Hand-to-hand Sentence Examples

Here they received without shrinking a volley, which was certain to destroy a number of them, and then rushing forward in close order, fought their enemies hand to hand.

Two assaults were repulsed after hours of hand-to-hand fighting; and when, after a fresh bombardment, the garrison saw that their case was hopeless, they killed their women and children, and only succumbed at last to a third assault because every man of them was either killed or mortally wounded.

A serious conflict ensued between the rival factions, which quickly led to rioting and hand-to-hand fighting.

In hand-to-hand fighting before the walls of Newcastle, Douglas is said to have won Sir Henry's pennon, which he swore to fix upon the walls of Dalkeith.

After a few months he became aware of the crimes of the vizier, and slew him and his sons in a hand-to-hand fight in the palace.

They brought about a scene in Parliament which ended in hand-to-hand fighting and assaults, whereupon the Government immediately closed the Parliament.

On the right bank of the Savoureuse he constructed two new forts, Bellevue in the south-west and Des Barres to the west, and, further, he prepared the suburb on this side for a hand-to-hand defence.

The armies were very large, an expedition often consisting of several divisions, each numbering eight thousand men; but the tactics of the commanders were quite rudimentary, consisting merely of attack by arrows and javelins at a distance, gradually closing into a hand-to-hand fight with clubs and spears, with an occasional feigned retreat to draw the enemy into an ambuscade.

After a severe hand-to-hand struggle, in which the troops behaved with great gallantry, order was restored and the enemy repulsed, with the aid of the fire from the 1st Brigade square and from dismounted cavalry.

The nucleus of the army was formed of armoured horsemen, excellently practised for long-distance fighting with bow and javelin, but totally unable to venture on a hand-to-hand conflict, their tactics being rather to swarm round the enemys squadrons and overwhelm them under a hail of missiles.

The first assault thus made no impression, but a fierce hand-to-hand combat followed, in which the Hospitallers, who formed the rear of the Christian army, were hard pressed.

Included are various charges on foreign bonds to bearer, to compensate for the advantage they have in escaping the transfer duty on deeds, through their passing on sale or mortgage from hand to hand.

When he had joined a Baptist society at Bedford, and was for the first time admitted to partake of the eucharist, it was with difficulty that he could refrain from imprecating destruction on his brethren while the cup was passing from hand to hand.

After a day of desperate hand to hand fightingfor the vessels grappled and the whole matter was settled by boardingthe French fleet was annihilated.

In fact, the collection thus blended was passed from hand to hand without meeting with any opposition.

From that date to the peace of Nijmwegen, 1678, which assigned it to France, it frequently passed from hand to hand by capture or treaty.

Guns and knives were worthless, and he was pretty certain he could wrestle her down, if she tried any sort of hand-to-hand combat.

Troops then leaped onto the enemy ship and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

Four more show hoplites using their swords, which were used for hand-to-hand combat if the spear was broken in the initial clash.

His martial arts prowess is enhanced by the suit, making him a deadly opponent in hand to hand combat.

In spite of all their bravery, they succumbed to the Greek phalanx, when once the generalship of a Miltiades or a Pausanias had brought matters to a hand to hand conflict; and it was with justice that the GrecksAeschylus, for instance viewed their battles against the Persian as a contest between spear and bow.

Whether you enjoy guns, hand-to-hand combat or ships and fighter planes, you'll find them online.

Kennel cough is a very contagious respiratory illness that is easily passed by hand-to-hand contact, but I need more information in order to make an educated guess whether this might be the problem.

The Hyuga clan from Naruto are excellent at hand-to-hand combat.

Rannek the Fighter is human and specializes in melee weapons, sword and hand to hand combat.

The single-player game is a tossed salad of stealth, gun fights, hand-to-hand combat, jetpack action and driving some classic vehicles in heart-pumping scenes.

You start off with basic hand-to-hand combat moves that only require one button and then move into combination attacks that are more complex and have up to four button variations.

Fight off the forces of evil using hand-to-hand combat, super powers and puzzle solving.

They do provide some challenge since they cannot be defeated simply with normal hand-to-hand combat.

Weapon and hand-to-hand combat take a second seat to that actual action in the game.

Besides the weapon, you can also do hand-to-hand combat.

The game featured characters competing in hand-to-hand combat from different countries around the world.

Sometimes hand-to-hand combat is not always the best strategy.

Use weapons and hand to hand combat to stop the Terminator machines and others.

Combat is mostly weapons and hand-to-hand combat.

Use a hand-to-hand combat and variety of weapons like Plasma Baton, Canister Bomb, C4 explosives and others to defeat the Terminator machines.

Most infections are spread by hand-to-hand or hand-to-mouth contact; frequent hand washing may reduce the likelihood of infection if contact cannot be avoided.

Mars, Aries' planetary ruler, governs war, sex, sexual energy, hand to hand combat and even athletes.

This is the occation for one of the most impressive 'cat fights' in film history, as Ripley dons a mechanical 'loadlifter' (a kind of wearable backhoe) to do hand-to-hand combat.

They fought with the grey swords, combining the sword dance with hand-to-hand combat moves for a ferocious battle that surprised her.