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Surprises by Ambuscade. The term ambus- cade comes from a word in the low Latin, copied by tlu. F Spanish and Italian languages, f and signifies in ilu: woods ; in fact, wooded places are favorable for this kind of operation. * De la guerre, traduction Keuens, t. Iii. , p. 300. T In low Latin, cmboscata, in Spanish, emboscada, in Italian, imbosca- According to the translator of Santa-Cruz, the Spaniards in the last itury said erribosques, and losque in their language signifies a wood. 358 MINOR... OPERATIONS. The purpose of an ambuscade may be to capture a post, a cantonment, a patrol, a drove of cattle, or a convoy of military stores or merchandise ; or to seize upon some of the inhabitants, especially an important personage (a prince, general, ambassador, bearer of dispatches, etc. ) ; sometimes, also, to make a recon- noissance, or, again, to fall upon a troop, which is either on a march or already engaged in a combat. The composition of the corps charged with an am- buscade requires the most minute attention.
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