Assault

in military language, a furious effort to carry a fortified post, camp, or fortre , where the a ailants do not screen themselves to any works. It is the appropriate termination of a siege which has not led to the capitulation of the garrison. To give an a ault: To attack any post. To repulse qn a ault: ‘To cause the a ailants to retreat; to beat them back. To carry by a ault: To gain a post by storm.