levy en masse
Britishnoun
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Why, months ago they had called out by a levy en masse, all who were capable of bearing arms.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
The basis was the national will, expressed in the volunteers and the levy en masse.
From Britain at Bay by Wilkinson, Spenser
Fellenberg, who had hastily raised a levy en masse, was proscribed; a price was set upon his head, and he was compelled to fly into Germany.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
In 1803 an actual levy en masse of all men between the ages of seventeen and fifty-five was made.
From Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government by Hearnshaw, F. J. C. (Fossey John Cobb)
No belligerent has the right to declare that he will treat every captured man in arms, of a levy en masse, as a brigand or bandit.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
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