The strength of Durazzo, and prudence of Alexius, the progress of famine and approach of winter, eluded his ambitious hopes; and the venal confederateswere seduced from his standard.
The members of the senate had not yet dispersed, when all Brussels resounded with the report that the confederates were approaching the town.
To swell the league as speedily as possible each of the confederates assembled all his friends, relations, adherents, and retainers.
It was therefore resolved by a majority of votes to admit the confederates on the condition that they should appear unarmed and conduct themselves temperately.
On the very day that the second petition was presented Brederode entertained the confederates in Kuilemberg house.
The Confederates buried Shaw "in a pit under a heap of his niggers.
The skirmishers soon got into touch, and the Confederates were driven back, but were rallied by the example of General T.
During the night the Confederates delivered a savage assault, but were beaten off.
When, in June, 1863, the Confederates occupied the town, Burns had to be locked up for asserting his civil authority in opposition to that of the Confederate provost guard.
Most of his troops were sent to reinforce the Army of the Cumberland, under Rosecrans, which was operating against the Confederates under Bragg, in Tennessee.
The Confederates were dislodged next day from Missionary Ridge and were soon in full retreat.
He did not ask Lee's sword, promptly stopped salutes which were started after the surrender, did not require the Confederates to march out and stack arms, and did not enter their lines.
The Union forces in the field numbered eight hundred thousand, while the Confederates had scarcely half as many, and were compelled to stand on the defensive.
As soon as theConfederates left the town, Burns busied himself arresting Confederate stragglers.
There, on the morning of October 19, the Confederates attacked them, front, flank, and rear.
Zagonyi found the Confederates two thousand strong, but charged them at the head of his hundred and fifty men, routed them, cut them to pieces, and drove them from the city.
We can even fix the approximate date at which the campaign took place, and when Abraham and his confederates surprised the invaders and recovered from them the spoils of Southern Palestine.
The consequence was, that before the confederates were prepared to resist him, the Assyrian monarch had swooped down upon them and attacked them singly.
The Confederates lost everything they had that was carried on wheels, and the Union loss was but sixty killed and wounded.
The cheers that followed were not cheers; they were whoops and yells--very much like those with which the charging Confederates so often saluted our blue-coats on the field of battle.
The Confederates called these plucky men and boys traitors, although they denied that they were traitors themselves.
Now was the time for the Confederatesto show to the world that they were sincere when they declared that all they desired was to be permitted to leave the Union in peace.
On April 23d, when Poninski and theconfederates entered, they found Reyten stretched senseless on the floor, in which state he must have lain thirty-six hours.
The confederates were followed by the Russians, and took refuge in Hungary, as was their custom.
His two confederates signified their understanding of the bold scheme by which the stage coach was to be held up and robbed: and they had now only to discuss the details of their plan of attack.
He'd done me out of two pounds by that sharper's trick of his, and I'd followed him and his gang of confederates into the saloon to try to get my money back.
There was some quibbling, but after consulting with one of his confederates the gambler yielded and reluctantly counted the money in gold from a bulky canvas bag that he drew from his breast pocket.
All that he knew was that the unmasked card-sharper and his confederates were fighting their way out of the saloon, that one or two pistol shots were fired, and that Sergeant Silk had been flung to the floor with blood upon his face.
God withdraws not His anger; beneath Him bow the confederates of Rahab.
From first to last the Anglo-Irish portion of the confederates claimed that they had been contending for Charles I.
Presently theConfederates appeared, and the whole company which had occupied this ground originally was surrounded.
Here the Confederates attempted to make a stand, but the forces under General Mitchell were too powerful for them, and they broke and filed down the road leading to Unionville and Shelbyville.
Before the Confederatescould fire again, all were safely out of range.
At the centre, the Confederates tried to make another stand, but it availed nothing, and overwhelmed, they threw down their arms and fled.
An examination proved that the Riverlawns had lost eight men in killed and wounded, and the Confederates had lost nearly twice that number.
I doubt very much if any Confederates are so close to us.
Thomas's first movement was to send Colonel Wilder to Dechard, where this command destroyed about three hundred yards of the railroad which the Confederates had been using.
It means that one detachment of the Confederates is signalling to another," ejaculated Deck.
You fellows keep back until I tell you to come out," he said, and the two Confederates immediately felt certain that a detachment of at least eight or ten Yankees had surrounded them.
The second detachment of the Riverlawns returned the fire with deadly effect, and fourConfederates were either killed or wounded.
As the Confederates came on, he made a rapid calculation as to their number, and of how many were armed.
The fighting was sharp, the Confederates disputing every foot of territory.
And it happened accordingly; for Ebn Obba and his confederates wrote to the Nadîrites to this purpose, but never performed their promise.
There is a tradition that Mohammed actually foretold this expedition of confederates some time before, and the success of it.
But any army of the confederates shall even here be put to flight.
Yet there are some of the confederates who deny part thereof.
Mr. Johnson and Budd had both agreed that it would be wiser to postpone their interview with Bagsley until he had been committed to jail and knew the full consequences of the criminal acts with which he and his confederates had been charged.
He had full confidence in the commanders of his armies and knew that they were crowding the Confederates into the last ditch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "confederates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
