Translation for "close-columned" to spanish
Translation examples
Far out upon the desert, three squadrons of the Halfa Camel Corps were coming up in a dense close column, which wheeled beautifully into a widespread semicircle as it approached. The Arabs were caught between two fires.
Muy lejos, al fondo del desierto, avanzaban en columna cerrada tres escuadrones del Cuerpo de Camelleros de Halfa, que conforme fueron acercándose maniobraron espléndidamente, extendiéndose en un ancho semicírculo, con lo que los árabes quedaban encerrados entre dos fuegos.
The Etruscan commanders spent their days training the soldiers to fight breast to breast in a closed column, and although the mercenaries at first gathered around us to laugh and jeer at our efforts, their commanders soon became ambitious and ordered their own troops into training.
Los capitanes etruscos pasaban el día enseñando a sus soldados a luchar hombro con hombro en columna cerrada. Aunque al principio los mercenarios se reían de nuestro esfuerzo, sus jefes, impulsados por un deseo de emulación, no tardaron en decidir que a sus tropas tampoco les vendría mal adiestrarse.
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