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Here again the defenders had not waited for the escalade, and this lunette, too, was immediately prepared for being held.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

The first necessity for the wall was height, to give security against escalade.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

While this was going on, a fresh body of Turks, bursting into the ditch, through a breach in the counterscarp, endeavored to carry the fortress by escalade.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

An attempt to escalade the fortress was made, under the guidance of a native goat-herd.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

For escalade they used ladders fixed on wheeled platforms; but the most important means of attack against a high wall were the movable towers of wood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

It was a formidable-looking place, with a deep ditch in front, and strong palisades, which must be pulled down or escaladed before it could be entered.

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.

But the walls did not give to the citizens all the security they desired; the ramparts might be battered down, escaladed, or the gates burst open.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Fifty men had escaladed the wall before the alarm spread through the town; a gate was soon burst to permit the entrance of Count Maurice with a body of cavalry.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

Suppose, having escaladed the outer wall, the miscreants take a fancy to storm the castle?

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Meanwhile the first column under Nicholson escaladed the breaches near the Cashmere gate, and pushed along the ramparts toward the Kabul gate, carrying the several bastions in the way.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

“Well?” said the sergeant, as the man descended by means of the broken wash-stand and chair, which had been used for escalading purposes.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

I caused a sloping picket fence, technically called a fraise, to be projected over the parapet on my side of the work, as an obstacle against an escalading party.

From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner

This was not discovered till the assaulting party arrived without bridges, and with nothing but escalading ladders, which they attempted to use as bridges.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

They had a forward rake to increase by the overhang the difficulty of escalading them.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

About 8 o'clock in the evening of June 3, 1916, the Germans attempted to surprise the fortress at the southeast by escalading the ravine which cuts the bank of the Meuse near Damloup.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)