The fortress seemed assailable after months of neglect, its walls crumbling and its garrison depleted.

Witnesses described the assailants as wearing dark hoodies and moving quickly through the alley.

The assailableness of the old fortress was apparent after the siege exposed its crumbling walls.

The relentless wind assails the coastal town throughout the night.

In the medieval chronicle, the author wrote that the invaders would assaile the castle at dawn.