onfall

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Look you, this onfall and stratagem of war may not miscarry. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

"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 Farnol, Jeffery

Was there not some fashion of onfall at Bridport?'

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

Was it not at the onfall at Nurnberg, when I led the right and you the left wing of the heavy horse?'

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

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