Reconnaître

An officer sent forward to reconnaître, returned with the intelligence that they were British troops, for he had seen their red uniforms.

His cavalry, whom he sent out to reconnaître close to Hawley’s camp, brought word that they could see no appearance of movement.

To reconnaître the enemy’s camp.

[…] to reconnaître the sites where the clays are to be found, through their possible relation with bauxite sediments.

It is a well known fact that Lapps can fall into trances in order to reconnaître how things and human beings are in distant places.

if it is true,...., that the orders contained information concerning certain positions from which the British warships might have been fired at, it cannot be deduced therefrom that the vessels had received orders to reconnaître Albanian coastal defences

At the same time, the rescue vessel should reconnaître the area around the wreck to see if there are any obstructions which might hamper the boat.

Having arrived at Libourne, instead of going straight to the Refuge as originally planned, she’d decided it was best to reconnaître the surroundings at different times of the day.