How To Use Musketry In A Sentence
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Brent and I had seen to that when we refined her eye at musketry.
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‘Boys, do you hear that rattle of musketry and the roar of artillery? ‘he asked his soldiers.
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Jules, who had found a sheep-pond in the dark a little lower down, gave what you might call a cinematograph reproduction o 'sporadic musketry.
A Diversity of Creatures
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The heavy guns are silent now, but the musketry is pouring on, making ghastly "music in the ear of night.
Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol
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The days of a few weeks' drilling and musketry, then off to war, are long gone.
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They met the same tempest of shell, grape, canister, and musketry, and recoiled.
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In 1841 he entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, followed by a commission in the Grenadier Guards where he developed a special interest in musketry.
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Now and then, volleys of musketry, or a repulse from the Southern batteries on the heights, filled the blue morning sky with belching scarlet flame and smoke: through all, however, the long train of army-wagons passed over the pontoon-bridge, bearing the wounded.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863
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Formations of pikemen repeatedly charged each other; the battle ended when a third army appeared and scattered the others with cannon fire and musketry.
Weatherwatch: Puzzling phenomena of sky battles
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Sixteen thousand men were trained daily in musketry.
Canada and the Great War
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As soon as they were seen they were met with deadly volleys of musketry, grape, and canister from the Southern defences.
Foreign and Colonial Intelligence
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The enemy opened with musketry and cannon, but the column went on, sweeping down the _abattis_, making use of it to aid in effecting a passage of the deep ditches and to gain a footing on the berme of the earthworks.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
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We pass her within twenty yards, and again the expected volley of musketry is wanting.
Running the Blockade into the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina
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A blatter of musketry was opened on them, and they too had to give up the attempt and return.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry , the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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They met the same tempest of shell, grape, canister, and musketry, and recoiled.
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A blinding flash illuminated the darkness, and the terrible discharge of musketry resounded through the woods.
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The column, forced to retreat, remained massed in the street, unprotected but terrible, and replied to the redoubt with a terrible discharge of musketry.
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Thus was inaugurated that roll of musketry which is likely to remain without a parallel, at least in the length of time it lasted.
Reminiscences of the Civil War
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All auxiliary arrangements, such as palisades, abattis, &c., should be defended with the utmost obstinacy; the longer the enemy is held in check by these obstacles, the longer will he be exposed to the grape and musketry of the main work.
Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition
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thunder and lightning" (as they termed the musketry) drove them back.
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
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The Allies' superior musketry, with artillery support, eventually broke the French infantry which retreated in considerable disorder.
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A blinding flash illuminated the darkness, and the terrible discharge of musketry resounded through the woods.
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I did so and on the morning of the 27th, Sunday, I was awakened about 1/2 past 3 with musketry and cannon shots close by.
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Both parties obeyed the order; Amyas dropped down behind the stockade in time to let a caliver bullet whistle over his head; and the Spaniards recoiled as the narrow face of the stockade burst into one blaze of musketry and swivels, raking their long array from front to rear.
Westward Ho!
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So powerful was the result that Chepstow continued in use until 1690, being finally adapted for cannon and musketry after an epic Civil War siege.
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At an early hour the whole line advanced to within short musketry range, in substantially the same order as on the previous day.
History of the Nineteenth Army Corps
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In the afternoon of this day, the enemy, as Sullivan reported, formed, and attempted to pass the road by Bedford, but meeting a warm reception from the riflemen, some "musketry" sent to their support, and two or three of our field pieces, they fell back.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn
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A crash of musketry followed, and when the smoke lifted there sat Washington, to the amazement of all, unharmed.
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Jones was further flattered to be received on board the French warship “with every mark of respect and gladness and saluted with a feu de joie,” a volley of musketry from the French marines, standing at rigid attention.
John Paul Jones
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Aerial shots of the beleaguered fort, with Mexican troops climbing scaling ladders, lit by flashes of musketry, are striking.
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That accomplished, we had to pass through an enfilading fire of musketry until we gained the peach orchard (at the northern base of Cemetery Hill).
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The great bells began their joyful sound, even as a volley of musketry from the French-held side of the plaza tried to take revenge on the Spaniards who had hung the banner into the dawn.
Sharpe's Rifles
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The building consists of an outer wall of hewn stone, loopholed for musketry, and surmounted by “Shararif,”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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The rebel musketry fire was pouring... upon our men, who were closing together and rallying under the attack.
