Owen Daw brought the news of the repulse from Cowgill House and the wounding of Captain Van Dorn.
He swore at the time of his first repulse at Ormuz that he would return, and he did.
The repulse of Sulaiman Pasha had been followed by his death in Arabia, but Sulaiman the Magnificent did not intend to abandon his projects, and directed the equipment of a new fleet at Suez.
Lemoine of the corps of Artillery, was owing the repulse of the enemy, and saving that very important post.
The decisive battle of the 12th of April, and their signal repulse from Gibraltar, had also due weight in the scale of consideration and expediency.
A well-concerted and bold attack upon Red Bank, by a large Corps of Hessians, terminated in repulse and a heavy loss.
Sir Henry Clinton having been freed from every fear by the glorious repulse of D'Estaing from Savannah, had it in his power to carry the British arms to any part of the American coast.
It was only natural that the sectaries, whose highest ambition was the destruction of Christianity, should repulse from evil principle every convincing argument in favor of peace.
The efforts of the Centre, however, although meeting with repulsein their first appearances, were yet indicative of a power with which the Liberal party would have to reckon.
The Papal soldiers, angered by the assault and the offensive insults of the mob, endeavored to repulse it by a harmless show of force.
A loud shout welcomed her, and every man, inspired by her heroism, resolved to repulse the foe or die in the trench.
The repulse of the British at Great Bridge greatly exasperated Dunmore, who had remained in safety at Norfolk; and in his rage he swore he would hang the boy that brought the tidings.
You do not suppose that, after this quarrel, after the cold repulse I have met with here, we can still be your guests?
My mother met me in a conciliatory spirit, and I neither can nor will repulseher advances roughly, as you did whilst I was under your guardianship.
This brusque repulse is explained by the fact that Lady Sarah was piqued by her lover, Lord Newbattle,[122] and sought solace by avenging his offence upon her royal suitor.
I wish every one present to understand that the entire blame of to-day's repulse rests entirely upon me, and not on any of you.
The repulse of this charge took place just as the 58th gained sight of the foe, who, flushed with triumph, could now turn their attention from the mounted troops to the right flank of the 58th.
While throughout all England the greatest enthusiasm had been aroused by the victory of Nieuport and the repulse of the Spaniards at Ostend, the feeling was naturally higher in the Vere's county of Essex than elsewhere.
The repulseof the grand attack upon Ostend by no means put an end to the siege.
I will do so," Lionel said; "but I have only about thirty men left, and if the Spaniards come on again we cannot hope to repulse them.
Lionel Vickars fought no more after he had borne his part in the repulse of the great assault against Ostend.
The marquis of Northampton was first ordered against him; but met with a repulsein an action, where Lord Sheffield was killed.
The cavalry found their way through the bogs very difficult; the Dutch and English dragoons met with a repulse in the pass of Urachree, and the infantry were in front of the enemy long before the cavalry could operate on the wings.
The people showed no enthusiasm in flocking to the royal banner, the arms and ammunition did not arrive from York, and the royal arms had received a severe repulse at Coventry.
The affair ended in therepulse of the enemy and victory for the Americans.
In all our colonial history there is nothing to match this repulse of such a formidable force by a mere handful of men.
Whether hard or light, hisrepulse was enough for Sir William's valor.
Did she not repulse him with indignant disgust,--did she not scream for assistance, and have him punished for the insolent outrage?
Why did that unprincipled and licentious woman thusrepulse the former partner of her guilty joys--he who had so long been the recipient of her favors, and the object of her unhallowed love?
Immediately after therepulse at Montmorency, Wolfe had dispatched 1200 men, under Brigadier Murray, to assist Admiral Holmes in the Upper River, and with orders to attempt the destruction of the French shipping which had passed up the stream.
His duties were to superintend the siege operations, to post the guards of the trenches, to repulse sorties, and to protect the works.
On the 29th of December, Sherman met with the bloody repulse of Chickasaw Bluffs.
Our troops were completely paralyzed by the repulseat Pleasant Hill.
Our troops were completely paralyzed and disorganized by therepulse at Pleasant Hill.
The result of the day may be summed up as a bloody repulse; beholding the death and maiming of so many of the bravest and best of the officers and men, the repulse may be even termed a disaster.
He came and knelt beside her, and kissed her; she did not repulse him.
After the repulse of D'Erlon the main action languished, only the cannonade and the fighting before Hougomont continuing, till about four o'clock, when the second main attack began.
The French there held their ground, though unable to repulse the assailants, until taken in flank from the tomb of Ottomond.
The defeat of the central columns carried with it the repulse or withdrawal of the flanks, so that this great attack attained absolutely nothing.
How disastrous was the repulse may be estimated from the fact that while Wellington lost about 1300 men, Massena lost considerably over three times that number.
Almost before the firstrepulse of the French cavalry, a new infantry attack on the British centre was arranged, which was to be directed primarily on La Haye Sainte.
She had no voice but to reproach and her hand was raised to repulsethough it was plain that he adored her and perhaps for that reason.
The Sand in the bottom of this bay I could but just see from the Masthead; it is very low, and is a Continuation of the same low land as is at the bottom of Repulse Bay.
Though O'Higgins and the troops left in the South managed to repulse an attack of the main Spanish army, an army sent from Santiago failed to retake Talca and its destruction left the capital unprotected.
He managed to repulse the armies which the Buenos Aireans sent against Bolivia, but it was in vain that he poured into Chile all the troops he could possibly spare.
The remaining patriots managed to repulse one attack of the royalists, but in a second they were defeated, and in a third Boves slaughtered them nearly to the last man, although he himself was killed in the melee.
At the same time the government troops attacked and defeated the isolated insurrectionists at Colon, and shortly afterwards the latter's main army suffered a bloody repulse in an assault on Cartagena.
The Union troops, however, rallied at Pleasant Hill, and the next day, reinforcements coming up from the rear, they were able to repulse the Confederates.
It was at the time of Grant's repulse from Cold Harbor and of Early's raid.
When, on the other hand, the Persians really attempted anything like a combined movement against their works, the garrison began to lose heart, and were with difficulty brought to repulse them.
On his repulse however, he assaulted and took a fort named Neculgueno, the garrison of which was put to the sword, and all the auxiliaries who dwelt in that neighbourhood were made prisoners.
