock this was finished. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria One of them now took the floor, pointing out that the class would not have rebuked Prescott for having reported Jordan in the tour of pontoon bridge construction. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps The next day they reached the Potomac near Williamsport, where their pontoon bridge had been destroyed, and looked upon the wide stream of the Potomac, far too deep for fording. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand This force was just opposite the city, having easy access thereto by a military bridge and a pontoon bridge. History of Kershaw's Brigade At the pontoon bridge we were sharply challenged by a sentry. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Deep in its gorge below our feet flowed the Tugela, with the new pontoon bridge visible to the left, just below a fine waterfall. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria There was no possibility of getting across without the assistance of a pontoon bridge. Tent Life in Siberia There were about seven thousand of General Sherman's soldiers camped there, having crossed the Savannah River on a pontoon bridge that they had constructed while enroute from Green Springs Georgia, which they had taken. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives General Longstreet had ordered a pontoon bridge from Richmond, and had determined upon a descent upon Knoxville. History of Kershaw's Brigade We were told that the Potomac was at a high stage, and that we must wait until a pontoon bridge could be laid. Who Goes There? While we were thus occupied the Infantry of Barton's Brigade were marching across the pontoon bridge, turning to their right and filing along the sandy foreshore. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria A pontoon bridge was thrown across the Ohio, and continued there until the siege was ended. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation Itmâd-ud-daulah's Tomb The tomb of Itmâd-ud-daulah, "the Lord High Treasurer," is on the east or left bank of the river, and is reached by crossing the pontoon bridge. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood Lumber was difficult to obtain, so some houses were demolished, and such planks as could be used in the construction of boats were utilized, and a pontoon bridge was soon under way. History of Kershaw's Brigade They were destined for a big pontoon bridge which these men were, with thousands of soldiers, throwing across the stream. In the Claws of the German Eagle A new pontoon bridge was thrown at the angle of the river a mile below Potgieter's, the purpose of which seemed to be to enable the frontal attack to be fully supported. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria All night the Belgians were retreating across the pontoon bridge, and once—it must have been about two or three o'clock—I heard a sound which meant that all was over. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them On the 11th of March the army arrived at Elvas, and on the 15th a pontoon bridge was thrown across the Guadiana. The Young Buglers At this winding of England's noblest river, would he establish a pontoon bridge; the approaches to which he would enfilade, by a battery placed on yonder height. A Love Story Many of the officers in camp who were off duty rode up to examine the scene of the fight, and they were not surprised when they saw the infantry recrossing the pontoon bridge. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader Plan of the Colenso Position In the belief, however, that the enemy were in retreat the General resolved to cross the river at A by a pontoon bridge and follow the railway line. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Henry and I, having no alternative, were obliged to walk from the station to the pontoon bridge, made, Henry said, in one night. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The twenty-foot entrance to that pontoon bridge seemed to me like the mouth of a funnel through which poured the dense misery of an entire nation. The Log of a Noncombatant A very short distance took us to a low-lying pontoon bridge across the stream, and evidently very little higher up than I had struck it. Dracula's Guest I have just heard, Chris, that the pontoon bridge has been successfully thrown across just below the cataract, and that the troops are all crossing. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader On our left the French pressed on, but were prevented by artillery fire from building a pontoon bridge at Soissons. America's War for Humanity Doolittle at Decatur; posted at Stevenson; suffers pontoon bridge to fall into hands of Hood; ordered to Decatur again. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 The retreating Belgian army had blown up that pontoon bridge and with it what then seemed the last hope of escape for the few remaining survivors. The Log of a Noncombatant He could only wait for the waters to subside or for time to improvise a pontoon bridge. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Gibbon's division, about the same time, crossed to the north bank of the river, and the pontoon bridge at Lacy's was taken up. The Campaign of Chancellorsville In their despair they prepared to leave the city on foot by crossing the pontoon bridge and marching towards the Dutch frontier. America's War for Humanity The weather was still intensely cold, and floating ice combined with high water, in the Holston had twice broken the pontoon bridge at Knoxville. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Early in the morning we crossed the Rappahannock on a pontoon bridge and marched up the hill to an open plain. Taken Alive For three days the Polish troops had been occupied building a pontoon bridge, upon which, on the 8th day of September, the allied forces began to cross the Danube. Prince Eugene and His Times He can lay a pontoon bridge, and he has a great artillery to protect it. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide Just about this time a pontoon bridge which had been the means of the Belgian retreat was blown up to prevent pursuit by the Germans. America's War for Humanity It was definitely learned that Hood had taken up the pontoon bridge and gone north. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Across this 350 feet of waterway the Royal Canadian Engineers built within four hours a barrel-pier pontoon bridge capable of carrying heavy batteries. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict There, on the 17th, a pontoon bridge had been erected, and a strong force was thrown over in such a way as to turn the right of the trenches in front of Potgieter's. The Great Boer War We are to have a drill in building a pontoon bridge across the river tomorrow, and I will order it thrown across the stream at the point where your airship went down. Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds The English troops advanced in their concentrated formation in single line; their left wing occupied the Shah Dara plantations and the pontoon bridge across the river Ravi that flows close to Lahore. The Coming Conquest of England On the 21st we pressed on to Brunswick Ferry, and saved part of the pontoon bridge there which the enemy had not been able to destroy completely. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Immediately under it there was also a pontoon bridge. North America — Volume 2 While the attention of the Boers was being concentrated upon the Lancashire men, a pontoon bridge was suddenly thrown across the river at a place called Munger's Drift, some miles to the eastward. The Great Boer War Toward the close of the afternoon General Howard's division, to which I belong, crossed the pontoon bridge whose building had cost us more than one gallant soldier. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp When Heideck had reached the southern end of the plantations, a regiment of Bengal cavalry was just crossing the pontoon bridge, and Heideck joined it. The Coming Conquest of England The rebels had partially destroyed their pontoon bridge, but from the creek I got several boats, and have put a regiment over on the island. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Nightfall found the position unchanged, save that another pontoon bridge had been constructed during the day. The Great Boer War On February 21st Buller threw his pontoon bridge over the river near Colenso, and the same evening his army began to cross. The Great Boer War On that road bridge and on the pontoon bridge at Norval's Pont Lord Roberts's army was for a whole month dependent for their supplies. The Great Boer War Clements's brigade followed on March 4th, and succeeded in the course of a week in throwing a pontoon bridge over the river and crossing into the Orange Free State. The Great Boer War The enemy made efforts to destroy the pontoon bridge by sending down logs and rafts from above. 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