Assaults

Examples

• Before the arrival of Wright the enemy had made two assaults on Sheridan, both of which were repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These assaults were continued to the middle of the afternoon, and resumed once or twice still later in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Lee brought additional troops and artillery against Parke even after this was done, and made several assaults with very heavy losses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I concluded, therefore to make no more assaults, and a little after twelve directed in the following letter that all offensive action should cease. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The latter made two assaults, both of which failed, and he had to fall back a few hundred yards. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Logan intrenched himself hastily, and by that means was enabled to resist all assaults and inflict a great deal of damage upon the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Confederate assaults were made with such a disregard of losses on their own side that our line of tents soon fell into their hands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Our effort during the same time was to be prepared to resist assaults wherever made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sherman and McPherson were both ordered to renew their assaults as a diversion in favor of McClernand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To regain possession of the road, the enemy made repeated and desperate assaults, but was each time repulsed with great loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We experienced no more assaults; and by night and day we continued our labours unimpeded. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In one of these assaults upon us General Stannard, a gallant officer who was defending Fort Harrison, lost an arm. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy's losses in these unsuccessful assaults were fearful. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• That night he made several assaults to regain what he had lost in the day, but failed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Petty thefts, wanton assaults, purposeless outrage--to the man who held the clue all could be worked into one connected whole. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The corps commanders were to select the points in their respective fronts where they would make their assaults. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For this reason assaults must have resulted in serious destruction of life to the Union troops, with the chance of failing altogether. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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