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laa·ger [ˈlɑ:gəʳ, Am -ɚ] N esp SA hist

laager (safe place)

laager (camp)

laager (surrounded by wagons)

Wagenburg f hist

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All the patrols were called back into the laager by firing alarm signals from the cannons. en.wikipedia.org

No laager (circling of the wagons) was formed. en.wikipedia.org

A palisade blocked the hundred yards between the kraal and redoubt, while four 7-pounders were positioned between the redoubt and the laager to cover the northern approaches. en.wikipedia.org

To secure his right flank, he arranged the supply wagons in a defensive laager, a circular formation to provide cover to the men. en.wikipedia.org

Two companies were sited in the redoubt; another company occupied the cattle kraal and the remaining infantry manned the laager. en.wikipedia.org

However, more and more swarmed on to the glacis between the cliff and the defenders, funnelling into the gap between the kraal and laager. en.wikipedia.org

You're having kept people in laager prison camp for years and years, having deprived them of their freedom. www.abc.net.au

Regardless of the inefficiencies of their policies, swart gevaar was enough of a threat to drive the majority of the white electorate into the laager. www.news24.com

The laager was sited on a 300-foot ridge running roughly west-east. en.wikipedia.org

The wider community often see refugees as something outside the laager. www.eurekastreet.com.au

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