Vindication of French barrier

Usage examples of defence.

Several times the Russians advanced to within twenty yards of the defences, but each time, shattered by the fire of grape-shot and by the storm of bullets from the abattis, they recoiled.

The Actaeon net defence against torpedoes was being developed for use in merchant ships.

Through the months of work on the Defence, Adams knew it was time to wind things up in London.

Such republics of the past as Adams had written about in his Defence of the Constitutions were small in scale--so what hope was there for one so inconceivably large?

The suspicion that Adams was a monarchist at heart grew stronger, and understandably, as in his Defence of the Constitutions of Government he did seem to lean in that direction.

That Jefferson himself had once praised his Defence of the Constitutions, apparently finding no heresies therein, Adams, to his credit, made no mention.

Huns and Alani, whom he had attached to his person, was employed in the defence of Gaul.

But in this affair of almsdeeds it is perhaps well to note that the Scholastics could make this much defence of their vagueness.

These impious orders could not be executed without tumults and massacres, as in many places the people chose rather to die in the defence of their altars, than to behold in the midst of peace their cities exposed to the rapine and cruelty of war.

His first need, he realized, was for weapons of offence and defence, for his encounter with the apes, and the distant notes of the savage voices of Numa the lion, and Sheeta, the panther, warned him that his was to be no life of indolent ease and security.

In the defence of national freedom, two hundred thousand of these barbarians had once appeared in the field, alarmed the declining age of Augustus, and exercised the vigilant prudence of Tiberius at the head of the collected force of the empire.

The Church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar is situated on the ramparts of the town, and the Aragonese fondly believe this portion of the town defences to be impregnable.

On the long hot dusty drive into Asmara, the Count lay without interest in his surroundings, without even attempting to marshal his defence against the charges he knew he must soon face.

He fitted novel and ingenious machinery in the arsenal and cannon factory which he was commissioned to erect in New York, and he was asked to supply plans for the defences of the Narrows between the upper and lower bays of that port.

Emergency measures are being taken here to prevent an invasion of deadly African bees from Brazil, the Agrarian Defence Directorate said today.