I questioned Thuvia, asking her what enemies the therns could fear in their impregnable fortress.
A continuous line of impregnable fortifications circles the outer slopes of the Mountains of Otz.
The British were, in fact, at the most impregnable point of that impregnable barrier, the ridge above the Aisne.
By Friday, September 18, Joffre was compelled to realize that the bluffs above the Aisne had been turned into an impregnable open-air fortress, not to be stormed by flesh and blood.
Then was it concluded that some should go and carry tidings to the camp, that Emmanuel was to come to recover Mansoul, and that he would bring along with him so mighty, so impregnable a force, that he could not be resisted.
So after some time, labour, and travail, the gate of the castle that was calledImpregnable was beaten open, and broken into several splinters, and so a way made to go up to the hold in which Diabolus had hid himself.
He had double work to do, to guard these apparently impregnable cliffs, and to assure the arrival of provisions from the country by river and land.
Montcalm, sure of his impregnable position, refused to be drawn from his intrenchments and to offer battle to Wolfe.
Thou shouldst have sought thine impregnable crag, my son," said the Senator sadly.
Almost before he was aware of it Ralph found himself within the once considered impregnable redoubt.
Brigade Headquarters, in which event be prepared for the fall of the hitherto impregnable Von der Golz Redoubt.
Josephine was entirely impregnable against any jealousy to be introduced from that quarter, and a peaceful smile was her only reply to all such insinuations.
Valdivia was a very strongly fortified place, and was regarded as impregnable by the Spaniards; and it was from this port that they directed their attacks upon Chili from the south, just as they did on the north from Callao.
From the prisoners he had learned all details as to the fort, and found that while almost impregnable from the river face, the flank of the fort was defended chiefly by a strong palisading.
We afterwards learned that the Pope and the citizens, relying upon the assurances of Renzo da Ceri, considered both Rome and the Borgo to be impregnable without artillery, and looked for support from the confederate army.
Leo, which, besides being considered the most impregnable fortress in Italy, was capital of the countship of Montefeltro, and formed part of the mortgage assigned by Clement VII.
Passing between low reaches, the immense fortress of Montjuich, nearly a thousand feet high, rises like an impregnable rock defying the world.
In the War of Succession, in 1795, her almost impregnable fort was taken by Lord Peterborough--one of the great captures of modern times.
It was built by a Sheikh of Zaragoza as a royal fortress, with almostimpregnable walls.
She never really quarrelled with Courtlandt, because his impregnable stolidity made such a result next to impossible.
But when he did raise them, she saw that he was clad in his oldimpregnable calm.
However, if Nozdrev resembled the headstrong, desperate lieutenant whom we have just pictured as advancing upon a fortress, at least the fortress itself in no way resembled the impregnable stronghold which I have described.
Nozdrev as he rushed forward in a state of heat and perspiration more proper to a warrior who is attacking an impregnable fortress.
The Sicilians did not venture to retain possession of the impregnable citadel of Corinth, as it would have been extremely difficult for them to keep up their communications with the garrison.
Matilda is at Oxford, a fortified city, protected by the Thames, by a wall, and by an impregnable castle.
Even at that moment, she realized that it was the poorer part of her which had resented attack on a citadel which should be impregnable as time itself.
For thirty-six hours the impregnable fortress had remained empty.
In vain did far-seeing patriots try to keep her on the alert; in vain did Blanqui write, "Paris is no more impregnable than we were invincible.
Unlike that string of open towns which the mounted band had sacked upon their way, Bourges was impregnable to them, for it was walled and properly defended.
Desirous of knowing the name of the enchanter, and for what purpose he had formed with so much art this impregnable fortress, she commanded him to inform her.
Both had been overcome by the wiles of the enchanter, and were added to the number of the captives, whom he held in an impregnable castle, situated on the height of the mountain.
The place was not then, as now, rendered impregnable by fortifications.
Failing to shift the enemy from these impregnable positions, Joffre endeavoured to outflank the German right wing, already threatened by Maunoury's advance along the Oise.
Wishing to find some impregnable position, she represented to Manna that her father wanted to organize a general plan of systematic charity, and that it would be a noble vocation for her to take part in it.
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