Dan had gone through some small-arm drill in the fortnight he spent at. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
Rifled cannon certainly present problems far more complicated than the small-arm. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
The greater part of the regimental small-arm ammunition reserve was similarly lost. 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
The small-arm men are to be formed into companies of 80 men, with four petty officers. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Time required to land small-arm men, from the signal or order given when near the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Rifled small-arm efficiency was clearly shown at Kings Mountain during the American Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The enemy approached within small-arm fire of the lines, and sent in a flag, and the garrison capitulated in an hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
They must have been short of small-arm ammunition and bombs, because on that last strafing they cleared out and stayed. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
By some means -- either by rocks rolled down on them or other hostile agency, or by sheer bad luck -- the small-arm ammunition mules were stampeded. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
This curious sheath "-- he pointed to a cylindrical jacket around part of the rifle barrel --" is a Coulomb silencer, which reduces a small-arm report almost to a whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Not a native clinging to the sides escapes the small-arm men. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific] Reference
The small-arm of the infantry is the "3-line" rifle of the 1901 model. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights] Reference
Some blue-jacket small-arm men and soldiers being then disembarked, they drove the. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
This meant going out into the open to walk up against machine-gun fire and small-arm fire. From Wordnik.com. [From Place to Place] Reference
From the hold came boxes of small-arm ammunition of Mausers, rifles, machetes, and saddles. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girl] Reference
But these explosions did look like the hexynitrate stuff they put in small-arm bullets nowadays. From Wordnik.com. [Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43] Reference
I was being bombarded incessantly, and since the morning had been severely harassed by small-arm fire. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years' War] Reference
Just then one of the small-arm men in the boat was hit, and dropping his musket he sank down across the thwarts. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Lieutenants] Reference
The whole system, it will be seen, is based on end-on fire, as a preparation for boarding and small-arm fighting. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.] Reference
The marines and small-arm men returned the fire in right good earnest, while the boats advanced more rapidly than before. From Wordnik.com. [True Blue] Reference
Chilian replied with a withering small-arm fire -- until he was separated by only about a cable's-length from the gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru] Reference
Dan had gone through some small-arm drill in the fortnight he spent at Portsmouth, and his eyes were too keen for the bull's-eye. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
At this moment a small-arm fire was opened from the stern galleries of the "San Josef" upon the British party in the "San Nicolas.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain] Reference
The Platform could resist small meteorites at forty-five miles a second, but a high-velocity small-arm projectile could puncture it. From Wordnik.com. [Space Platform] Reference
There must be a considerable number of small-arm men on board, I saw; but even then it never occurred to me that we ought to turn tail. From Wordnik.com. [Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days] Reference
We quickly reached the bank; and the lieutenant, whose example I imitated, leaped on shore, calling to the small-arm men to follow him. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Lost] Reference
It was at length cut through, when the marines and small-arm men landing, carried the place after a desperate resistance, with a loss of. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
At this moment a small-arm fire was opened from the stern galleries of the “San Josef” upon the British party in the “San Nicolas.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Nelson]
Boarding nettings were up, small-arm men were stationed at the bow and stern, and as they drew near the guns opened a hot fire with grape and canister. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars] Reference
A great proportion of the small-arm ammunition had been expended. From Wordnik.com. [Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti] Reference
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