लागर,

laager's Usage Examples:

fearing a repeat of Isandlwana, Chelmsford ensured his men spent much time laagering and entrenching their camp at the end of each day.

(Afrikaans: drif, Dutch: drift) at which a Boer commando laagered during the Mapoch War of 1882; a laager is laer in Afrikaans.

A laager, also known as a wagon fort.

Cronjé then inadvisedly decided to form a laager and dig in on the banks of the Modder river.

wagons would force the wagons into an open column, instead of an enclosed laager as successfully employed defensively at Veglaer on 12 August 1838.

his men by Dingane and the subsequent Zulu attacks on the Voortrekker laagers in Natal, commandos led by Uys and Potgieter rode to their aid.

About 300 men set up defenses in two laagers.

field for up to seven days, hunting SWAPO cadres by day and forming open laagers by night.

defensive wagon fort, or laager.

They were divided into two laagers - one at Sand Spruit and one and Botha"s Farm.

Neither wagon laagers nor trenches would be used, to convince both the Zulus and critics that.

In the hot weather, conditions in the laager were poor.

guidance for the British campaign—he advised the use of Boer tactics, making laagers at every stop and constantly scouting ahead—but refused Frere"s request.

Synonyms:

cantonment, encampment, camp, lager, bivouac,

Antonyms:

tasteful,