Everybody is aware how scrupulously France avoided every hostile measure, and, during the critical days preceding the war, withdrew all troops ten kilometres from the frontier to prevent a clash.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
He was conscious of a curious thrill as he watched and listened to that clash of stupendous forces.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
When the clash and rattle of the binder began again she lay still for a long time beneath the sheaves.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss