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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

At six o'clock the Versaillese, not daring, in spite of their numbers, to escalade the enceinte, cannonaded the large gate of the cemetery, which soon gave way, notwithstanding the barricade propping it.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

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 Count Helmuth

And three more squads of 'em missing, sir—looted, your honour's arternoon by means of escalade t'other side party-wall.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

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

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 Robert Black

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

From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray

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 S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

They collided with terrific force and, telescoping being out of the question since both were loaded with minerals, escaladed each other in Eiffel-tower fashion.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas

Can you imagine the shouts, the apostrophes, the threats, the whole Assembly rising en masse, the tribune escaladed and with difficulty guarded by the ushers!

From Napoleon the Little by Victor Hugo

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 Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

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 William Walton

It was this Yorinobu who won such fame by escalading the castle of Taira Tadatsune and who established his family's footing in the Kwanto.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

General Schoedde’s brigade, however, was received by a hot fire of guns, jingalls, and matchlocks, and in consequence he gave orders for immediately escalading the walls.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

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 Bret Harte