The Fort which had been constructed so as to command the river was immediately bombarded, and the powder magazine having exploded, the place was abandoned, and with all its guns, taken possession of by the British.
The inhabitants of New England had never, except in the territory of the Pequods, taken possession of a foot of land without first obtaining a title from the Indians.
He says, had we taken possessionof the village in the outset, the day would have been ours on the 23d.
A party was sent to occupy the friendly village of Behmaru; but, as usual, delay was the order of the day, and it was deferred until the enemy had taken possession, though not in great force.
Governor's Island, taken possession of, by a body of continentals, ii.
Dorchester Heights, proposed to betaken possession of and fortified, ii.
The feelings of a wild bull in a net must be placidity itself compared with those of poor Philip on finding himself thus cornered and publicly taken possession of.
And then, with a savageness begotten of a feeling of being cornered, trapped, run to earth, he began to wonder whether he should suffer himself to be taken possession of in this slap-dash fashion.
Before she could be taken possession of, her officers, and a greater part of her crew escaped to the shore.
They saw in a moment that their fate was sealed, and did not attempt to stir, but hoisted the United States colors, and patiently waited to be taken possession of.
He continued:-- The Orient is the only territory on earth which has not yet been taken possession of by some aspiring nation.
As early as 1199, the Bremen merchants had founded Riga, taken possession of the eastern shore of the Baltic and established German colonies there.
On returning home he found that his brother Chilperic had taken possession of his capital and many smaller towns.
Khothbeh, or Sermon made at Jerusalem, the first Friday after Saladin had taken Possession of that City, by Mohammed Ben Zeky.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taken possession" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
