camisado

At one table sat a gentleman of the name of Faversham, who had ridden on the previous night in that ill-fated camisado that should have resulted in the capture of Cromwell at Spetchley, but which, owing to a betrayal -- when was a Stuart not betrayed and sold?

The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912

Page 18 next day: but that night I meant to give them in the Iland a camisado, *

Raleigh's First Roanoke Colony. 1902

Yet, considering that trained men and a numerous horse have great advantage by daylight, I should be in favour of a camisado or night onfall. '

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

For a peaceful secretary of a commercial company, with a scratch eleven picked up in the street on a Saturday afternoon, to capture a vessel with a crew of twenty-four, well accustomed to desperate deeds, was 'a sufficient camisado or onfall. '

Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang 1878

Harte's _History of Gustavus_, a wilderness which mere human patience seems unable to explore, is yet enlivened here and there with a cheerful spot, when he tells us of some scalade or camisado, or speculates on troopers rendered bullet-proof by art-magic.

The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838

A camisado, or shirt-tumult, every where: stormbell set a-ringing; village-drum beating furious generale, as here at Clermont, under illumination; distracted Patriots pleading and menacing!

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Duke D'Alva to hazard a _camisado_, or night attack, upon the prince.

Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824

Iland a camisado, (95) and at the instant to seize vpon all the canoas about the Island, to keepe him from aduertisements.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

The Prince of Orange being retired into the camp, Julian Romero one of de Alba’s most daring generals, with earnest persuasions, procured licence of the Duke de Alba to hazard a camisado or night attack upon the Prince.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The Prince of Orange being retired into the camp, Julian Romero one of de Alba’s most daring generals, with earnest persuasions, procured licence of the Duke de Alba to hazard a camisado or night attack upon the Prince.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002