Beyond that western extremity of the table land, the coast immediately recedes into a bay, which is terminated by a long range of extremely rugged mountains.
One piece of land in particular, forming an entrance to the bay behind Cape Guadel, has the most striking resemblance to a long range of gothic ruin.
On the southern bank of the inlet is a long range of rocks, which, though now two or three miles distant, may at one time have been washed by the sea.
D'Estaing stood down along the English order twice from north to south, cannonading at long range, but did not anchor.
Admiral Herbert, though commander-in-chief, failed to attack vigorously with the centre, keeping it at long range.
The allied fleet followed, and on the 20th an action took place at long range, the allies to windward, but not pressing their attack close.
Witnessing a Marriage by Wire--Beating a Pool Room--Sparring at Long Range 87 XII.
Generally they take place at long range, and no one is hurt thereby.
Between the larger ships the action continued at long range, for the superior speed of the battle cruisers enabled Admiral Sturdee to choose his distance, and his proper concern was to demolish the enemy with his own ships unscathed.
In spite of a calm sea and excellent visibility during most of the action, the gunnery of the battle cruisers appears to have been less accurate at long range than in the later engagement off the Dogger Bank.
De Grasse merely sent his second in command to conduct a skirmish at long range--and thus threw his chance away.
But he was previously committed to the movement, and executed it rapidly and for the most part at long range.
The river road to the interior from Molapololo passes through a very pretty and interesting part of the country, a long range of low thickly wooded hills on the left.
Here a rifle-shot at long rangebroke a fore-leg below the shoulder.
The third hart was stopped in the midst of a last bound by a clean rifle-shot at long range--a fine head of twelve tines.
Already the stag had reached a long range shot, when from the nearer, opposite, covert dashed five hinds, which came splashing through the water, right between me and the big stag.
Sidenote: Bombardment at Long Range] At half-past one the Japanese ships opened fire with their big guns.
At long range," they answered, and all the club-bearers agreed that when it came to close quarters, they had the finest sport.
The fault of the system to his mind was that the very flower of the army, if the picked men were in the chariots, could only act at long range and so contribute little after all to the victory.
It will be remembered that Cyrus put a stop to the old style of fighting at long range, and by arming men and horses with breastplates and giving each trooper a short spear he taught them to fight at close quarters.
Well," replied Cyrus, "if such arms are used, skirmishing at long range must be the order of the day.
We soon got close enough to open fire again, and this time we had begun to make good shooting though it was at a long range.
On the south-east this mountain-land, the Switzerland of South Africa, faces Natal and East Griqualand with a long range of formidable precipices, impassable for many miles.
I am sorry I did not try out this heavy-calibred rifle oftener at long range.
When we caught sight of this lone wildebeeste among the zebra, I naturally expected that we would pull up the buckboard, descend, and approach to within some sort of long range.
Is it not just a little shameful to pot old felis leo at long range, in the open, near his kill, and wherever we have him at an advantage-nine times, and then to back out because that advantage is for once not so marked?
Upon the cavalry advancing, they still held their ground and opened fire at long range; but it being evident that a yet larger force was still behind the ridge, it was not considered advisable to charge.
They crossed the hills to the north-east and eastward, and having made a cover by throwing up a series of low stone walls, opened a well-directed fire at long range on the camp.
During the advance, the garrison in the zeriba had been engaging the enemy at long range.
It had not marched an hour when the enemy for the first time opened fire, at long range.
Throughout the day they kept their skirmish lines so strong that we could do nothing; however, we got several shots, at long range, at their scouts, but during the entire day I was not certain of killing more than two men.
We kept together and returned to our horses; after a short consultation we mounted and rode back to get a few more shots at them, at long range; but when we got to the battlefield we found no one there.
We got in sight of them just in time to see a party ride up, leading our three horses; at this, I concluded to try one of them at long range, seeing distinctly from our position that we could get no closer without exposing ourselves too much.
The Boers began their attack on Observation Hill just before dawn with a rapid fire of guns and rifles at long range.
This was the last straw; there was nothing left but surrender or entire annihilation at long range.
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