| 单词 | escalade |
| 例句 | Seizing one of the axes, I attacked the lower rigging vigorously, cutting through shrouds, slings, braces, and halyards, everything that came within reach, thus making my position secure from escalade. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z An attempt to escalade the fortress was made, under the guidance of a native goat-herd. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The position was of great strength, and would have been an ugly place to carry by escalade. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In the reign of Queen Mary this stronghold was taken by an escalade. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The Spaniards, certain of an escalade, at night brought down the great eighteen pound ship guns of the fort to the side of the island looking towards the land, and left the sea-shore almost defenceless. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z By this time the freebooters had won the drawbridge, and, displaying their colours on the edge of the ditch, demanded means for the escalade. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Fatah sought out his young brother, Dost Mohammed, gave him in charge to a trusty adherent, fixed an income for his support, and marched away to besiege Qandhar, which he took by escalade. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z They had a forward rake to increase by the overhang the difficulty of escalading them. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Only Antioch, the ancient capital of the land, held out, and Antioch also was taken in the winter by escalade, through the daring of an officer named Burtzes. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Against this has been set an optimistic evolution, pictured like an escalade with resident forces lifting the world to better days. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z His strength, daring and activity fitted him to shine in operations largely composed of night marches, escalades, surprises and hand-to-hand combats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z An attempt had been made to carry them by escalade, but it had failed; General Bowes, who led the attacking party, with several officers and men, having fallen in the attempt. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z The escalade of masonry escarpments eighteen feet high can never be successful without much preparation. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The Duke of Normandy pressed him sorely, so that the French looked likely to take the town by escalade. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z At six o'clock the Versaillese, not daring, in spite of their numbers, to escalade the enceinte, cannonaded the large gate of the cemetery, which soon gave way, notwithstanding the barricade propping it. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z This was done next day, the fort being carried by escalade, and its garrison of two hundred men made prisoners; and on the day following, all the reserves from Tournay came up. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The first necessity for the wall was height, to give security against escalade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Here again the defenders had not waited for the escalade, and this lunette, too, was immediately prepared for being held. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z It had finally been decided to carry the town by escalade, and this was to be attempted during the first snow-storm, such as that which finally came on this night preceding Sunday, December 31st. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z For it is according to eternal fitness, that the precipitated Titan should still seek to regain his paternal birthright even by fierce escalade. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He stopped suddenly, and gazed for a moment at the riband on the top of the escalade. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 These provided flanking fire along the front; they also afforded refuges for the garrison in case of a successful escalade, and from them the platform could be enfiladed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Soissons, with its walls about 26 feet high, had complete immunity from escalade, and the damming of the Crise brook made it unassailable on the south. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z “Well?” said the sergeant, as the man descended by means of the broken wash-stand and chair, which had been used for escalading purposes. A Little World I had seen the first surprise about the empty mail gig which had been escaladed by the murderers of poor Harry Foster. Deep Moat Grange Here they overflowed in dusty cataracts, and tottered upward in crazy escalades and tremulous piles. Sinister Street, vol. 2 When the increasing height of walls made escalade too difficult, other means of attack had to be invented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z They had some small pieces of artillery and were firing on the cavalry and on those engaged in making the escalade. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 "I so did, sir—same being in the act o' scaling wall—taking my lady's garden by escalade as ye might say." Our Admirable Betty A Romance He was the same composed and self-possessed being in a besieged garrison, in the moment of a threatened escalade, as amongst his cronies by a winter fire-side. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The assailants had no heavy artillery, nor any material for escalade; but they had money, and gold proved a better battering-train than lead. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) 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. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The escalade was managed by means of a ruined tree which projected from the wall. The Unveiling of Lhasa Moreover, he felt that escalade hardly became either his age or habit of body. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion He determined, therefore, to attempt to carry the place by escalade. