Sentence examples for enemy fortress from inspiring English sources

He spent his remaining years on smaller expeditions against scattered English forces and mercenary bands and died besieging an enemy fortress.

But 36, although intact above street level, now looks as if it had been kneecapped with a storefront that might be an enemy fortress in a "Lord of the Rings" movie.

Mustang chose his object well: planting a Ukrainian flag on one of the Stalinist high-rises is as close as one might get, in twenty-first-century Europe, to planting a flag on an enemy fortress.

Not only are you securing the perimeter of a dark, forbidding enemy fortress with 10 other heavily armed soldiers, but there is more on the line than just your virtual life.

You want your wildcard to justify his selection and lead the storming of the enemy fortress.

Surely one of the most interesting aspects of the developments in recent years is the step that some urban movements have taken from considering the institutions as an enemy fortress to viewing them as an arena where stands can be taken, and even as a tool that can be used for transformative purposes (Blanco and Gomà 2016; Nel·lo 2015a).

The seven castles are traditionally considered a symbol of the Portuguese victories over their Moorish enemies, under Afonso III, who supposedly captured seven enemy fortresses in the course of his conquest of the Algarve, concluded in 1249.

This is Cesare, the throbbing heart of the novel, who, when he's not plunging his spear into a wild boar or penetrating the enemy's fortress with his cannonballs, likes to seduce his little sister.

It's easy to lose track of time as you summon warriors and attack your enemy's fortress.

As the colony expanded, its home became a labyrinth of chambers and connecting galleries — an enemy-proof fortress.

For both Gebhard and Ernst, winning the war required mobilizing enough men to encircle a seemingly endless array of enemy artillery fortresses.