Six pieces from the field battery played upon their ranks; while the heavy guns from Chapultepec, and nearly six thousand muskets from the enemy's entrenchments, mowed them down in hundreds.
The brigade moved rapidly forward to assault it, but on reaching the wide ditch the tremendous fire of muskets to which they were exposed, as well as the heavy guns from the Castle, obliged them to fall back on their own battery.
In this skirmish I was fired at by from fifty to a hundred muskets and escopettes, and, although at the distance of not over two hundred yards, had the good fortune to escape being hit.
The soldiers who had been sent out on forepost duty were sitting in this hut, and their muskets were all leaning against the door.
There were three men at my cabin door, besides the four within; Christian had only a cutlass in his hand, the others had muskets and bayonets.
It wanted money to buy muskets and cannon and shot and shell, it wanted money to pay soldiers, to buy horses, wagons, ambulances, clothing and food.
But the time came when it was necessary to free the slaves, and to put muskets into their hands.
Why the latter did not now fire, I do not actually know; but I suppose it to be, because their muskets were all discharged, and the race was now too sharp to allow their officer to re-load.
I jumped off the taffrail, and, with my body covered to the shoulders, pointed one of the French muskets at him, and warned him to keep off.
Marble brought up the muskets left by the privateersmen, and began to renew their primings.
Three more muskets were fired, seemingly without doing any harm.
Though he allowed a few muskets to be discharged, in order to stimulate his opponents the more, he commanded the great body of his infantry to reserve their fire till every shot could take effect.
Footnote 17: Herrera assures us, that the Peruvians even turned the fire-arms of their Conquerors against them, compelling their prisoners to put the muskets in order, and manufacture powder for them.
When anything like violence threatens, there's an honest shoulder for every one of the hundred and fifty muskets in the armory.
In 1642 in Massachusetts the law provided for six men to be at the meeting-house with muskets and powder and shot.
So, as we had ourmuskets and a few rounds of ammunition, afther drying the mutton and making some other necessary preparations we set off.
Having secured the muskets of the two men to our own saddles, we made them mount and ride on before us, so that they might have no opportunity of running away.
The four farm hands had been brought into the house, and Sergeant Custis and Pat had been regularly drilling them, and teaching them how to handle their muskets properly.
There was Barney wheeling a barrow, and Klitz, with a couple of muskets on his shoulder, marching behind him.
Resistance was evidently out of the question, his men's muskets being in the power of the Americans who, with cocked pistols and naked cutlasses, stood on guard over them.
The officer looked around, and became speechless when he beheld the soldiers' muskets piled upon the deck, and guarded by two well armed and determined-looking sailors.
The next day a crowd came dancing to the shore, making friendly signs, but Smith, suspecting villainy, discharged his musketsinto them.
When the Christians had mounted their guns and made a couple of breaches in the walls of Regall, General Moyses ordered an attack one dark night "by the light that proceeded from the murdering muskets and peace-making cannon.
So let it rain Tree-toads and frogs, Muskets and pitchforks, Kittens and dogs!
But let it rain Tree-toads and frogs, Muskets and pitchforks, Kittens and dogs!
The man at their head was the sheikh by the look of him, for we could see his striped silk head-dress even at that distance, and he seemed to have a modern rifle as against the spears and long-barreled muskets of the others.
The armament was one large gun in the bows, swivels, spears, and flint-lock muskets purchased from foreign vessels.
Some of our men also were concealed under our gunwales, with their muskets ready to point into the boat, to command them to make her fast, and this stratagem succeeded.
Without an instant's delay, the troops take their muskets from the stacks, double-quick across the open ground, and form line at the edge of the woods.
Twenty muskets were instantly fired at the bold rebel in return, but without effect, and coolly and deliberately he shifted his piece to his left hand, replaced his right arm around his comrade's waist, and helped him slowly off in safety.
The arms sent us are, as you already know, European muskets of uncouth pattern, which the volunteers will not touch.
An instant afterward muskets were seen glinting among the leaves, and presently a Rebel column emerged from a bend in the road, with banners flying and moving at double-quick down the road toward them.
He also went to Washington and influenced the War Department to grant to the school a supply of muskets and other accoutrements for the military drill.
I have gone and done it, and am now ready for a file of men and musketsto square my accounts.
My division was made up of regiments perfectly new all having received their muskets for the first time at Paducah.
Showers of stones and blows from clubbed muskets greet those who first mount the ramparts; but nothing could resist the last desperate bayonet charge of the British.
The powder had given out, and for many of the muskets only a single cartridge remained to meet the coming charge.
Be careful, some of these muskets may be loaded," cautioned Mr. McKay.
See, these muskets have Vauban locks, a combination of flint and matchlock.
These kinds of muskets were used at the battles of Steenkirke and Landen.
The column, however, not halting, pressed forward into the light, showing the glittering muskets of the men and something of their number.
The Americans stood with their hands clenched around their musketsand rifles, gazing with astonishment on this new, unwonted spectacle.
Many would call out for muskets as they had none, or for cartridges as theirs were all gone.
The sheik waved his rifle over his head; and his followers burst into loud shouts of triumph, and pressed on, firing their muskets in the air.
As they came up, a sharp fire broke out from every window, answered by a discharge of muskets and pistols from the crowd.
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