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools “What! are you certain of this?” cried he, eagerly; “is there not one side on which escalade is possible?” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 But their artillery was too light to make any impression on the fortifications, the fire from which cut their fascines to pieces and dismounted their guns; so Montgomery determined to carry the works by escalade. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 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. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 When once the trenches are pushed a little further, then with a resolute escalade, we shall be there.' Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna After this, a reinforcement of four hundred men arriving at their camp, their courage revived, and the castle of Babylon was taken by escalade. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant A thousand men,—detachments from the 1st Fusiliers, the 15th Regiment, and the 2nd Panjab Infantry—under Nicholson himself, were to storm the breach in the Kashmir bastion, and escalade the walls. Barclay of the Guides On these are built prodigious bastions and stone walls, with embrasures and loop-holes, so that any approach by assault or escalade was impossible. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment While this was going on, a fresh body of Turks, bursting into the ditch, through a breach in the counterscarp, endeavored to carry the fortress by escalade. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 In spite of this gallantry it proved impossible to capture the castle by escalade, and Albuquerque ordered a retreat to Goa. Rulers of India: Albuquerque They dashed forward more furiously than ever to escalade the wall. Happy Days for Boys and Girls There was a crowd of about thirty or forty men in the lane outside, but only about half-a-dozen had had the courage to make the escalade of the wall. Barclay of the Guides The enemy, with some reason, conceived that this occupation of the town was but a preparatory step to an entry by escalade into their fort. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment But, through some mismanagement, they were not worked; and the assailants were allowed to reach the foot of the bastion, which they prepared to carry by escalade. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Nevertheless Albuquerque determined to assault the place by escalade. Rulers of India: Albuquerque Citizens and refugees refused to admit a royal garrison, and foiled the attempt to capture the place by escalade. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 When he came to the 113 scene of Harry’s escalade, his eye was at once arrested by a broken rose-bush and marks of trampling on the mould. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) It might be thought that this manner of building offered considerable facilities to an escalading enemy. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 While the work of death was going on in this quarter, a vigorous attempt was made in another to carry the fortress by escalade. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 “An escalade, as you can now see for yourselves, has taken place.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) The outer walls were surrounded by a deep fosse and "frasing" which rendered it secure from escalade. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 About 8 o'clock in the evening of June 3, 1916, the Germans attempted to surprise the fortress at the southeast by escalading the ravine which cuts the bank of the Meuse near Damloup. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The third division, by escalade, at the castle; a brigade of the fifth division, by escalade, at the opposite side of the town; while the fourth and light divisions were to storm the breaches. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 This was not discovered till the assaulting party arrived without bridges, and with nothing but escalading ladders, which they attempted to use as bridges. General Gordon A Christian Hero He was one of the three men, who, during the night entered by escalade the chateau which Don Fabian’s mother never again beheld. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora By entering one of these, active and determined men might clear the wall by a fire of musketry from the upper windows, and then make an escalade. The Red True Story Book The situation of Marcellus was critical, when, by a fortunate escalade of the walls, left unguarded at a festival, the Romans were enabled to take possession of a strong position within the walls. Ancient States and Empires The Goths who were resisting the escalade, threw down their arms when they were attacked from behind. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As for military escalades, the author extols the ladder of Bois-Rosé, so called from the captain who surprised Fécamp in former days by climbing up the cliff. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life We also heard that ladders had been provided for parties to escalade our walls. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 He resumed the escalade, his rhythm knocked cockeyed. A Matter of Proportion This done, they proceeded to storm Fort Amsterdam, which, though strongly garrisoned, was carried in about ten minutes, one party breaking open the sea-gate with crowbars, while another escaladed the walls. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Suddenly a row of blue lights appeared along the walls, illuminating the place, and showing that the Afghans were manning them in expectation of an escalade. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign This court, moreover, was entirely hemmed in by a wall, which, if successfully escaladed, would lead us to the parade ground of the chateau. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver I caused a sloping picket fence, technically called a fraise, to be projected over the parapet on my side of the work, as an obstacle against an escalading party. