onfall

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That saw Face-of-god and Hall-ward and War-well, and other wise leaders of men, and they bade their folk forbear the chase, and lock their ranks to meet the onfall of this new wave of foemen. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Now, as they were devising together, some for, some against, for men-at-arms not a few had fallen in the onfall, there came the sound of horses’ hoofs, and lo!

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

“You shall hear how the onfall goes, belike,” they said, “and to-morrow shall be your judgment.”

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

The onfall and sally of the earler evangelistic campaigns are now aided by the investment and siege of educational and medical work.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville