Rather, they resolved to take the city by assault.
We don't have men enough to take the place by assault and we mustn't destroy it.
They took Altkirch by assault in a battle lasting six hours with 100 casualties.
With the cruiser topside, taking the port by assault is out.
The Scots, moreover, did not have the time to construct the kind of equipment that would be necessary to take the fortress by assault.
So they say to take it by assault.
Unable to take the city by direct assault, they set about starving it into submission.
Then we take by assault when the ditch is done.
He returned with a newly constituted army and took Sarmizegetusa by assault.
The bad guys had to be a bit nervous after that first attempt to take the freighter back by seaborne assault.