Shall it be carried by direct attack, and, until so subdued, arrest the progress of the army?
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, which the fleet could not have reduced by direct attack, fell by the severance of their communications.
Still Montcalm could not be brought to risk anything by a counter stroke: a direct attack on his camp seemed hopelessly rash, but there was apparently no alternative.
It consisted mainly in a direct attack on the French army posted on a wooded ridge, their centre occupying the only gap in the woods.
Lord Gough's fighting temper was roused, and he did precisely what the enemy could have desired: he ordered his infantry to make a direct attack.
After adjusting the line of the brigades, and giving their march the points of direction, General Jenkins rode to his brigades on the front to handle them in direct attack.
But he preferred his plan of direct attack as the armies stood, and opened his battle by attack of the right wing at 9.
In these conditions no direct attack by the heavy ships was possible, but Spragge was in hopes that something might be done with a fireship after dark.
Even yet the queen shrank from making a direct attack on Spain, and preferred to injure her enemy by assisting his rebellious subjects in the Low Countries.
The calculation was, that an invasion of this part of his dominions would cause the King of Spain more harm than a direct attack at home, since he drew by far the best part of his revenue from the American mines.
The Afghans continued to hold the advanced ridge constituting their first position until two o'clock, when a direct attack, accompanied by a double flanking fire, compelled their withdrawal.
The projecting spur toward Charasiah which was the extreme right of the Afghan position, was held in force, whence an effective fire would bear on the left flank of a force advancing to a direct attack on the pass.
Sir Frederick Roberts at a glance had perceived that a direct attack by the Babawali Kotul must involve very heavy loss, and he resolved on the alternative of turning the Afghan position.
That he was strong enough to make a direct attack by storming the Babawali Kotul and the Pir Paimal hill was clear in the light of previous experience.
As the fort and its defenses could not have been carried by direct attack, without immense loss of life; it was determined to cease operations until morning, in order to give the flanking columns time to reach the positions assigned to them.
By this time the enemy's position had been reconnoitered, and it was found to be too strong for a direct attack.
McClellan's reserves might be coming up, and if the battle was to be won, it must be won by direct attack.
A direct attack on Pope was impossible, but a turning movement, by way of James City, might have found him unprepared, or a swift advance might have crushed King.
It was undoubtedly risky, but it was far less dangerous than a direct attack on the strong position along Bull Run.
Even with regular troops a direct attack on a single point of passage would have been difficult.
On the morning of the 1st of May the whole Rebel army, except what was left to watch Sedgwick, was put in motion, with the intention of making a direct attack.
I did not intend to make an attack on the right till that position was taken, which I supposed would stagger the enemy, cutting their line in two; and then I proposed to make a direct attack in front and drive them out of their works.
This mound was strengthened by intrenchments at its base and summit, and rendered a direct attack impracticable.
Smith's division, not so much by way of a direct attack as a diversion and threat.
While these preparations were being made, the Confederates attempted to drive Campbell from his position by a direct attack through an open field.
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