cheval de frise造句

• They first prepared a " cheval de frise " to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson and outflanking the American position.
• The " knife rest " or " Spanish rider " is a modern wire obstacle functionally similar to the cheval de frise, and sometimes called that.
• It has been proposed that the stakes were lashed in pairs at intervals along a log or beam to form a " Cheval de frise ".
• The cheval de frise was adapted in New York and Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War as a defensive measure installed in rivers to prevent upriver movement by enemy ships.
• Finally if the walls were breached, they could either place obstacles in the breach, for example a cheval de frise to hinder a forlorn hope, or construct a coupure.
• At the onset of the Attack on Fort Mahone, the 39th New Jersey was charged with leading the assault and hacking through the enemy's defenses including the Cheval de frise.