One of our destroyers fired a few salvos at the Turks' position; just something to go on with.
Our warships aimed a few salvos on to the enemy's position, then drew off.
The nearest approach to a pageant was when the British fleet flew along the AEgean waterway, and fired some reverberating salvos at the Turkish batteries.
Illustration: The positions from which rocket troops launched salvos of 4.
An American air strike inflicted 11 casualties; misguided salvos from an unidentified gunfire support ship took down 90 more.
The three shouts came as three salvos from a battery of artillery.
The guns of our battleship were roaring their defiance now in salvos that shook the earth.
Each marching host tried to lift the note higher until the frenzied bursts came with the shock of salvos of artillery.
Salvos of small arms greeted me, and a present of rice and ears of Indian corn for roasting were awaiting my acceptance; but, as I told Maganga, I would have preferred to hear that his party were eight or ten marches ahead.
The salvos kept the barnful of men awake for the first hour or two.
Smoke covered the inlet completely, and only the regular salvos of the muskets amidst the shouts, roaring, whistle of Tartar arrows, and the rattle of guns and muskets, announced that the Germans were still defending themselves.
All the drums, trumpets, and kettledrums sounded at once, drowning the shouts and salvos of musketry.
They fired three salvos over his grave, and the primate himself said the prayers for his soul.
The Volons fired three salvos over the grave, the reverberating thunder and the flashing lightning mingling with the noise of the muskets.
The young and wounded chieftain was hailed on his passage with salvos of artillery, and shouts of freemen.
The news spread like wildfire, and shouts and salvos of artillery, and bonfires, hailed the messengers, as they sped the glad tidings on.
He passed near enough to the beleaguered fortresses to be descried by the garrisons, whom he saluted with three salvos of artillery, that sent joy into their hearts.
On the king's arrival at the camp, he was received with all the honors of a victor; with flourishes of trumpets, salvos of artillery, and the loud shouts of the soldiery.
Then the searchlights were turned off, and salvos were fired which set the tanks on fire.
The Königsberg replied, and fired salvos of five guns with great accuracy, twice hitting the Mersey, and causing some casualties.
Salvos of artillery were fixed every hour from six in the evening till midnight; at each salvo, the towers, spires, and public buildings were illuminated for a few minutes by Bengal lights.
Aix-la-Chapelle inaugurated the statue of the great Carlovingian Emperor amid salvos of artillery and the applause of the Germanic populace, who saluted at the same time the names of Charlemagne and of Napoleon.
On the 28th all the Canadians were west of the canal having a little rest which was enlivened constantly by salvos of high explosive shells sent by the Germans into our vicinity.
Again and again salvosof "coal boxes" fell in succession along the parapet.
I began to retrace my steps to St. Julien, but the Germans spotted me in some way and followed me across the fields with salvos of high explosive shells.
The Germans were firing salvosof four shells at a time and "searching" for my humble quarters.
Salvos of artillery were fired from the ramparts of the town and the citadel, and the whole progress of the royal cortège through the streets resembled a triumphal procession.
The remainder of the nuptial service was then performed amid perpetualsalvos of artillery.
Paris was illuminated, bonfires were lighted on the surrounding heights, and salvos of artillery rang from the dark walls of the Bastille.
The organ, the singing, and the sermon by the pastor, the great emotion of the old servants and children of the deceased, the terrible salvos of cannon, and the beautiful tolling of all the bells were imposing.
As the evening wears on, the salvos become more frequent.
A couple of salvos from each, perhaps twenty or thirty shells in the minute, and the shrieks cease.
Amid salvos of cannon from the Lady Washington, the new fur vessel was launched from her skids; and in her honor September 19 was observed as a holiday, Meares and Douglas, the two English captains, entertaining Gray and his officers.
Salvos of artillery thundered over her sails, and mass was chanted, and a polish of paint given to her piebald, rickety sides that transformed her into what the fur company proudly regarded as a frigate.
It was the first time an American ship had gone round the world, almost fifty thousand miles, her log-book showed, and salvosof artillery thundered a welcome.
On the 6th, Washington, waiting at Valley Forge for the British to start from Philadelphia, caused his army, drawn out on parade, to celebrate the great event with cheers and with salvos of artillery and musketry.
Salvos of cannon were likewise fired, and the starving city for a brief space put on the aspect of a holiday, much to the astonishment of the besieging forces, who were not yet aware of the Prince's efforts.
The German light cruiser detailed to administer the coup de grace then approached to within 300 yards and poured a succession of salvos into the already riddled hull.
Use and Efficacy of Fire at Command Undoubtedly at the Potsdam maneuvers the Prussian infantry used only salvos executed admirably.
They tell us of the English salvos at Sainte-Euphémie, in Calabria, and later in Spain.
But when skirmishers were used, salvos became impossible.
Three thousand guns were discharged by the ships in thesesalvos in honor of their humble progenitor.
The Prince's intention had been signified to the Chairman of the Dock Company only a few minutes before, and was quite unknown to the mass of the spectators, who expressed their delight by repeated salvos of cheering.
This was done amidst a flourish of trumpets, and on a rocket being sent up as a signal, salvos of artillery were fired from the forts and batteries, and from the ships of war off Kingstown.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "salvos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
