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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
accoutred
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
all
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
away
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
bastion
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
blue
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
bright
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
buckle
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
capture
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
chardon
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
chosen
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
crampiron
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
dawn
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
daybreak
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
de
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
DENIS
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From this reading DENIS!
disarmed
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
effect
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
fer
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
front
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
gates
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
half-an-hour
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
Hepburn
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
hundred
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
keen
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
Lesly
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
lightly
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
lodgment
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
looking
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
Louise
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
made
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
means
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
men
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
MONTJOIE
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From this reading MONTJOIE ST.
moon
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
mustered
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
out
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
preparations
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
rain
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
Ramsay
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
regiments
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
Scottish
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
shoe
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
sky
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
ST
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From this reading MONTJOIE ST.
stars
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
storm
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
strapped
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
supplied
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
tents
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
there
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
three
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
town
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
volunteers
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From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
walls
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From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Next morning, before daybreak, preparations were made to capture the disarmed bastion, and to effect a lodgment under the walls and town gates.
wet
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From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rain and wind had passed away, and the keen, bright stars were looking out of the blue sky; but there was no moon, and half-an-hour before dawn, three hundred chosen men of the Scottish regiments of Hepburn, Ramsay, and Lesly--one hundred from each--mustered in front of their wet tents, to storm the Bastion de Louise.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were all volunteers, lightly accoutred, and supplied each with the _chardon de fer_, or crampiron, which was strapped over the shoe by means of a buckle.
