[Ads-l] ambush 'a surprise military attack'

[Peter Reitan]

"Aerial ambush" 1914. German Zeppelins over Antwerp.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746220/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/
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Yes!  I can just picture it:  the Japanese fleet cunningly hides behind some
bushes while the island of Oahu stumbles into the ambush kill zone.
Dave Hause

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2019 2:58 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: ambush 'a surprise military attack'

2019 http://cinemalogue.com/2019/11/08/midway/  :
The film starts with the ambush at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

I posted an ex. of the corresponding verb in 2016.  I seem to recall some
skepticism....

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