Route Marching

It was the band of the Mavericks playing the regiment to camp; for the men were route-marching with their baggage. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I will run a bath, the sort of bath my grandfather used to dream about, route-marching across the weary roads of France in 1916, and in this warm, wet place I will execute myself. ❋ Mackay, Colin (2003)

The men were paraded, and then sent route-marching, which they much enjoyed. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Extended manœuvres were impracticable in this well-fenced agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, visual training, etc. ❋ John W. [Editor] Arthur (N/A)

Russians, out route-marching, had walked across the bowling-screen at ❋ Unknown (1928)

The first of the route-marching that the Castle garrison practiced on occasional, bright spring mornings was always a delightful surprise to the small boys and dogs of Edinburgh. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

Indeed, so much did he enjoy column of route that when off duty with two or three other horses he would play at route-marching, taking up a position in Indian file and avoiding any sort of arrangement which brought him abreast of his companions. ❋ Various (1898)

He was never more happy than when route-marching; never more unhappy than when compelled to break out of the line. ❋ Various (1898)

The body has been disciplined by drill, exercises, route-marching, and the like. ❋ John Hasloch Potter (1891)

Oh! it's a fine change from knocking about in barracks and cantonments, drilling and route-marching and sweating your soul out. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Here you've all been form-fouring and two deeping and route-marching for two years or so, and looking highly military in your grey-green uniforms, while the authorities stood by and persuaded themselves you didn't exist; and at last somebody comes along -- " ❋ Various (N/A)