Alnwick Castle has been for many centuries a fortress of great strength, and the family mansion of the Percys'; it stands on an eminence on the south side of the Alne, opposite to the town, and commands a beautiful view of the country.
From the vestiges which remain of military works it has certainly been a place of great strength.
They now held three lines of breastworks, all of great strength; the first occupied by their skirmish lines, the others by strong lines of battle.
The rebels held a position of great strength, and to make a direct assault would be to run a great risk of a repulse.
The position of the enemy was, without doubt, one of great strength, and everything had been done to render it more formidable.
Even though Bragg were thus sufficiently reenforced to defeat a numerous army, led by an able commander, and occupying a position of great strength, a full month would have been required to accomplish the results indicated.
Two days afterwards began those series of actions which finally resulted in the capitulation of a fortified city of great strength, and defended with obstinate valor.
Thou art possessed of infinite forms and thousand heads and great strength.
And seeing those mighty charioteers the son of Pandu, possessed of great strength, equipped with bows and swords, Kuvera also was delighted; and he was pleased at heart, keeping in view the task of the celestials.
And that one of great strength began to display his mastery and manliness.
O thou of great strength, the most excellent of the wives of the gods and Gandharvas resort to this place, and the time of their arrival is nigh.
The spot chosen by Wood to build the fort is on the Umlatoosi, and in a position naturally of great strength, for the river there makes a rapid bend and affords a ready means of both banks being swept and commanded from the work.
And the tortoise also of great strength, with upraised head, cometh forward for an encounter.
The enemy, at the time being massed in great strength in the tunnel-gorge, moved a large force under cover of the ground and the thick bushes, and suddenly appeared on the right rear of this command.
Magnificent plain for camping and drilling, and a military point of great strength.
Here I saw Willich's regiment advance upon a point of water-oaks and thicket, behind which I knew the enemy was in great strength, and enter it in beautiful style.
The bearers of flags of truce were impressed with the idea that the Southerners were advancing in great strength.
The leading brigade was sent across the stream, which runs past Gaines' Mill, and pressing through the thick woods found the enemy in great strength on a ridge beyond.
It was not till the morning was well on that the brigade of Taliaferro's division near Groveton, commanded by Colonel Bradley Johnson, was warned by the cavalry that the enemy was moving through Gainesville in great strength.
O thou of great strength, go thou to win success with speed.
After these words had been spoken, the Kuru prince Arjuna endued with great strength, duly received from Kuvera that celestial weapon.
The Egyptian force turned out in great strength, comprising seventeen battalions of infantry, several squadrons of cavalry, thirty guns, and some thousands of Bedouins.
The position was one of great strength, and if held by good soldiers could only have been taken, if at all, at a great sacrifice of life.
And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men, and archers of great strength: and they had many sons and grandsons, even to a hundred and fifty.
This castle is believed to date from the thirteenth century, or perhaps earlier, and it seems to have been a place of considerable size and of great strength.
But at about eight the cavalry patrols had reported the enemy in great strength at the northwest end of the valley.
On the left the Guides Infantry were unable to leave the ridge they had captured, lest it should be reoccupied by the enemy, who were showing in great strength.
The fire of this artillery drove the enemy, who were in great strength and an excellent position, from the ground.
This, too, must have been in its day a place of great strength.
It was a British post of great strength," says Pennant, "in some parts singularly guarded.
Bridgnorth Castle also must not be forgotten; occupying the extremity of the promontory already mentioned, it was a place of great strength in olden days, and stood more than one siege.
It was a place of great strength, surrounded by vast ramparts, and flanked at the corners with high and stately towers.
He then perceived that the giant's great strength was by virtue of his sword; and that it was through his wicked enchantments therewith he had been able to overcome, and had wrought such disgrace on the Knights of the Round Table.
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