Meanings of effect a lodgement in английском

Would they effect a lodgement, or be hurled back baffled and raging and impotent, as, alas!

They not only broke the line, but even took possession of Coehorn's fort, in which however they found it impossible to effect a lodgement.

There was another chance, however, to make her point, which she presently availed herself of,-feelingpretty sure this time that she should effect a lodgement.

There was no longer any doubt, in the mass of the community, that the Devil had effected a lodgement at Salem Village.