siege-train

It had been founded by Kyros, no less; so Alexander had sent the siege-train on with Krateros, and ordered the assault saved up for him.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

Or now and again some stubborn hill-fort would hold out, and he would make a siege-train; catapults taken apart to load on mules, wood for ladders if the land was treeless; if he could bring one up, a jolting siege-tower, drawn by ten yoke of oxen; litters for the wounded, if it was too rough for wagons.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

The siege-train, to whose assistance Nicholson had gone, as related in the previous chapter, came into camp safely, bringing with it eighteen guns, 24-pounders, 18-pounders, and howitzers.

John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub R. E. Cholmeley

German orchestra, with Strauss and Mahler, was concerned more with the preoccupations of artillery and the siege-train than with those of real music.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 Various

George Campbell, in his 'Memoirs of my Indian Career,' thus describes the siege-train as he saw it passing through Kurnal: 'I could not help thinking that it looked a very trumpery affair with which to bombard and take a great fortified city;' and he expressed his 'strong belief that Delhi would never be taken by that battery.'

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

A powerful siege-train had been despatched by Sir John Lawrence from

John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub R. E. Cholmeley

Behind the main body of the fleet came a host of vessels, charged with provisions, the horses of the Spahis, the siege-train of the artillery, all the innumerable appliances and engines of war which were in use at that day.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

We have our own siege-train and the proper carriages with us.

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

That there should be "a siege-train of fifty pieces."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various

I have heretofore reported that but two-sevenths of the siege-train and ammunition had reached me.

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat