1895 Western Mail (Cardiff) 12 Aug. 5/4 In face of the somewhat arduous work which the men had to undergo at Porthcawl, it would only have been natural that some of them should not have been in a fit condition yesterday morning to resume their ‘foot-slogging,’ as they somewhat expressively term the march.

1921 E. R. G. R. Evans South with Scott vi. 89 There were people who preferred foot-slogging to ski at any time.

1967 Guardian 3 Dec. 31/3 Readers..who wisely decide to cut out the foot slogging can order by post from a number of excellent shops.

2009 A. Casty Communism in Hollywood 86 The repeated favorite sayings are shown as a way of coping with..an endless repetition of foot-slogging and dying.

1898 E. A. H. Alderson Mounted Infantry Mashonaland xiv. 222 The Natal Troop, who were to escort the Colonel, had taken their boots off, and exchanged them for the ‘remnants’ of their foot-slogging friends.

1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 98/3 Their speed..was not that of foot-slogging infantry but of motorized columns.

1969 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 9 The Chinese had used chariots long before this, but apparently their former foot-slogging rivals along the frontier had now taken to the horse.

2008 D. L. Lewis God's Crucible vii. 178 The Frankish military establishment continued to depend primarily on its infantry of stolid, foot-slogging freemen and peasants.