A rapid fire of skirmishers, mingled with the dull roar of cannon, indicated that Nighthawk had not been deceived.
Our artillery, on a hill near by, had opened a rapid fire on the head of the column; the enemy's object was to gain shelter under a crest, in their front.
On the high ground there, Stuart posted his artillery; opened a rapid fire; and before this storm of shell the Federal forces paused.
Dismounting his whole brigade, he opened a rapid fire on the advancing enemy; and this obstinate resistance evidently produced a marked effect upon their imaginations.
Formerly such an advantage was illusory (since aim could not be taken through the thick bank of smoke produced by rapid fire), but the introduction of smokeless powder removed this objection.
In the hope of obtaining a rapid and overwhelming fire, the French artillery ranges only for a long bracket, and once this bracket is found, the ground within its limits is swept from end to end in a burst of rapid fire.
Meanwhile, the remaining troop had been keeping up a rapid fire on the enemy to cover their retirement.
The battery advanced to within 600 yards of the enemy's line, and opened a rapid fire of shrapnel to clear those spurs that commanded the line of retirement.
The Valley City was the first to go by the rebel batteries, the remainder of the fleet keeping up a rapid fire at them.
I was standing on the poop-deck, and through the bushes on the flat on the inside of the bend I saw a regiment of rebels running towards the launch, at the same time keeping up a rapid fire at her.
The artillery in the fort opened with a rapid fire of shells, but the skirmishers concealed themselves in the underbrush, and gave so deadly a fire that they silenced the guns.
They advance across the field and through the woods, delivering a rapid fire.
General Magruder brought all of the cannon into position which could be advantageously posted, and at two o'clock opened a rapid fire, which was replied to by the batteries on the hill.
Yes, I got along pretty well with the slow fire, Henry, but I'm rotten in rapid fire, especially at 200 yards.
That is funny, for I am perfectly at home in rapid fire," said Henry.
When you return from firing your first score at rapid fire, and have had time to think calmly over your actions, you will probably realize that your nerves were pitched up in G and that you did a number of foolish things.
There is one golden rule that must be followed if you are to get a good score at rapid fire: You must use the minimum time possible in loading and the maximum time possible for aiming and squeezing the trigger.
An outdoor range gives the best practice, as figures can be put up at various distances and shot at in rapid fire, moving and disappearing targets can run in all directions, and come up unexpectedly like at a shotgun shooting school.
Rapid fire, the faster the better, is the essence of pistol shooting, the only practical use of it.
In order to test it inrapid fire I tried it against a magazine rifle to which I was accustomed.
The battle sight is the only sight used in rapid fire.
The battle sight is the only one used in rapid fire.
Farragut's plan was to run by the forts, damaging them as much as possible by a rapid fire as he passed, then destroy or capture the Confederate fleet, and proceed up the river and lay the city under his guns.
The artillery kept up a rapid fire, until the assaulting column, led by Gen.
Clearly they were only dangerous at close quarters, and the "Lane" at once began a rapid fire to beat them back.
Nevertheless, they kept up a rapid fire, but showed the bad marksmanship which characterized Montojo's gunners at Manila.
The crew of the schooner are forced backward, step by step, until at last they are driven off the vessel altogether, and stand on the wharf delivering a rapid fire.
Rapid fire' has been a speciality of the Turkish infantryman since the days of Plevna, and indeed he excels in it.
And so soon as Achi Baba was swathed in shadow, and the sun well down behind the westward islands, the Turk began his evening fusillade of rapid fire.
When the order came, "At four hundred yards, rapid fire," everybody was tingling with excitement.
We must have been asleep about two hours when the insistent, crackling sound of rapid fire, momentarily increasing in volume, brought us to our feet.
Suddenly from away on the right where the Australians were, began the sharp crackling of rapid fire.
Here another surprise awaited them, for on reaching the top they heard a voice yell out, "Rapid fire".
Rapid fire," roared Colonel Corkleg, and every other commander in that great, long line.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rapid fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
