The camp he attacked was that of the Seventh Michigan which bore the brunt of it.
General Gregg was entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the right flank, which placed him in the post of danger, and the brunt of the fighting as well as the greater part of the honors of the movement fell to his share.
At the Antietam his corps bore the bruntof the battle, which was one of the most stubborn of modern warfare.
He chiefly had borne the brunt and won the laurels of the unprecedented fight against deficit in which Italy had been involved since 1862.
This was the boy he had provoked to fight, the one who had had to take the brunt of the director's anger!
He was determined that if worse came to worst he would bear the brunt of the disgrace himself rather than say a word that would blacken the name of one who had passed away.
The brunt of the British fighting was at La Tretoire.
No troops could be spared from the Fifth and Ninth Armies, which had to bear the brunt of the attack from the German center.
On this army, it was expected, the brunt of the drive would fall.
There had been obstruction in the last years of the previous Parliament, but, as the Tories were in power, they had to bear the brunt of it.
The division of Wad Ali, a fourth part of the entire Dervish army, which bore the brunt of this attack, was almost completely destroyed.
This caused some delay, during which the Sixth Corps bore the bruntof the battle.
The brunt of the afternoon battle fell on McKean's and Davies' divisions.
A hundred Knights of Malta, on foot, wearing over their armor surcoats of crimson blazoned with the white cross, bore the brunt of the assault.
I will show you the way; I will be always at your head; I will bear the brunt of the danger.
The Municipal Compound and the Fire Brigade Station had to bear the brunt of the bombardment, but the damage done was small.
The men in the redoubts enjoyed comparative immunity from the dangers of the bombardment; it was mainly the women and children in the houses who had to bear the brunt of the assaults.
The bruntof the battle of Corunna fell on the 50th, whom Sir John Moore congratulated during the battle, calling out "Well done, 50th!
The allegation that, had Nelson followed a different method at Trafalgar, the 'brunt of the action would have been more equally felt' can be disposed of easily.
We should be the same men, whether we sit unnoticed among the lackeys at the gate, or are bearing the brunt of the hatred of powerful foes, or are clothed 'in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold.
Chapeau marched up through the village at the head of the little procession to bear the brunt of the father's anger, as his station in life, and standing in the army made him feel superior even to the fury of old Michael Stein.
The rear-guard, which was likely to bear the brunt of the attack, consisted only of Englishmen from England.
The battle of Inkerman was fought in the early morning of 5th November, and again the brunt of the fighting fell on the English army.
The brunt of the fighting fell on the latter, but when Li issued his bulletin he claimed all the credit of the victory, and totally ignored Burgevine and his men.
It was the first army that bore the brunt of the attack.
Brunt begged pardon, but said he stated nothing but facts.
John Thomas Brunt was born in Union-street, Oxford-street; where his father carried on business as a tailor.
Look for no respite from that agony Until some other deity be found, Ready to bear for thee the brunt of doom, Choosing to pass into the lampless world Of Hades and the murky depths of hell.
Marine Corps Historical Collection ] The assault infantry units bore the brunt of these losses.
The 23d Marines landed over Yellow Beach and sustained the brunt of the first round of Japanese combined arms fire.
It takes many steadfast years, many prayers, many acts of humble service before we may hope to reach the place where we are content to bear alone the brunt of that pang, and to guard the one we love even from ourselves.
She looked as if she had borne for many years the bruntof continued ill health, or the ill health of others, as if she had been obliged to lift heavy weights too young.
The thoracic aorta stands the brunt of the high pressure, and this combined with the poisonous action of the drug or drugs, results in the formation of a fusiform aneurysmal dilatation which stops at the diaphragmatic opening.
There are cases in which the brunt of the lesion falls upon the abdominal vessels.
True, the alcohol circulates in the blood, and is broken up in the liver, and this organ would seem to bear the brunt of the harm done.
I, being the tallest of the crush, will be sure to bear the brunt of his leap.
Good old Spofforth bore the brunt of it, and he's badly mauled.