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Now, since the first telling of these Red Cap Tales, the Scott shelf in the library has been taken by storm and escalade. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North He, altogether military in gait, with his shoulders squared to the utmost, marched upstairs as if he were heading an assault by escalade. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea The ships kept up a continued cannonade during the day and the following night, and on the 29th it was determined to make a grand attack by escalade on the east wall of the city. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign Then at a given signal, in a sudden escalade, the besiegers broke over the walls, each to receive a kiss and a rose as prize of victory. The Counts of Gruyère Three or four blows of an axe would have made a broad entrance for an escalading party. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Again the escalade began:—the Knights rolled huge blocks of masonry on the crowded throng below; when they got within arms’ reach the scimitar was no match for the long two-handed swords of the Christians. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Between each gingall was a small hole in the parapet which held an earthen vessel filled with slaked lime, ready to be flung in the faces of an enemy attempting to escalade the walls. The Three Admirals No less than fifteen men of the sappers carrying the pontoon-bridge were struck down, and the French who had pushed on were unable to escalade the walls. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign This body then made their way through the suburbs, to escalade the city walls. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign But be well on your guard, for, depend upon it, they will try to surprise you to-night, and come prepared with ladders of some kind for the escalade.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea They had brought a ladder from the shore, apparently provided for such an emergency, and placed it against the wall, with a view to an escalade. Doom Castle “We shall soon tumble those fellows over if they make the attempt to escalade the walls,” said Tom. The Three Admirals With a large body of chosen men he attempted its escalade. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure General Schoedde’s brigade, however, was received by a hot fire of guns, jingalls, and matchlocks, and in consequence he gave orders for immediately escalading the walls. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Can you imagine the shouts, the apostrophes, the threats, the whole Assembly rising en masse, the tribune escaladed and with difficulty guarded by the ushers! Napoleon the Little Beaten back by Annapla's punch-bowl from their escalade, the assailants rallied to a call from their commander, and abandoned, for the time at least, their lawless enterprise. Doom Castle It was a formidable-looking place, with a deep ditch in front, and strong palisades, which must be pulled down or escaladed before it could be entered. The Three Admirals Parnell's company immediately began the escalade of the cliffs. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure He described those fortifications as having wide, deep ditches, with palisades, which would prevent the escalade of the works. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The vigilance of months was rendered worthless by that amazing night escalade. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes For facing us were the mountain heights, which had to be escaladed before we could leave the river gulch. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma There was more frequent firing upon the town, and feints were made with ladders and ropes for escalades at different points. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Hence Rodolphe was completely crushed when he perceived this local arrangement, which put to naught his poetical project of an escalade. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Before long he recovered strength and activity to achieve some tall climbing after rare plants among the rocks and crags, which would have gained him great credit in an escalade. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters But on the extreme right Picton with the third division was to cross the Rivillas and escalade the castle, whose walls rose time-stained and grim, from eighteen to twenty-four feet high. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes I moved with all the force I had against the fort, discharged many guns against the walls, made a feigned attempt at escalade; and in the midst of the confusion Aman Sing was killed. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II These are adapted to offence and defence, with and against the effects of bombs, balls, escalades, he. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Besides, supposing that we had even taken the Lower Town by escalade, we would not have been further advanced. The Campaign of 1760 in Canada A Narrative Attributed to Chevalier Johnstone At the time of the engagement, the south and west fronts were finished; the other fronts were only seven feet high, but surmounted by thick planks, to be tenable against escalade. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence Practically the whole force was to be engaged, divided into three columns—one to enter by the Kashmir gate, the second by the Lahore gate, and the third was to attempt an escalade. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief See in what a great leap of the heart you spring with the forlorn hope up the escalade! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 "When you promised me—" stammered Nicky-Nan, escalading the stairs and holding his staff before him as if storming a breach. Nicky-Nan, Reservist No: a revolution in ideas and in prejudices is not made with that rapidity; it moves gradually; it does not escalade. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) After many unsuccessful attempts to take it by escalade, he bought over part of the garrison, and made himself master of the place. