They accordingly fell back upon Altkirch, to intrench a few miles beyond their own border.
The only security, therefore, for the Greeks, would be to fall back and intrench themselves at Thermopylæ.
Grant now turned his attention towards Petersburg, but Lee was there before him and intrenched, so the Union army had to intrench.
The thing for these targets to do, they knew, was to intrench and begin to return the infantry and automatics' fire.
Fannin was to intrench at Victoria, on the Guadalupe, and await further orders.
