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I would only capitalize "the Assault" in this context if the people involved are imbuing the event with such importance that there can only ever be one assault in their lives. It's THE assault, so ...
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2019-12-13T12:00:21Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T03:22:31Z (about 5 years ago)
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I would only capitalize "the Assault" in this context if the people involved are imbuing the event with such importance that there can only ever be one assault in their lives. It's THE assault, so they give it proper noun status. Sort of like the conflict which occurred from 1914 to 1918 was originally called the Great War, because there had never been one so large or destructive before. It was THE war.
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2014-02-11T11:01:29Z (almost 11 years ago)
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