Succours Sentence Examples

Our compassion should be like that of God, who succours the suffering without sharing in their pain.

Vendome at first opposed great obstacles to the plan which the prince had formed for carrying succours into Piedmont; but after a variety of marches and counter-marches, in which both commanders displayed signal ability, the two armies met at Cassano (August 16, 1705), where a deadly engagement ensued, and Prince Eugene received two severe wounds which forced him to quit the field.

Just after his first succours had sailed fOr the Gironde, the great Welsh rebellion of 1294 broke out, and the king was compelled to turn aside to repress.

Even more menacing to the kings prosperity was the news that another squadron had appeared off the coast of Wales, and landed stores and succours for Glendower, who had now conquered the whole principality save a few isolated fortresses.

The succours which were coming to his aid from Paris were defeated by the Maid at Patay a few days later, and for the most part destroyed.

Margaret succeeded in accomplishing was to keep Northumberland in revolt, mainly by means of French and Scottish succours.