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The remainder of his troops diverged a little to the right to escalade the breach in the Kashmir bastion. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief A thick vine, probably an ivy, covered the front of the tower, and George attempted to make the escalade by climbing. The Touchstone of Fortune In safety, afar off, you may batter down a fortress; but at your peril you essay to carry a single turret by escalade. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Both will attempt an escalade by surprise, at the moment when the first cannon-shot is fired. The Forty-Five Guardsmen The time of Louis XV. furnished examples of none but secondary expeditions, unless we except that of Richelieu against Minorca, which was very glorious as an escalade, but less extraordinary as a descent. The Art of War At Cardevola, the enemy had two forts, which were carried by escalade. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Immediately afterwards, the enemy endeavoured to take the fort by escalade, but were repulsed with great slaughter. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I think the Ameers acted very wisely, as it could easily be taken by escalade. Campaign of the Indus A vigorous escalade, however, gained the base court, and the sharp fire of the French arquebusiers drove the bowmen into the square keep, or dungeon, of the fortress. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 It is an escalade, but an escalade of good. The Man Who Laughs The cart on my right, defended by George, was escaladed by three wolves, one of which was immediately disabled by a thrust of the vigorous old man's pike. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Twice afterwards, Raju made repeated attempts to carry the place by escalade, but was both times repulsed with much slaughter. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time They are also distinctly represented on the towers of Aden, in the contemporary print of the escalade in 1514, reproduced in this volume. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 It appeared that the savages had twisted lariats into long cords, fastened rude grapples to the end of them, flung them from the wall below the Casa, and so made their daring escalade. Overland He escaladed the path, left it, returned to it, quick and venturous. The Man Who Laughs Slow trees and ripening meadows For me go roaring by, A living charge, a struggle To escalade the sky. The Wild Knight and Other Poems Assault succeeded assault: the Duke of Crillon himself escaladed the ramparts to capture the English flag which floated on the top of a tower: he was slightly wounded. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 When he came to the scene of Harry's escalade, his eye was at once arrested by a broken rosebush and marks of trampling on the mould. New Arabian Nights To favor the escalade, the Apaches in the plaza had renewed their war-whoop, sent flights of arrows at the Casa, and made a spirited but useless charge on the doorways. Overland Even dreams dissolved before such a perpendicular height to escalade. The Man Who Laughs Raymond of Toulouse at last forced his way into the city by escalade, while at the very same moment Tancred and Robert of Normandy succeeded in bursting open one of the gates. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Fifty men had escaladed the wall before the alarm spread through the town; a gate was soon burst to permit the entrance of Count Maurice with a body of cavalry. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 I do not think that all the gold on earth would have driven me a second time to that awful escalade. Prester John ‘An escalade, as you can now see for yourselves, has taken place.’ Merry Men And throwing his hat over the trees, he drew his cutlass once more and began to escalade the slope up to the road. The Wisdom of Father Brown The escalade was to be attempted by a band of ten; five of the trumpeters and buglemen were selected and four centurions, the Ligurian was to be their guide. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate They are both making an escalade of the intense inane. Alarms and Discursions In the rear was a badly closed orchard which rolled down to an abandoned path, favorable to escalades of lovers. Ramuntcho During the Peninsular War Wellington made twelve assaults on breached fortresses of which five were successful; of his twelve attempts to escalade six succeeded. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places But the walls did not give to the citizens all the security they desired; the ramparts might be battered down, escaladed, or the gates burst open. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Having been sent with orders to the Third Division, of which the Eighty-eighth formed a part, I took the opportunity of finding out O'Shaughnessy, who was himself to lead an escalade party in M'Kinnon's Brigade. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 A wall some 70 feet high and a wet ditch in its front made mining and escalade alike impracticable. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 An opportunity seemed to offer itself of capturing the place by escalade, which part of the army attempted contrary to orders. Caesar: a Sketch The principal entrance was locked, but we effected an easy escalade, scaled a low parapet, and descended into the place behind the scenes. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Both were ideals of a stronghold in the Middle Ages, impossible to escalade or to undermine. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe They collided with terrific force and, telescoping being out of the question since both were loaded with minerals, escaladed each other in Eiffel-tower fashion. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Anon, however, when by way of a garden gate and an easily escaladed balcony he found himself in the presence of Isabella, the delight of her effaced all other considerations. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Finally, there seemed to be nothing for it but to escalade the walls, Warren—who had done nothing thus far except prevent relief from approaching by sea—bombarding the city meanwhile. