A broadsidebrought down his mainyard, and a flight of arrows rattled on his deck.
The barge had got within a hundred feet of the broadside of the brigantine, when the whole of her wide folds of canvas were seen swelling outwards.
The answering broadside was received almost as soon as their own had been given, and the two vessels passed swiftly without the line of shot.
At the next instant, the bows of a vessel of war appeared at the opening of a ship-yard, and then came gun after gun in view, until the whole broadside and frowning battery of the Coquette were visible.
The whole broadside was then delivered into the stern of la Fontange, the last grapnel was released and the ships separated.
The fellow shows a stout heart, and a warm battery," observed the master, when the broadside of their enemy became visible, by this change in his position.
With increased speed the Kearsarge advanced, receiving a second and part of a third broadside with similar effect.
This broadside cut away a little of the rigging, but the shot chiefly passed over or fell short.
Arrived within nine hundred yards of the Alabama, the Kearsarge, fearing a fourth broadside with evident raking results, sheered and broke her silence by opening with the starboard battery.
As soon as Colonel Scott was ashore, we sprung ourbroadside upon a two-gun battery that had been pretty busy, and we silenced that among us.
We passed directly between the two brigs, keeping a broadside trained upon each; but nothing was said, or done, to us.
The Scourge came to an anchor a short distance above the place selected for the landing, and sprung her broadside to the shore.
The object of this indented formation was that each ship might bring her broadside to bear east, and yet fire clear of those to the east of her.
There is in this a somewhat droll reminder of the disputed merits of bow, stern, and broadside fire, in a modern iron-clad; and the practical conclusion is much the same.
Her own side being still turned towards the British, as she waited, the report was taken by the flagship's men below decks to be the signal for opening fire, and her whole broadside was discharged.
To fire the broadside from ahead or astern of an antagonist, so that the shot may sweep the length of the vessel, which at the period of this book was about four times the width.
Cornbury and Quinn arose to their feet, but Mornay sat at his oars, keeping the boat broadside to the approaching vessel.
Yan Gratz, Jacquard, and the crew were crowded at the broadside guns, and at the sight of monsieur the Dutchman’s face broke into a pasty smile as he sneered to his neighbor.
Like to do it, perhaps," said the skipper dryly, "and fancy that battery was the broadside of a ship?
To Peter's satisfaction he saw from the course that the gunboat was taking that her commander intended to fight him broadside to broadside before endeavouring to board.
It was well that they had been got round in time, for lying motionless they might have been capsized before they could get way on them, had they been caught broadside to the wind.
We did not need to keep her head to the swell: often I watched her lying broadside on to the tide, and with a boat loaded as we were, this would have been impossible with anything like a swell.
And so in these conditions of sky and air and sea, we gazed broadside on the Titanic from a short distance.
The Sylph now shook and trembled continuously, as broadside after broadside was poured into the enemy, first from one side and then from the other, as the little vessel maneuvered, presenting first one side and then the other to the enemy.
By evening they were within pistol-shot of the nearest, "and had a broadside ready to pour into her, the gunners having their matches in their hands, and only waiting for orders to fire.
At first they only attempted broadside fire; now bow and stern guns are common.
But in another moment the steamer came on to the Northfleet, striking herbroadside almost amidships, making a breach in her timbers beneath the water-line, and crushing the massive timbers traversing the main deck.
The British Museum broadside of The Scots' Apostasy has also been collated.
The Scots' Apostasy was first printed as a broadside in 1646, and assigned at the time to Cleveland by Thomas Old.
Just as the morning was breaking the "Rescue" broke away and wentbroadside upon the island.
John, who was intrusted with the steering-oar, in minding the business of Bonsall and Godfrey instead of his own, let it fly out of the water, and so permitted the boat to come round broadside to the current.
One of the dogs still remained attached to the sledge, and in struggling to clear himself drew one of the runners broadside against the edge of the circle.
Next moment a huge wave came broadside on to us and emptied itself into our boat, half filling us with water.
When about 600 yards from the centre battery we anchored and put a spring in our cable, so as to keep our broadside well on to the forts.
Now up, now down, the boat heaved and sank, turning slowly round as she went, but generally broadside on.
Bevis got out a scull, so did Mark, and their exertions kept her straight; had she turned broadsideit would have been awkward even as it was.
Bevis pushed the tiller over, and the boat came round broadside to the wind, and began to cross the head of Fir-Tree Gulf.
I was so annoyed at the loss of my old trusty servant and companion, that I immediately ordered five guns to be loaded with small shot, and four with great, and gave them such a broadside as they had never heard in their lives before.
The Raker ranged across the bows of the pirate, and before he could regain his headway, raked him with a tremendous broadside of the same deadly missiles which had already destroyed so many of their comrades.
Another followed, and another, a broadside of deafening reports.
They knew also, to the last man of them, that if for a moment the ship fell off broadside to the seas, the giant waves would roll her over and over like an empty barrel in a mill-race.
A broadside of grape-shot was the first salute we received.
We came upon the boom with a horrid crash; he put the helm down, and laid her broadside to it.
No doubt whatever that a broadside composed of such ingredients, would be a great desideratum in favour of a victory, especially if the enemy should happen to have none of his own to give in return.
Three times the Montebello, commanded by the French admiral, delivered a broadside from every gun in her sides.
The text is taken from a copy of the originalbroadside in the South Kensington Collection.
Swift's in a broadside entitled, "Seasonable Advice to M.
With its aid a tremendousbroadside can be fired from a Dreadnought.
The Varuna fired a broadside into us instead of into the enemy.
The Hartford backed clear, but in so doing fell off broadside to the stream, thereby affording another chance to the hostile rams, had there been one prepared to dare the hazard.
The battle was therefore fought between the six long twelves of the Essex and the broadside of the Phoebe, consisting of thirteen long eighteens, one twelve, and one nine.
The battery was abandoned when the first vessel poured her broadside into it as she passed.
Round and round the circle the vessels steamed, giving one fort a broadside on the way up, and the other a broadside on the way down.
She then passed us, receiving our broadside and giving one in return, at a distance of less than two hundred yards.
Two great guns dismounted themselves, seriously injuring the men who were handling them, and the very first broadside from the fleet dismounted several more.
On she went for a few yards, then turning in a grand circle came back, giving the other broadside to the forts as she passed.
One by one the guns swung into position, and soon the wholebroadside opened with a roar.
When within a distance of a mile, the first broadside was let fly, without avail.
Here was more hard work for the sailors; but they managed to creep through, and ranging up in line, broadside to Fort Thompson, they opened a vigorous cannonade upon that work.
But by this time the fleet was well abreast of the forts, and now, pouring out broadside after broadside, they swept along past the terrible ramparts.
Soon the cannon-balls began to crash through the deck above us, and then the thunder of our whole broadside of twelve Dahlgren guns kept the vessel in a quiver.
Her first broadside killed or wounded forty of the Americans; while many more were knocked down by the shock, but sustained no further injury.
The sinking steamer took up a position near the "Lane," and poured broadside after broadside upon the struggling Union ship.
