onfall
Example Sentences
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"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
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
On January 6th the Boers delivered their great assault upon Ladysmith—an onfall so gallantly made and gallantly met that it deserves to rank among the classic fights of British military history.
From The Great Boer War by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
