besiegers

Draw ... waters -- so as not to be without water for drinking, in the event of being cut off by the besiegers from the fountains. make strong the brick-kiln -- or "repair" [Maurer]; so as to have a supply of bricks formed of kiln-burnt clay, to repair breaches in the ramparts, or to build new fortifications inside when the outer ones are taken by the foe.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Luckily, one of the besiegers was a photographer, and a few weeks later, through my pal, the publicist, I received several 8x10s of me with half The Who, which, naturally enough, currently reside within easy reach ... in my desk.

Binky Philips: Pete Townshend's Guitar... Part Two Binky Philips 2010

When it came to intelligence tests, sneaking through the tangled encampments and front lines of the besiegers was the newcomers 'final exam.

The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

To her sharpened, suffering senses her house had become a citadel which must be defended; aye, even if the besiegers were a mighty horde with right on their side.

The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

Barras was with the eastern wing of the besiegers, that is, some miles away from the side of La Seyne and L'Eguillette, where Buonaparte fought.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

He could only send his sympathy and the counsel to hold out unflinchingly in the hope that some fortune of war would call the besiegers away.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

Israel; that is, the besiegers feared the anger of God, which they had incurred by giving occasion to the human sacrifice forbidden in the law

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Still while this was going on, and numbers were falling on both sides, the besiegers were the more eager to destroy a town, strong both by its natural situation and its powerful defences, before the arrival of winter, thinking it impossible to appease the fury of their king if they should fail.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

On the right of the besiegers was a strong stockade fort, and on the left a work called the Star redoubt.

A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade William Dobein James 1801

You would have seen how they had learned to hurl stones at the ballistic machines, how to cover their walls with timber and mats, and how to hurl what they called Greek fire at the machines, since they knew that the greatest difficulty for the besiegers was the lack of material.

The Deeds of God Through the Franks Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert 1088