Synonyms:
Marche, Marches
Meaning: a region in central Italy
Usage examples
Vespasian, When He Had Taken The City Gadaea Marches To Jotapata.
Placidus Attempts To Take Jotapata And Is Beaten Off. Vespasian Marches Into Galilee.
"To the Folk of Beethorpe--Greeting from the High and Mighty Lord, Mortimer of the Marches:
Lord Mortimer of the Marches sat his horse with the same austere indifference, his melancholy profile against the fading sky.
We have two full days' food left, and though our position is uncertain, we are certainly within two outward marches from the middle glacier depot.
Although I was quartermaster sergeant of the regiment, I was always careful that this should not keep me away from the command when enduring hard marches or when engagements were coming on.
And the day comes at last, when, summoning all its waters to the attack, it makes a breach in the great earth wall, and in a strong, grand column, as high as this room, marches away towards the sea.
In our flight, we little folks were strapped in the saddles or held in front of an older person, and in the long night marches to get away from the soldiers, we suffered from loss of sleep and insufficient food.
If we get to the next depot in a few marches (it is now less than 60 miles and we have a full week's food) we ought to be able to open out a little, but we can't look for a real feed till we get to the pony food depot.
He thus gave her accounts at fifteen paces of his experiences in camp, in quarters, in Flanders, and elsewhere; of the difference between line and column, of forced marches, billeting, and such-like, together with his hopes of promotion.