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and together they appeared before the gates of Joppe. Enter they might not, for Apollonius had a garrison there, but must needs attack it; (1 Maccabees 10, 75)
Then, the force of the cavalry once spent, out came Simon with his troops to attack the main body, which thereupon broke and fled. (1 Maccabees 10, 82)
Now it was that Jonathan mustered the men of Judaea to deliver an attack on the Gentile citadel in Jerusalem; engines a many they brought against it. (1 Maccabees 11, 20)
Then came news to Jonathan that the chiefs of Demetrius’ faction were returning to the attack, and in greater force than ever; (1 Maccabees 12, 24)
Spies of his went out into the enemy’s camp, and reported, all was ready for a night attack; (1 Maccabees 12, 26)
Thereupon he turned his attack against the Zabadeans, an Arabian tribe, defeating them and taking spoils from them; (1 Maccabees 12, 31)
but the rabble, when they saw what he would be at, caught up stones or stout clubs for the attack, and some of them pelted him with cinders. (2 Maccabees 4, 41)
And now the followers of Machabaeus, after prayer made for the divine assistance, delivered an attack upon the Edomite strongholds. (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
Stung by these taunts, twenty warriors of Machabaeus’ company made a bold attack on the wall as the fifth day was dawning, and, by the fierceness of their onslaught, made shift to climb it; (2 Maccabees 10, 35)
But Machabaeus to that King made appeal, who needed neither engine nor battering-ram, in Josue’s day, to bring Jericho down in ruins; a fierce attack he delivered upon the walls, (2 Maccabees 12, 15)
The watchword he gave them was, Victory lies with God; and now, choosing out the best of his fighting men, he made a night attack upon the royal quarters. Four thousand men they slew in the camp, and the greatest of all the elephants, with the crew that rode him, (2 Maccabees 13, 15)
And first he would deliver an attack upon Bethsura, a fortress of the Jews, but ever he was thrown back and repulsed with great loss, (2 Maccabees 13, 19)
