A 35-pound howitzer shell and an 18-pounder shrapnel, such as that fired by the British field artillery, were sent on their mission of death from guns of practically the same weight.
A 13-pounder anti-aircraft shell buried itself a few yards away, but she evinced no interest in it, and did not even allow its coming to interrupt her song.
Battery through the fire of a 3-pounder served from a hole broken in the curtain-wall.
Fierce and defiant, the rapid note of the twelve-pounder boomed out.
Pettit’s battery was relieved in the forenoon by another of twelve 20-pounder Parrotts; and these our Brigade supported all day.
The half-pounder rifles were the same calibre and pattern as that described in "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia" as "the Baby.
The forty-pounder on the moving battery kept up a steady fire on this position; while the marines, pushing forward, were hotly engaged with the enemy's infantry.
Each junk had a long twenty-four or thirty-two pounder gun forward, and carried also four or six nine-pounders.
The admiral lent him a 9-pounder gun, and Commander Beattie, of the Barfleur, with 70 men.
During this time Captain Keppel and his coxswain kept up a fire on the embrasures, to prevent the enemy reloading before the pinnace could bring her twelve-pounder carronade to bear.
No cover could be found, and the 9-pounder could not be brought into action owing to the heavy rifle fire, and the attempt had to be abandoned.
A gallant attempt was made on the afternoon of the 6th by Major Bruce of the 1st Chinese Regiment to silence a 9-pounder which had been pushed up to within short range, and appeared to be aiming at the waterworks.
Samuda, and was a turret-ship mounting two 300-pounder guns in her turret.
It was provided with the necessary scenery painted on board, was decorated with flags and coloured bunting, and was flanked by a brightly polished twelve-pounder gun and a Maxim on their field-carriages.
Martin eagerly asked, for he, also, was a humble member of one of the twelve-pounder guns' crews.
All the fire-arms had in the mean time been loaded, six-pounder and all; and most of the muskets were distributed in the boats, as there was no fear of the savages making an attack on the ship at present.
The six-pounder was trained for a covering fire, but no fire-arms were to be used, nor any violence offered, except in case of the last necessity.
The chain had been hove in nearly short during the night, and the six-pounder had been loaded, and was ready for use if needed.
The smart report of the six-pounder rang out over the water, echoing and re-echoing round the concave of the bay.
However, the enemy, about sunrise, approached the quarter of the Pomona with the obvious intention of boarding; and then the 3-pounder came into play once more.
Well, one cannot, of course, say that this is untrue; but that 3-pounder was certainly a marvellous little piece.
She was commanded on this occasion by Commander Josias Rogers, an officer of great courage and resource, and was armed with sixteen 9-pounder carronades and two 6-pounders.
Through the maelstrom of twelve-pounder shells the German destroyers tore.
The nearest hostile seaplane was actually immediately above the lighthouse at the end of the North Pier of Tynemouth harbour when a twelve-pounder shell from the Cullercoats Battery struck her.
The car contained a Krupp seven-point-five-centimetres automatic gun, firing twelve-pounder shrapnel shells specially intended for use against hostile aeroplanes.
Immediately in front of the foremost one was a one-pounder automatic gun protected by a V-shaped shield.
Here the twelve-pounder gun had fallen through the floor, leaving jagged portions of the floor plates sufficiently wide to allow the Sub to gain the interior.
A dose of shrapnel would knock the whole concern to smithereens, while one of our seaplanes with a one-pounder automatic gun would make rings round her.
My mother has taken Mrs. Sandford in state to call on Mrs. Vernon, having arranged that Viola and I should conduct the sixty-thousand pounder to admire the tints in the beech woods.
A 9-pounder protected with sand-bags was planted just in front of No.
There seems to have been a 12-pounder at A, but most of the guns were light.
The road that went up to the college was defended inside the main gateway with a 9-pounder (placed here Sept.
Finally, on the ninth of August, at two o'clock in the afternoon, a 16-pounder boomed portentously from the citadel.
The advance then continued for some little distance, and, as the ammunition of our two heavy guns had been exhausted, the captured Mexican 8-pounder was made to do good service.
The presence of at least one 24-pounder was demonstrated, and other heavy cannon were believed to be there.
On the lower edge of it rose a steep eminence, Hospital Hill, with a 9-pounder not far from its base and a 32-pound carronade pivoted at its top, both of them bearing upon the river.
Learning of this activity in the valley, General Vazquez ordered Colonel Uraga with the Fourth Infantry and a 4-pounder to the minor crest of El Telegrafo, and as Riley crossed the continuation of the spur he was much annoyed by their fire.
At one place in particular a number of their best marksmen were collected together, and did great execution until the 7-pounder was turned on them, and, firing case at 50 yards, effectually stopped their fire.
When blazing midday was over, the men and the 7-pounder were moved out to the stronghold.
The column consisted of half a squadron of the 7th Hussars and the York and Lancaster Mounted Infantry, together with the 7-pounder and machine guns manned by police under Captain Boggie.
The 7-pounder mountain gun has proved most useful from its portability and accuracy.
At one of the arsenals, the workman boring a 6-pounder gun had his speed too fast and his feed too thick, so that his machine was taking out chips of metal and jumping under the strain.
This situation being acquired, the 7th regiment was commanded to form on the left of the legion infantry, and the other three pounder was given to its right.
Our batteries during the check were all safely withdrawn except one six-pounder gun.
The men became exhausted and lost confidence; and Tilghman, seeing this, in person served a thirty-two pounder for some fifteen minutes.
About the same moment a premature discharge occurred at one of the forty-two pounder guns, killing three men and seriously injuring others.
He had two field-pieces, while the English had but one; only a light six-pounder which some sailors had dragged up the ravine about eight o'clock that morning.
His order was instantly, gallantly, and effectually obeyed, Lossing tells us, while at the same time a six-pounder poured in a storm of grapeshot that harmed the foe not a little.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pounder" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