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 The alternative was an escalade, in which the undisciplined assailants would no doubt have met a bloody rebuff. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II If it had been only an escalade there would have been no sound until nearly morning. At Agincourt His aides- de-camp went before him, and they themselves led the troops to the escalade. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France He battered down part of it, fired the props of his mine and so brought down more, and sent troops by relays to escalade the breach. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History For towns strongly fortified are not attacked by escalade, nor will the assailing army advance against them in weak numbers; but will endeavour, as in ancient times, to reduce them by regular siege. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius They carried the important fortress of Napoli di Romania by escalade December 12, under Kolokotronis, with ten thousand men, and the garrison, weakened by famine, capitulated. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen Next morning at 9 A.M., they advanced to the escalade of the city walls, and proceeded, with again very slight opposition, to the Magazine Hill, on which they hoisted the British and French flags. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Here it was met by the second column under Brigadier Jones, who had escaladed the breach at the Water bastion. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 Carleton's order to bring in all the ladders, so as to prevent an escalade of the walls, had met with general opposition and evasion. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton They then pushed forward in all haste towards Oran, proposing to carry the place by escalade. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 An escalade was attempted by Mavrokordatos, one of the heroic chieftains of the Greeks; but it was successfully repulsed, and the attacking generals with difficulty escaped to Argos. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen Famine or escalade was what the garrison had chiefly to fear. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Meanwhile the first column under Nicholson escaladed the breaches near the Cashmere gate, and pushed along the ramparts toward the Kabul gate, carrying the several bastions in the way. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 There also, though attempts at escalade were frequent, the object was chiefly to hold the garrison in place. The Prince of India — Volume 02 On the following day the order was given to assault the city by escalade, and three separate parties advanced on the eastern wall. China The walls were then unable to support the weight of artillery, for which of course they had never been built, but were perfectly effective against escalade. A Book of Golden Deeds Withdraw your pickets; I shall attempt neither siege nor escalade. St. Elmo Arrived at the foot of the verandah wall there remained the problem of the escalade. Huntingtower The Cypriote boys are like all other boys, therefore they climbed to the top of the van, and endeavoured by escalade to enter the windows. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 On the night of January 21, by arrangement with some of the inhabitants of the beleaguered city, the foot surrounding Faenza attempted to surprise the garrison by a secret escalade. The Life of Cesare Borgia The cat escaped once more and Mahony began to throw stones at the wall she had escaladed. Dubliners To carry the fortress with one concentrated, ardent, eloquent, irresistible escalade—that was Dicky's way. Cabbages and Kings Not having ammunition Wherewith to batter the place in proper form, Some of these nights I'll carry it by storm, And sudden escalade it or surprise it. Ballads Suppose, having escaladed the outer wall, the miscreants take a fancy to storm the castle? Roundabout Papers He was a fortress that required to be stormed, but there was considerable local curiosity about him, so that by-and- by escalading parties were formed, some of which were partly successful. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments The principal entrance was locked, but we effected an easy escalade, scaled a low parapet, and descended into the place behind file scenes. A Little Tour in France An escalade of sheer mountains and a battling through vales choked with unbelievable thorns. The Path of the King I have not, it seems, exhausted the limit of their climbing-instinct even with a nine-foot pole, suitably furnished with branches to facilitate the escalade. The Life of the Spider Syme with a furious gesture stopped his cab, jumped out, and sprang also to the escalade. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare But the manner of the Maid was ever to send cloud upon cloud of men to make escalade by ladders, their comrades aiding them from under cover with fire of couleuvrines and bows. A Monk of Fife This was where the dangerous ascent began, a difficult ascent at the start, because of the excessive steepness, and developing, mid-way, into an absolute escalade. The Crystal Stopper The walls of the peaceful Mission garden and the warlike presidio were alike lost in the escalading vines or leveled by the pushing boughs of gnarled pear and olive trees that now surmounted them. Selected Stories of Bret Harte This does not deter the others, who repeat the escalade as soon as the Epeira is on her legs again. The Life of the Spider We shall see the windows open, and the lady enter by escalade. The Three Musketeers These lines I read, and getting them by rote, took them for my device, for they bid the lover thrust himself foremost in the press, and in breach, mine, and escalade. A Monk of Fife His general, Hassan, carried it by escalade; but reenforcements from Constantinople, aided by some Sicilian and Gothic troops, compelled him to retreat. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science |
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