onfall
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Such were the evil tidings, which put me in sore fear for my brother Robin, one that, in such an onfall, would go far, as beseemed his blood.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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 Andrew Lang
"Aye," nodded Sir Benedict, "and shall march south to cut off our retreat if haply any of us escape Sir Rollo's onfall."
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
The onfall and sally of the earler evangelistic campaigns are now aided by the investment and siege of educational and medical work.
From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Grenville Kleiser
We all made quite sure that the bridges would be built during the night, so that with the dawn the infantry could begin to cross and make an immediate onfall.
From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Churchill
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