We pass her within twenty yards, and again the expected volley of musketry is wanting. From Wordnik.com. [Running the Blockade into the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina] Reference
The heavy guns are silent now, but the musketry is pouring on, making ghastly "music in the ear of night.". From Wordnik.com. [Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol] Reference
At an early hour the whole line advanced to within short musketry range, in substantially the same order as on the previous day. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Nineteenth Army Corps] Reference
Sixteen thousand men were trained daily in musketry. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and the Great War] Reference
"thunder and lightning" (as they termed the musketry) drove them back. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited] Reference
Thus was inaugurated that roll of musketry which is likely to remain without a parallel, at least in the length of time it lasted. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of the Civil War] Reference
Colonel Kelly led it across under a sharp musketry fire. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Of musketry from Blue and Gray in those September days. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The sharp crackle of the musketry began in front, and still the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Cannonading continued at intervals, with occasional musketry firing. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
The whole hill seemed on the instant to become alive with the roar of musketry. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
From our camp, at Centreville, we heard the cannonading, and then a sharp musketry-fire. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
For a moment, while crossing these fallow fields, there was a lull in the direct musketry. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
Thus we remained till we heard the musketry-fire across Bull Run, showing that the head of Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It was half an hour before musketry firing, to amount to anything, was opened upon our men in the crater. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In the course of half an hour the cannonading again opened, interspersed with occasional volleys of musketry. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
As they advanced they got under fire from batteries guarding the east, or lower, end of the city, and of musketry. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I noticed the white line of musketry-fire in front of Orchard Knoll extending farther and farther right and left and on. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The crackle of musketry gradually extended to the right and to the left, showing that the deployment was being completed. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
By this time cannonading had entirely ceased, and likewise all musketry, save only a feeble, dropping fire upon our right. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Colonel Martyn, in command of the mounted troops, at once started off in the direction whence a crackling of musketry proceeded. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Then arose the severest musketry-fire I ever heard, and lasted some twenty minutes, when this splendid regiment had to fall back. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A fierce hand to hand battle ensued, the cavern echoing with the rattle of musketry, the reports of pistols and the clash of swords. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Occasionally a sharp exchange of musketry with the advanced post of the enemy bursts upon the ear, and all the nightingales keep silence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By this time the sound of cannon and musketry denoted a severe battle as in progress, which began seriously at 11.30 a.m., and ended substantially by 4 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
As the night drew on, they were surrounded in their dismal retreat, volleys of musketry poured into their midst, until nearly all were killed or buried in the mire. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
There did not appear to be an enemy to our right, until suddenly a battery with musketry opened upon us from the edge of the woods on the other side of the clearing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
They moved up under a heavy fire of cannon and musketry, and joined Colonel Walcutt; but the crest was so narrow that they necessarily occupied the west face of the hill. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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