The Representatives distributed the guns and the cartridges to the resolute band which surrounded them.
They distributed thecartridges with shouts of "Long live the Republic!
Both wore blouses; they were two workmen; with a few cartridges in their pockets, and a musket upon each of their shoulders.
The soldiers turned themselves round so that the cartridges might be taken from their pouches.
The distribution of the cartridges was hardly ended when the infantry appeared, and charged upon the barricade with the bayonet.
The situation was hopeless; the cartridges were exhausted.
One officer conducted to us through the fog, smoke, and confusion a considerable supply of cartridgesin boxes strapped on mules.
Send me in some coffee at eleven o'clock, and a box of cartridges you will find in my dressing-room.
Everybody being ready, the smugglers led the wagon, which contained some thousands of cartridges and two small kegs of brandy, about three hundred yards off, to the middle of the valley, and then unharnessed the horses.
Let the remainder of the cartridges be distributed.
He did prodigies of valor and was robbing the dead bodies of the enemy of cartridges when he was shot.
This composition is thoroughly mixed together, or is used in the form of cartridges or tablets, which ignite by means of a piece of magnesium fixed in the substance like a wick.
We ought to hold them there as long as ourcartridges last, unless they set the cabin afire.
Blame pore, if yer ask me; not more'n twenty cartridges atween us.
He broke the chamber, shaking the cartridges out into his palm; then handed the emptied weapon over to Westcott.
By neglect or mishap, the powder and ball never reached us; so that when the towns were destroyed, no one dreamed of penetrating the forest to unearth its vermin with the remnant of cartridges in our chest and boxes.
There was still an abundance of cartridges for pistols and musketry, but these were poor defences against resolute Englishmen whose blood was up and who would unquestionably renew the charge with reinforcements of vigorous men.
That noon, however, when he promised a Colt's forty-five together with cartridges in payment, the bargain was consummated.
One man quietly opened the bolt of his rifle and nervously fingered a clip of cartridges in his belt.
The room was crowded with men who spoke excitedly of a possible war and exchanged specimen cartridges across the table.
Their guns were loaded, and a bandolier of cartridges crossed their breasts.
The Troops to march to the feild at 9 oclock tomorrow with the same number of Cartridges as on Wednesday.
Each man to be furnished with 10 good cartridges & a good flint.
Maj: Hepburn's Troop to come over here on foot with side arms, leaving their guard on ye village, and bring 90 loaded cartridges with them.
A return of the number of cartridgeswanting to compleat ye Artillery and to compleat the Regiments to 36 Rounds per man, and likewise a list of the Horses the Artillery has lost, to be given in as soon as possible.
Within the arsenal wall were drawn up in parallel lines four regiments of the "Home Guards," and I saw men distributing cartridges to the boxes.
Several times during the battle, cartridges gave out; but General Grant had thoughtfully kept a supply coming from the rear.
I said they were the very things, and that we did not want cartridge boxes or belts, but that I would have the cartridges carried in the breeches-pockets, and the caps in the vestpockets.
He had brought out his smaller gauge shotgun, and the cartridges in it were the only ones available.
I want a deer," and putting a supply of cartridges in his belt, and seeing that his gun magazine was filled, he started off.
They have got thosecartridges in the police station.
You better put your gun in your scabbard, son, and put some cartridges in your pocket; might be such a thing as you'd see something you'd want to shoot.
A case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns; it is under the charge of the cabin-door sentry.
Cartridges are usually reckoned by rounds, including all the artillery to be used; as, fifty rounds of ammunition.
Also, special preparations of the same included in cartridges for rifled fire-arms, to prevent the fouling from the burnt powder adhering to the interior of the bore.
Lying down on the mat, he took the light-springed rifle and the six cartridges handed him and fixed his eyes on the target, which was a playing-card pinned to a thick plank.
There were still some cartridges in his rifle cylinder, but he was slipping and sliding down an almost precipitous declivity at such a rate that it was impossible to stop and shoot.
He took the boys over to where a party of young men were standing, and introduced them, telling them to fix them up with cartridges and have some practice.
Keep your ammunition for worthier foes; we may need all our cartridges by-and-by.
I stepped into my room and brought forth my own, handing Chips some cartridges for his.
Holden was busy with one of the latest and best maps of the moon, looking for places where landing could be made, and charting the spots where the cartridges would be buried.
And you know I am the only one who can make cartridges for you.
I don't think I shall trouble the cartridges very much," said he, glad to think she was becoming more cheerful.
Cartridges and shells were exploding in the burning magazines, the cartridges with a steady crackle and the shells with a hiss and a scream and then a stream of light.
Illustration] "Very soon each of the men had a bundle of snipe and we had to return; but we had not many cartridges left, which consoled us.
Then came pursuit, till cartridges and grenades began to run short, and a fresh enemy appeared in the shape of a scarcity of provisions.
We then asked for the rifle, the cartridges and the murderer, and were informed that two men had done the killing.
His rifle and cartridges were missing, that was all.
Our stock of cartridges impressed them deeply, and there was no end of whistling and grunting.
The longer the cartridges and the larger the bullets, the more they impressed them, and our revolvers were glanced at with contempt and a shrug of the shoulders, expressing infinite disdain, until each of us shot a few rounds.
It was a piece of good luck that some years before he had picked up a couple of live cartridges after a shooting-practice.
Under Heppner's eyes he placed thecartridges in the chambers of the revolvers, the shining brass gleaming beside the dull steel.
The infantry had to be always on the march, then firing off their blank cartridges either stooping or lying down, and at last making a bayonet charge on the disorganised foe.
The forges blazed day and night, the arsenal turned out cartridges by the hundred thousand.
The position was held by one battalion after another, as it came up, so long as any cartridges were left, but the reserve ammunition was far in the rear, and the Royalists gained ground.
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