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A brilliant sapper and artilleryman, he blew gaps in walled towns that were deemed untakable and led his skimpy "armies" through the breaches, puffing gaily on a cigar and waving a bamboo cane.

From Time Magazine Archive

The giant shells had scooped out the forts at Maubeuge, Maubeuge the untakable, as if they had been mere eggshells, and the mighty Teutonic host came on, almost without a check.

From The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Once again it was Garth's vantage, and once again Ronnie's arm swung high for an untakable smasher.

From The Rosary by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

The castle, defiant, untakable save by long siege and famine, held for King George by a garrison of a few hundreds, spread itself like a rock lion in a high-lifted rock lair.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary