Before he began to attack the French he gave strict orders to his men that they were to harm no one who was not a soldier and to take nothing from the houses or farms of any persons who were not fighting.
Attila tried to take Orleans, but soon after he began to attack the walls he saw a great army at a distance coming towards the city.
Rome would have been again destroyed if it had not been for Pope Leo I who went to the camp of Attila and persuaded him not to attack the city.
But, seeing some parties of Boer horsemen riding about, he thought it necessary to leave a strong body for the defence of his baggage, and accordingly sent only about two hundred and fifty men forward to attack the place.
Of course we shall not show ourselves till they begin to attack the house.
From this position of his artillery, it was evident that Tilly's purpose was to await rather than to attack the enemy; since this arrangement rendered it impossible for him to do so without exposing his men to the fire of his own cannons.
Wallenstein had orders to unite his army with the troops of the League, and in conjunction with the Bavarian general to attack the King of Denmark.
Pappenheim was ordered to attack the works of the new town, where the attempt was favoured by a sloping rampart, and a dry ditch of moderate depth.
Nothing could induce him to attack the King of Sweden, who was his superior in numbers, while the latter was equally cautious not to storm the strong entrenchments of the Imperialists.
The only way to justify this omission was, to attack the authenticity of the Acts of the Apostles; for, if authentic, they must necessarily be consulted and quoted.
We had no intrenchments of any sort, on the theory that as soon as Buell arrived we would march to Corinth to attack the enemy.
The troops were to invest the garrison and the gunboats to attack thefort at close quarters.
We have the authority of his son and biographer for saying that his plan was to attack the forces at Shiloh and crush them; then to cross the Tennessee and destroy the army of Buell, and push the war across the Ohio River.
He also gave immediate orders for assembling his troops, and prepared to attack the dominions of the house of Bhamenee.
Both armies then marched towards Raichur, the Raya to retake the place from the Sultan, the Sultan watching for an opportunity to attack the Raya.
On the 7th, before Longstreet could possibly have reached Knoxville, I ordered Thomas peremptorily to attack the enemy's right, so as to force the return of the troops that had gone up the valley.
It is not the intention to attack the enemy in his intrenched position, but to force him out, if possible.
And when the Cid had taken food, he returned after the siesta to attack the suburb of Alcudia; and this attack was so vigorous that they who dwelt therein thought the place would be forced, and they began to cry out, Peace!
And the King ordered proclamation to be made throughout the host that the people should make ready to attack the town.
And on the morrow they began to attack the city, and they fought against it three days strenuously; and the Moors received great loss, for they came blindly up to the walls and were slain there.
A thundering shout arose, mingled with the shrill cries of encouragement from the women, and then like a torrent the Britons rushed to the attack in confused masses, each tribe striving to be first to attack the Romans.
Beric gave the signal for the Sarci to scatter, and the tribesmen at once began to attack the houses.
It was settled that the Trinobantes were to attack the door at one end of the temple, and the Iceni that at the other.
They were filled with fighting men, and sailed to attack the Danes in the Stour, after which the force was to land and to inflict a severe punishment upon East Anglia.
Nothing could be done till morning, when Sir Henry Lawrence, with a portion of the Thirty-second, and the guns, moved to attack the mutineers.
None of these thought it prudent to attack the king in his advantageous position.
Scarcely had Gustavus Adolphus been informed of Pappenheim's departure, when suddenly breaking up his camp at Naumburg, he hastened with his whole force to attack the enemy, now weakened to one half.
Battles enough have been fought," was his answer to those who advised him to attack the King, "it is now time to try another method.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attack the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
