Rifle Brigade; and with various detachments of the 2nd and Light Division, and a number of Blue Jackets, carrying scaling ladders.
And then this scaling up into the region of the third line above the stave, what is it but a violent straining of the natural voice, which after all is the only thing that really moves the heart?
The besiegers required battering-rams, catapults, and scaling ladders, and they provided themselves with them in a very short time.
At the dawn of day the Cid and his men approached the wall of the Mosque as quietly as possible, provided with scaling ladders and the enlarged shields.
The attack was begun by Appius bringing his pent-houses, and scaling ladders, and attempting to fix the latter against that part of the wall which abuts on Hexapylus towards the east.
When Lagoras and his party had made all their preparations, as soon as the moon set, they came stealthily to the foot of the cliffs with their scaling ladders, and ensconced themselves under a certain overhanging rock.
But as for securing the proper length of scaling ladders, the following is the method of making the calculation.
Sidenote: The method of judging of the length necessary for scaling ladders.
He placed parties of men with scaling ladders at several points, and supported each of them with bodies of mercenaries, and detachments of Macedonian hoplites, on the rear of these several parties.
This scaling feat meant stepping carefully upon the ledge of a stone wall that skirted the road, and then springing down as quickly and lightly as possible, so as not to dislodge stray stones and bring them rattling after one.
Nathalie's flower-box was soon full of specimens that she had gathered from the roadside and the meadow where her lesson in wall-scaling came in handy.
The scaling away of the piece of rock that had formed the narrow ledge made it necessary for Hugh to take a slightly different route up the flue.
The splitting off of blocks and scaling away of flakes, which had crumbled into debris at the foot of the cliff, had left shelves and crannies affording some foothold and finger-hold to the active climber.
An hour later Gouache was still on his legs, but exhausted by his efforts in scaling the wall and by loss of blood from his wound, he felt that he could not hold out much longer.
The colonel's magnificent figure and great fair beard were conspicuous as he moved about the ranks, encouraging the men and searching for some means of scaling the high walls.
Scaling lower and lower across the roofs, the flock had reached the center of the city and had driven suddenly into the roar and confusion of the streets.
Angered by his repulse, Pakenham ran to the head of a regiment bearing scaling ladders and called upon his men to follow him.
They met with stubborn resistance, but succeeded in scalingthe walls and entering the city.
Two hours before daybreak the army was placed in ambush close to Alhama, and a body of three hundred picked men set out on the difficult task of scaling the walls of the castle and surprising its garrison.
In a minute more the small scaling party was in the guard-room, massacring the sleeping garrison, while the remainder of the three hundred were rapidly ascending to the battlements.
Piles and skidways must be constructed so as to permit economical scaling and when necessary and practicable the purchaser is required to mark the small ends of the logs to avoid misunderstanding when they are scaled on the pile.
Scalers are men thoroughly familiar with the art of scaling or measuring logs, ties, poles, cord wood and other forest products.
But where timber is destroyed or where it is not worked up in measurable form or where the cutting is done in such a way that scaling is impracticable, settlement is required on the basis of an estimate.
He must know something about land surveying, estimating, and scaling timber; of logging, mining laws, and the live stock business.
In order to permit scaling at reasonable cost to the Forest Service, purchasers may be required, where the cost of logging may not be unduly increased, to skid and pile the logs for scaling.
So, up he went, deserting the faithful scaling ladder on the roof, for the time being.
By scaling a nearly perpendicular embankment, entrance to Sardis was gained, and Croesus fell into the hands of the great Persian conqueror.
Masses of red-hot metal were prepared and hurled against the towers and against the scaling parties.
While Picton was scaling the castle walls, and crowds of our brave fellows were dying in the breaches, we succeeded in forcing our way into the place over the bastion of San Vincente.
We see it as the Moor, the Goth, the Roman saw it, save the loss of a few vases which adorned the depressed parapet, and the scaling plaster which here and there betrays that the builder used that cheap but immortal material, the Roman brick.
Saying this, I walked a few steps from the place where we were lying down, to see if there was any way of scaling the Nipple.
Consequently they could not be taken by assault without scaling ladders, or otherwise, usual in sieges, unless by the sally port.
I followed them some distance, when, as they were scaling a ledge, they were attacked by a big panther, and a bloody fight took place.
I dreamed that, in scaling the rocks which lead to the point alluded to, I lost my footing, and fell into the water.
Boat after boat with scalingladders was filled with soldiers and shoved off, some of them out of sight in the dimness where the men, lying on their oars, waited for their comrades.
They tried their scaling ladders, they fought for a time with that desperate courage which never forsook them.
After an hour's conflict the recall was sounded, and the remnant of the scaling party straggled and staggered to their boats, some carrying wounded comrades, some themselves wounded and faint.
Through this medium then she discovered the place of her confinement to Leon, for whom I arranged a plan of scaling her prison and carrying her away.
Embryos 3-1/2 or 4 inches long have the scaling and the characteristic markings fully developed, but the scales and shields much abbreviated, the former broader than long.
About five o'clock the agreed signal was given by scaling the guns, the reports of which it was presumed must certainly be heard by the army at the then distance of six or seven miles, with the favorable air blowing.
On the 26th of August, the Duc de Guise placed his scaling ladders against the San Sebastiano gate, and Rome had nearly been carried by a coup-de-main.
