At midnight came a peasant to Xaintrailles, with tidings that a rescue was riding to Clermont, and next morning it was boots and saddles and away, so hastily that we left behind us the great bombards of the Burgundians.
They have four great bombards placed, every one of them with a devilish Netherland name of its own.
Therewith we left him, and, in few days, were marching on Clermont, dragging with long trains of horses the great bombards of the Burgundians.
An Austrian squadron bombards Ortona (on the eastern coast of Italy).
An Allied squadron bombards the harbour of Dedeagatch and other points of military importance on the Bulgarian coast.
First shots of the war: Austria bombards Belgrade.
For some dayes they shot with those great bombards that were on the brimme of the ditch, and from the mantellets bent against the wall of England and Spaine 20 or 30 times and more.
The ponderosity of the large bombards held them to level land, where they were laid on rugged mounts of the heaviest wood, anchored by stakes driven into the ground.
Some of the most formidable bombards were those of the Turks, who used exceptionally large cast-bronze guns at the siege of Constantinople in 1453.
From the cavalier, A, the bombards continued to discharge balls broadcast on the boulevard E, as on the previous days.
At the same time the veuglaires of the cavaliers fired on these towers with iron balls and the bombards with their stone balls.
The governor might have mounted other bombards on the boulevard E; but he was afraid of losing the pieces, and preferred reserving them for the defence at close quarters.
Immediately one of the bombards from the platform, I, replied, while the other discharged balls on the tower G, whose pieces were not slow in responding.
Those who served the bombards and culverins of the tower, H, seized the right moment for discharging volleys against this column of assailants, which made deep lanes in the battalions.
Moreover, in the course of the 30th of September and 1st of October, four largebombards were mounted in front of the outer tower of the gate.
They were occupied all night in restoring its slopes and parapets in front of the town, and raising platforms and mounting three bombards on the boulevard.
The balls from the culverin and the bombards made furrows among them; shouts were heard, and the assailants, separating into two columns, set up their ladders on the two flanks of the boulevard.
Then thebombards of the cavaliers A and B joined in as on the previous day.
The bombards of the cavalier B were replaced by three veuglaires to crush the battery S, if the besieged, taking the offensive, endeavoured to seize it.
I have ordered ten bombards to be brought to the bridge and pointed at the gates, and, on my life, they shall fire unless he shows signs of life before noon.
The ones who could escape back through the mine certainly didn't stand around waiting for each other, but Tirant had many bombards fired into the mine, and everyone inside died.
When they were almost within range of bombards they all got up, and gave signs of being unprepared for battle.
The captain had all the men go on board, and the carried the bombards and everything they needed on board.
Then they attacked the Moorish fleet mightily, with a great explosion of trumpets, pipes and horns and loud cries, and many bombards that they shot simultaneously.
The following day, when they fired on the castle, all the bombards broke apart, and not one of them was left intact.
When they were at the castle of Malvei they saw many carts carryingbombards to the port.
When those on the city wall heard the loud noise of the bombards and the trumpets and shouting near the port, and saw so many lights, they were astonished, for it seemed that all the might in the world was there.
But they readied the bombards so that, if the Christians came, they could defend the bridge and the soldiers who had already gone across.
If you are afraid that the bombards will demolish the castle, I will destroy every one they have.
At the same time he ordered all the captains, when they attacked the Moors, to create a tremendous noise with trumpets, pipes and horns, and the others with bombards and terrible cries to frighten them to death.
Tirant had his tent set up on the bridge so that no one could go past, and he had many bombards installed on the bridge so that if the enemy came they would be well met.
When they were all ready, they had the bombards set in place.
They thought that with the bombards they would kill more than seven hundred men.
The carts came next, drawn by the horses of the dismounted archers, and piled high with the spoils of the fortress, including the captured bombards and as much powder as they could possibly hold.
Meanwhile the archers had planted their pointed stakes, and the men-at-arms in charge of the bombards had loaded these cumbersome engines and trained them on the plain across which the enemy must advance.
