Although a man of letters and educated in the study of the law, Guevara was an excellent soldier, and particularly attentive to discipline, and had even greatly assisted in the construction of the musquets with which his company was armed.
While Vaca de Castro was in Lima, he procured a number of musquets to be made by the workmen of that city, and made every other preparation in his power to strengthen his army.
On purpose to arm these soldiers, he caused a considerable number of musquets to be made, some of which were of iron, and others of cast metal, which he procured by melting down some of the bells belonging to the great church.
As soon as they saw the musquets presented they fell flat upon the decks and by that means saved themselves from being kill'd.
Darts, bows and arrows are to them what musquets are to us.
After this I ordered three or four more musquets to be fired.
Two musquetswere then fired, by which a native was wounded in the leg; but unfortunately it was neither the man who attempted to take the musquet, nor the person who threw the spear.
This post was occupied by the Spaniards on the right, who soon gave way, and retreated, firing their musquets in the air.
Their demand was here as at Cape Classett-Copper or Blue Cloth, Musquets and Powder.
Cloth & wearing apparel with Brass Buttons, Copper wrist bands, Musquets & Swords were chiefly in demand.
The infantry soldier is armed with a musquet and bayonet: the musquets have the Tower of London mark, and, as well as the cavalry swords, would look all the better for cleaning.
Other musquets were discharged, and Urien moved no more.
The patrole are armed with musquets and bayonets, and proceed through the streets at intervals during the night, visiting public houses, &c.
On the 30th of May Lieutenant Thomas Tyrrell arrived safe from Dublin, with his escort, carabines for the Troop, musquets for the Supplementaries and a quantity of ammunition.
The common was formerly used for soldiers' musquets and inferior pieces.
Soldiers' musquets are thickened a little at the muzzle, to give a stout holding to the bayonet.
Most military musquets and low-priced guns are fashioned out of a long slip of sheet-iron folded together edge-wise round a skewer into a cylinder, are then lapped over at the seam, and welded at a white heat.
Upon our hearing the report of the Musquets we immediately repair'd to the Boats, and after viewing the Dead body we return'd on board.
But no Weight that I can learn was given, to full proof that he led the Soldiers armd with loaded Musquets & Bayonets.
Of these men seventeen were armed with cross-bows and three had long bows taken from the Indians, as the want of musquets had induced the Spaniards to use the arms of their enemies, at which they were become skilful.
After some time spent in this manner, the fifteen royalists discharged their musquetsand returned to Centeno, to whom they gave an account of the number and disposition of the enemy.
In this engagement the Araucanians made use of some Spanish musquets which they had taken at their late victory of Mariguenu, which they employed with much skill, and bravely sustained the assault for three hours.
And all the time while this discussion proceeded these peasants received such mighty blows in the ribs from the butts of their musquets that I wondered they did not spit blood.
Now it happened that I lay with twenty-five musquets not far from Dorsten and waited for a convoy that should come to the town: and as was my wont, I stood sentry myself as being near the enemy.
The double musquets I charged twice over and had them discharged through the said cask, of which the bottom had been knocked out, as if it was three trial shots being fired.
The repeated insolence of the natives, had induced me to order the musquets of the sentries, to be loaded with small shot, and to authorise them to fire on particular occasions.
This being resented, a quarrel ensued, and two New Zealanders were shot dead, by the only two musquets that were fired.
The rattle of the butts of musquets could now be heard in the passage.
At any moment the Messenger might come back from Bury Street, or the file of the musquets march tramping up the stairs.
The Messengers that were essaying to take Mr. Kelly needed reinforcement by a file of musquets before his reverence's lodgings could be stormed.
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