We climbed a mountain spur and soon reached a position within rifle-musket range of the enemy which completely commanded his guns and fortifications.
Buford's cavalry was sent by Meade to Williamsport, where it encountered Lee's advance, destroyed trains, and made many captures of guns and prisoners.
The steady roar of guns and rattle of musketry should have told him that some organized forces were, at least, baring their breasts bravely to the enemy and standing as food for shot and shell.
While Rosecrans was doing this McClellan was to move the body of the army close under the enemy's guns and be in readiness to assault the front on its being known that Rosecrans was ready to attack in the rear.
A couple of guns and a quantity of plunder were left behind by the enemy, who evidently had not expected us and were quite unprepared for our attack.
Peel's guns and Longden's mortars were therefore brought to bear upon it, and kept up a continual fire until 3 p.
Night and day the overwhelming fire was continued, and the incessant boom and roar ofguns and mortars, with the ceaseless rain of shot and shell on the city, warned the mutineers that their punishment was at hand.
I thought you might have a thousand men with you, by your going to fine a strong white man, who has plenty of guns and soldiers, two doti for burying a dead horse.
Kiala had been visited by a couple of chiefs from his father; and the chiefs being told that a white man was at the ferry, put in a claim for a couple of guns and a keg of gunpowder.
We were delighted during the service to hear in the distance the sound of guns and shells.
To the east of us, lay the road bordered with leafless and battered trees, past which went an interminable line of lorries, guns and limbers.
The Third Army made a strong push forward and reached the line from Milovatz to Dubovitza, making a great haul ofguns and prisoners.
While speaking of the life furthest forward I do not forget the very similar conditions, allowing for the absence of enemy machine-guns and snipers, which prevailed at Battalion Headquarters.
Throughout the 1500's improvement was mainly toward lightening the enormous weights of guns and projectiles, as well as finding better ways to move the artillery.
The making ofguns and gunpowder, the loading of bombs, and even the serving of cannon were jealously guarded trade secrets.
It included, as the first step, the building of many miles of railway and highway for the transport of the enormous requisite quantities of guns and materials.
Why, Captain Glossop had notice that you had taken in guns and ammunition.
And is it to him that you are taking out field-guns and ammunition?
I never said we were taking out field-guns and ammunition," said Poole innocently.
While the work was in progress the Germans poured a hurricane of fire from machine-guns and field-guns on the position.
Then followed a period of calm, which the captain well employed in repairing the rigging, and exercising the men with the guns and small-arms.
Accordingly she was armed with sixteen guns and a number of swivels, and placed under the command of Lieut.
For this purpose the enemy had hurried forward a large force of Artillery, composed of guns and howitzers of all calibres, escorted and protected by four Cavalry Divisions and a limited number of jäger battalions.
Russia, alleged deficiences of, in Guns and Munitions, Joffre on (Dec.
Roughly, some 80 guns and a large proportion of our machine guns, besides innumerable articles of necessary equipment and a large quantity of transport, had fallen into the enemy's hands.
No sooner had he embarked all his force in canoes, for the purpose of continuing his journey, than a storm upset some of them, drowning two men and occasioning the loss of guns and supplies.
Their conduct as citizens was outrageous, for they kept the town in a continual uproar by their drinking bouts, their brawls with the natives, and promiscuous firing of guns and pistols.
They numbered 300 men, armed with shot-guns and rifles, and their retinue of domestic slaves and women doubled their force.
In regard to what we should like if it is available in the shape of guns and ammunition, please see my No.
Worse follows, for Stopford takes back his assurance given me after my cable of the 9th when he said, "given water, guns and ammunition, I have no doubt about our being able to secure the hills.
But his sojourn on the Western front has given him inflated standards as to the number of guns and stocks of H.
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