Example Sentences for flank. 1  He was waiting for the Bulgarians to take the Serbians in flank and in rear. 2  And he slapped the lines down on the mare's flank and jogged off through the dust. 3  The troops which opposed him were on that day supposed to be the flank guard of the enemy which was attacking the 5th French Army.
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. When mentioned together, they are known as the Twin Cities, Bloomington-Normal, B-N, Blo-No, or BNorm.
Illinois' first state capitol was located in Kaskaskia, but in 1820 the state decided that it should be moved. Carlyle lost to Vandalia by one vote. In 1824, the State of Illinois created Clinton County by carving it out of Washington, Bond, and Fayette counties. Carlyle was to be the county seat should land be donated for this purpose. Charles Slade donated 20 acres (8.1 ha) of property so that the county seat would be located in Carlyle.