The two British columns approached from the west at nearly a right angle to the allied line.
As the mounted column approached the soldier's camp, a sentry shouted, "Who goes there?"
At a given signal all the columns closed and approached the throne.
Campbell's column approached along a road that ran parallel to the eastern wall of the garden.
The Americans abandoned the fort as his column approached.
A column of dwarves, more than a score, hailed them and approached.
Two other columns had already entered the city and were approaching the palace together.
A long yellow-brown column of marchers was approaching the city from the south.
A second column of 25 T-34 tanks approached the Task Force within an hour.
Around 2000 a column of North Korean tanks and infantry approached the town from the east.