0 (of soldiers or military aircraft) to get information about an area or the size and position of enemy forces
Is it not asking too much of residencies, however, to reconnoiter each summer to adjust to new residents of unknown skills and temperaments?
Immediate preparations were made to attack the fort, as one of the officers had reconnoitered its strength.
The main body moves slowly forward after reconnoitering has commenced, without any order, and only passing whatever ground has been rendered secure by the reconnoiterers.
The two clambered out and reconnoitered for help.
But that peak was as good as any for reconnoitering the surrounding country, was higher than any other within several miles, in fact.
He went up on the shoulder of the man who was to watch outside the rear wall, and straddled the wall for a brief reconnoiter.
It was just before midnight when they swung down out of the sky to reconnoiter the ice jam.
They descended, reconnoitered the corridor carefully, and retraced their steps.