Captured

Examples

• Turning to the right and left he captured several guns and some hundreds of prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Schofield's loss, as officially reported, was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded, and 1,104 captured and missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In this reconnoissance we captured and held the enemy's works near Poplar Spring Church. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 4th he captured and destroyed Tuscaloosa. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thompson_ DEEP SEA MONSTER CAPTURED OFF FLORIDA So far as the scientific world is concerned, this is the only fish of its kind ever captured. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• An army of more than 21,000 men was captured or destroyed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In half the time which he had named, he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill and was chatting with her as if he had known her for years. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• If he had captured Chattanooga, East Tennessee would have fallen without a struggle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was tortured and tried to get away, and was captured and tortured again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Thence a force marched direct on Columbus, and another on West Point, both of which places were assaulted and captured on the 16th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• One of his wives was a Jewess, Safiyya, whom he had married on the evening of the battle in which her husband had been captured and executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The anxious terror in which Mr. Hale lived lest his son should be detected and captured, far out-weighed the pleasure he derived from his presence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He ran away, was captured, and violently taken on a ship to be returned to Virginia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When Totila retook Naples from the Greeks, the Goths protected the women from insult and treated even the captured soldiers with humanity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some of my men were engaged in firing from captured guns at empty steamers down the river, out of range, cheering at every shot. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Next morning, the 16th, Hancock himself was in command, and captured another redan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• If he had been captured the result could not have been worse than it was. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He turned from his new position and captured the forts on both heights in that quarter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Smith's division; and Corse with his brigade was between the two, moving directly towards the hill to be captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• During the time he was operating in this way he killed, wounded and captured several times the number he ever had under his command at any one time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They crossed the Bosphorus and captured Nic?a, which Alexius snatched away from them before they could loot it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Moses was captured. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Hovey captured 300 under fire and about 700 in all, exclusive of 500 sick and wounded whom he paroled, thus making 1,200. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They'll all think you killed two hundred Austrians or captured a whole trench by yourself. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Many, however, were captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Had she been traced and captured by the men in the chaise? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Those that were not captured retreated, and were pursued. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the battle of Myl? (260 B.C.) the Romans gained their first naval victory and captured or destroyed fifty vessels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ames, who had gone north in his advance, captured 228 of the reserves. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Upton brought his prisoners with him, but the guns he had captured he was obliged to abandon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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