-
honour demanded a defence, but if a
garrison surrendered when "a
practicable breach" had been made, they were
given "quarter". The
garrison signaled their...
- of a
surrender when a
practicable breach had been made, to
which Phillipon might very
justifiably have
retorted that
practicable was not a recognisable...
-
prosecution arises from a
breach of duty and the accused's
defence is that it
would not have been
practicable or
reasonably practicable to act otherwise, the...
- BAH-də-HOHZ, Spanish: [baðaˈxoθ] ;
formerly written Badajos in English. A "
practicable breach" was one
where two
soldiers could get
through side by side without...
-
planned and the
first gate carried. Then
Malik Ayáz Sultáni
finding a
practicable breach p****ed
through with some of his men and took the
great gate. The Rával...
- wall
resisted Mysorean fire for
nearly a
month and on 15 April, a
practicable breach of three-quarters of a mile in
length was effected. The Travancore...
-
military convention, a
garrison which continued to
resist after a "
practicable breach" had been made
could expect no
quarter for
themselves or
their dependents...
- in June.
Thackeray directed the
siege operations, and by 8 June a
practicable breach was made in Fort Royal, an
outwork over four
hundred yards in advance...
-
shielded a town from
being sacked if the
defenders yielded once 'a
practicable breach' had been made.
Richebourg promptly surrendered, and
Luxembourg withdrew...
- of the city to be
beaten only when Ney's
artillery opened a large,
practicable breach in the walls. The
siege had dela**** M****éna's
invasion plans for Portugal...
