Milroy made a gallant defence; but after a stubborn fight his force was broken and defeated, and about four thousand of them became prisoners.
Every gun in the fort that could be brought to bear was worked as rapidly as possible, in a gallant defence.
Into the history of Gordon's gallant defence of Khartoum it is no part of my province to enter.
Ally-Ghur was held by a powerful force under the command of the Frenchman Perron, and it made a gallant defence.
In the defence of the former some of Hyder Ali's troops took an active part, and the place made a gallant defence before it surrendered.
Sir George White, with the bulk of the troops in South Africa, was shut up in Ladysmith, where he made a gallant defence.
Keladun, then Sultaun of Cairo, hastened to revenge the injury, and Margat was taken from the Christians, after a gallant defence.
General Carleton sealed and ennobled his gallant defence, by acts of humanity and mercy to the vanquished.
These were carried, after a gallant defence, which led to the immediate surrender of the Island.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gallant defence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