Japanese and British warships attack Tsing-tau; German submarine sinks British cruiser Hermes in Strait of Dover; Turkish cruiser bombards Sevastopol; Russian fleet attacks Turkish fleet near Sevastopol.
Swedish steamer Andrew sunk by mine in North Sea; German squadron bombards Libau; Russian Black Sea fleet attacks Trebizond; German cruiser Berlin interns at Trondhjem to escape enemy.
Two Austrian torpedo boats and one destroyer sunk by mines in the Adriatic; Norwegian steamer Hesvik sunk in North Sea; cruiser Emden bombards Madras; Anglo-French fleet again bombards Cattaro.
Anglo-French fleet bombards Cattaro and destroys Lustica; Dutch steamer Nieuwland sunk by mine in North Sea; Rear Admiral Troubridge recalled from Mediterranean to London to explain escape of German cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
My lieutenants report to me that an alarm has spread amongst my men,--a religious horror of some fearful bombards and guns which have been devised by a sorcerer in Lord Warwick's pay.
And the king, much pleased, made the circuit of our ships, the bombards of which fired a salute.
We forthwith armed our boats, placing bombards in their poops, and started for the village [town].
On the day on which the captain-major went up to the town in the boats, these Christian Indians fired off many bombards from their vessels, and when they saw him pass they raised their hands and shouted lustily Christ!
Having discharged a few bombards at them we rejoined our ships.
Paulo da Gama, who had remained with the ships, so as to be prepared to render succour in case of need, no sooner heard the reports of the bombards than he started in the Berrio.
On Thursday [April 19] the captain-major and Nicolau Coelho rowed along the front of the town, bombards having been placed in the poops of their long-boats.
Whilst repairing these a privateer came out from a town called Pate[225] with eight boats and many men, but as soon as he came within reach of our bombards we fired upon him, and he fled.
When the captain saw this he secured the pilot whom he had taken with him, and ordered the bombards to fire upon the boats.
One day, when we approached this island for our amusement, we counted, among large and small ones, three thousand, and we fired among them with our bombards from the sea.
But our bombards soon made it so hot for them that they fled behind their palisades; but this turned out to their injury rather than their profit.
He therefore bade them retire, threatening otherwise to fire his bombardsupon them, and not to return without bringing him [Dias] and his men, or at least a letter from them.
We put on our best attire, placed bombards in our boats, and took with us trumpets and many flags.
The captain-major upon this ordered three bombards to be fired upon them, so that we might land.
Chorus: Culverins, robinets, iron may-be; But her bombards all of brass!
The weather was less keen upon the Wednesday, and the rear-guard made good their passage, with the bombards and the wagon-train.
If it please you, my fair lord, there are in this corner two great tubes of iron, with many heavy balls, which may perchance be those bombards and shot of which I have heard.
July 9--In the upper Ansici Valley the Italian artillery bombards Platzwisce Fort; Italian artillery continues to bombard the defenses of Malborgeth and Predil Pass.
Hand bombards and culverins were among the early types.
When the heavy, unwieldy bombards with stone balls were used, artillery was mostly confined to castles, towns, forts, and ships.
The bombards in the fifteenth century were made so large and heavy, especially in France, that they could not be moved without being taken apart.
British steamer Wavelet hits mine in English Channel and is badly damaged; British submarines are in the Baltic; Austrian fleet bombards Antivari.
Zeppelin bombards Calais, killing five; Buckingham Palace and other places in London are guarded against aeroplane attack.
Peril compassed them like an angry sea; she heard thebombards thundering in the meadows.
The cats, tribocs, catapults, and bombardsupon the battlements were overhauled, and cleared for a siege.
Still the bombards thundered, hurling their salvos of shot against the place, belching flame even through the night, while the arms of the great slings toiled like giant hands in the dark.
Colgran renounced the gate-house as impregnable; the slings and bombards were turned upon the outer wall to widen the breach already made therein.
Shafts wailed and whistled, bombards roared, the walls reeked and cracked.
The bombards still belched and smoked under their penthouses, and the arms of the catapults rose and fell against the sullen sky.
Very fewbombards of the period mentioned could throw stone shot weighing over 150 lbs.
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