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Example sentences for "capture the"

  • They'll be all right; but if we capture the Zapatistas we'll have horses enough any way.

  • I think I see a way, not only to save the train, but possibly to capture the bandits.

  • Tell us what's up and what we must do to capture the rest of this band of cutthroats.

  • But before those inside the walls had time to think, the enemy rushed in, determined to capture the place.

  • Looks to me," replied Donald, "like they were going to capture the town.

  • Tom dispatched the natives along the road to capture the runaways.

  • But he escapes, runs away with one of the Pirate's own vessels, and meets Colonel Clive, whom he assists to capture the Pirate's stronghold.

  • These men," he said, taking his stand upon the platform, "have mutinied and tried to capture the Ark.

  • The French were trying to take Mulhouse in flank, and they had therefore to capture the village of Cernay, which blocked the way.

  • While the French in Champagne strove to capture the railway by which the Germans maintained themselves in this region, the French and British tried to seize the railway junction of Lens and open a road into the plain of the Scheldt.

  • The French were eager to capture the heights to the east of Les Eparges, because guns on these heights would command much of the northern part of the salient.

  • I don't know what your brother is about just now; and, for aught I know, he may intend to capture the Bellevite.

  • There was only one thing which the major could think of doing; and that was to capture the Bellevite, either by force or by strategy.

  • I have no doubt she came out here to capture the Bellevite.

  • The peasants gathered in its defence are even less disciplined than those at Braga, and Soult will, after two or three minutes' fighting, capture the place.

  • He does not know what the signal means, but has no doubt that it is instructions to capture the brig, and he means to do so.

  • The secession leaders laid their plans to take possession of these hills in order to capture the arsenal.

  • When he was planning to capture the arsenal at St. Louis, Governor Jackson found that he needed some artillery with which to open fire from the hills that command the arsenal, which is on low ground on the bank of the river.

  • The left and centre were thrown back, and it seemed as if the Austrians were bound to capture the bridge at Enzerdorff.

  • From the first he saw that the one and only way to wear down the Spanish resistance was to capture the fortresses.

  • I did so, and he told me to have myself in readiness the next morning to guide a force of cavalry around to the rear of the rebel force, and that he would send a regiment of infantry in front, and try to capture the whole of them.

  • Two days after, I accompanied an expedition to Middleburg to capture the guerrillas, but without success.

  • In July, 1812, the British fleet had made an attempt to capture the Oneida and a prize schooner, both of which were at Sackett's Harbor.

  • Supposing they intended to capture the magazine at Schlosser and intercept supplies coming from Buffalo, General Brown determined to draw them back if possible by again threatening the forts at the mouth of the river.

  • Colonel Alexander Macomb was ordered to cross the river with twelve hundred of the best troops in the army, and, marching down the north bank, abreast of the flotilla, drive away or capture the gunners.

  • The officer in charge of the stores had been in{116}structed to set fire to them in case the enemy seemed likely to capture the place.

  • Had he seen our train coming, no doubt he would have let his prisoners escape to capture the train.

  • While he was able to enter the city he failed to capture the forts or any part of the garrison.

  • He seemed indifferent to the terrible volleys, and only anxious to capture the guns.

  • Leaving his command halted, he rode to a picket post some distance off, with one or two men, and essayed to capture the videttes.

  • Two or three days after we reached Lexington, four companies of the Second Kentucky were sent with the two howitzers, to capture the stockade at the bridge over Salt river, on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and burn the bridge.

  • I also dispatched orders after orders to hurry forward Stanley, so as to lap around Jonesboro on the east, hoping thus to capture the whole of Hardee's corps.

  • Flags of truce, demanding surrender, were now sent in by the Confederates, who used the opportunity while operations were thus suspended to capture the garrison on shore, and get artillery into position to fire upon the gunboats.

  • But Pickett's diminishing ranks still pushed on, till they passed over the outer lines, fought hand to hand at the main line, and even leaped the breastworks and thought to capture the batteries.

  • This affair increased the desire to capture the port, put an absolute end to the blockade-running there, and use it as a harbor of refuge for National vessels.

  • Captain Armstrong stepped forth to capture the colors, when he also fell, grasping the flagstaff.

  • The 138th Brigade, who had taken over from the Australians on the left, were ordered to capture the village of Pontruet, and for this purpose detailed the 5th Leicesters.

  • Although the gallant attack by the Monmouths had been repulsed with heavy casualties, their action had enabled the 6th Division to get on, and eventually surround the enemy and capture the lot.

  • In each attack the Germans aimed at a very limited objective--to capture the first or second line of trenches, to seize some particular fortified point.

  • He intended, he said, to capture the Village of Krithia and, from that point, carry Achi Baba, the first main objective in the campaign to open the Narrows.

  • An attempt to capture the Château Hooge was made early in the evening, only to result in heaping the ground with German dead.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "capture the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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