Sack
The word sack can refer to:
- In American football, a quarterback sack[?]: the tackling of a Quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, before he has had a chance to pass[?] or hand off[?] the ball.
- An old name for sherry.
- The deliberate destruction of a city after invasion.
- A large bag, typically made of heavy cloth such as hemp.
was of opinion that the town.html">town should be attacked separately from the
who had fortified the place, was for attacking town and castle.html">castle.html">castle together.
who soon acquired the confidence of the King, and the esteem of the army.html">army.html">army.
The Prince de Conde, Marechal d'Humieres, and the Marquis de Boufflers
the siege.html">siege.html">siege lasted. On the eleventh day, after the trenches had been
besieged desired it. They withdrew to the castle; and it was agreed that
to be battered by it. During the siege the King was almost always in his
scarcely anybody of consequence. The Comte de Toulouse received a slight
place was witnessing the attack of a half-moon, which was carried in
Musketeers.
The siege of the castle next commenced. The position of the camp was
beautiful meadow about five hundred paces from the monastery of
abundance and perseverance never before known by any one in the army.
falls on the 8th of June. It rained in torrents that day, and it is said
chance it happened so this year. The soldiers in despair at this deluge
him, burning and breaking as many as they could find. The rains sadly
only be communicated with by paths laid with fascines which required to
quarters were no longer accessible; the trenches were full of mud and
another. The waggons became useless, too, so that the transport of
of mules and of horses taken from the equipages of the Court and the
of waggons and other vehicles. His army was perishing for want of grain.html">grain.
mount every day on horseback by detachments, and to take sacks of grain
counted by the officers of the Duc de Luxembourg. Although the household
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