onfall

Example Sentences

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Another onfall we may withstand, but they are many and we are few, so that the time must come when we can no longer form line across the hill.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

None the less I hoped in my heart that his secret tidings of the Burgundian onfall had not come through a priest, and namely a cordelier.

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

Such a purpose as the trapping of the King by a secret and sudden onfall was the mere commonplace of Scottish politics.

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew

Who ever saw a camp so exposed to an onfall?

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Wogan came too late for that pretty onfall at Prestonpans, but he marched south with the Prince's forces, riding again the old roads from Carlisle to Lancaster and Preston.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew