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M. Thiers, again caught, forwarded all the gear for an escalade, and several detachments were directed towards the Point du Jour, while the army held itself in readiness to follow.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

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

Seizing one of the axes, I attacked the lower rigging vigorously, cutting through shrouds, slings, braces, and halyards, everything that came within reach, thus making my position secure from escalade.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

He stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

When the increasing height of walls made escalade too difficult, other means of attack had to be invented.

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

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)

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

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

For facing us were the mountain heights, which had to be escaladed before we could leave the river gulch.

From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by Morrison, George Ernest

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.

This court, moreover, was entirely hemmed in by a wall, which, if successfully escaladed, would lead us to the parade ground of the chateau.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz

"When you promised me—" stammered Nicky-Nan, escalading the stairs and holding his staff before him as if storming a breach.

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It might be thought that this manner of building offered considerable facilities to an escalading enemy.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

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

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

The walls of the peaceful Mission garden and the warlike presidio were alike lost in the escalading vines or leveled by the pushing boughs of gnarled pear and olive trees that now surmounted them.

From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret

He was a fortress that required to be stormed, but there was considerable local curiosity about him, so that by-and- by escalading parties were formed, some of which were partly successful.

From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund