Major-General Brock's next letter of the 20th July states, that the enemy had evidently diminished his force, and appeared to have no intention of making an immediate attack.
They seemed to be alive with troops, who, doubtless from our close advance, expected an immediate attack.
General Burnside and the division commanders were on the front line together in the afternoon, and the regimental prophets predicted an immediate attack; but the hours dragged along, and the day proved to be remarkably quiet.
Many rumors in circulation of an immediate attack to be made from our front.
General Hull is making preparations to cross the river this evening or to-morrow, and it is expected that an immediate attack is contemplated on Maiden (Amherstburg).
The enemy has evidently diminished his force, and appears to have no intention of making an immediate attack.
On the 19th of December, they arrived before it; and, by reason of a want of provisions, found an immediate attack indispensable.
Nothing was to be gained by immediate attack, and much would be risked.
Lord Wellington had decided on an immediate attack.
These Indians were ancient enemies to the frontier Americans, and they proposed an immediate attack on Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
To retreat in the face of a superior enemy would have exposed the allies to great danger; and, relying on the courage of his troops, General Graham determined on an immediate attack.
Neither this proof of conjugal affection, nor the fact that an immediate attack of the Catholic forces may not have appeared probable, can in any way excuse what was practically desertion.
Austrian forces, advised delay, but the opinion of the Duke of Bavaria and Tilly, who insisted on an immediate attack, prevailed.
Even before the council of war had decided on an immediate attack, a small Bavarian force--not yet supported by the mass of the Catholic army--attacked the right flank of the Bohemians.
Here they passed the night in the open field, and early next morning they stood to their arms, and prepared for an immediate attack.
So he turned round again, and advised the Athenians, if they believed the report, to waste no more time, but to order an immediate attack on the island.
Late on the same day Thucydides sailed into the harbour of Eion, the port of Amphipolis, and learning that Brasidas was already in possession of the inland city, took all necessary precautions to provide against an immediate attack.
The attempt to develop the Queen's Bishop before playing P-K3 is not to be recommended, because the Q Kt's pawn remains unprotected and open to an immediate attack by 3.
There only remains the KKt and the Q for an immediate attack, whilst the Black Rook will soon get into effective action on the open Knight's file, e.
The Austrians threatened animmediate attack on San Marino, and Garibaldi with a few companions fled secretly at night.
He met his troops, and planned an immediate attack on the town of Monte Rotondo, which crowns a hill overlooking the Tiber and the roads to Rome.
Marshal MacMahon was endeavouring with all his might to concentrate his three Corps, and he really had the intention to make an immediate attack on his invading foe.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "immediate attack" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
