onfall
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He was "the fighting general" of Soult's army, famous for the rough energy of his character and the fierceness of his onfall.
From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett
The allusion is to that onfall upon the reformers, Cranmer, Latimer, &c., which had escaped from Milton's pen in 1642 to the great grief of his friends.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
Who ever saw a camp so exposed to an onfall?
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
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 Andrew Lang
"Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed as he saw the tremendous onfall of the cavalrymen upon his helpless infantry, "how terrible are those gray horsemen!"
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Cyrus Townsend Brady
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