escalade

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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.

An attempt to escalade the fortress was made, under the guidance of a native goat-herd.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

For escalade they used ladders fixed on wheeled platforms; but the most important means of attack against a high wall were the movable towers of wood.

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

Impatient, however, of the delay of his fleet, which was detained by the weather, he determined not to wait for the artillery, but to attempt to carry the fort by escalade.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

The assailants had no heavy artillery, nor any material for escalade; but they had money, and gold proved a better battering-train than lead.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James