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Sentences ending with artillery

Came back, and took over a battery of artillery. [5]
Prince Bagration turned to the old colonel: "Gentlemen, I thank you all; all arms have behaved heroically: infantry, cavalry, and artillery. [2]
March on, destroy the Russian army.... You are in a position to seize its baggage and artillery. [2]
At that moment the footsteps of the three were arrested by the booming of artillery. [11]
Dyck looked at the document, then said: "Ah, that's what you are, eh?--a captain in the French artillery! [11]
For it was still the object of the intermittent yet persistent fire of the German artillery. [9]
It made a sound that was now like the moan of pine trees, now like the rumble of far-off artillery. [11]
The whole captures since the army started out will not amount to less than twelve thousand men, and probably fifty pieces of artillery. [7]
When the sun rose in the morning, there was an unpleasant surprise for the Boers; yonder were the English troops visible on top of the mountain two or three miles away, and now their own position was at the mercy of the English artillery. [5]
Now--but here Barbara's quiet observation suddenly ended; the air was shaken by the roar of cannon from the bastions of the citadel, and the signals of the warders' horns blended with the thunder of the artillery. [10]

Short sentences using artillery

I'm still an artillery officer. [11]

Sentences containing artillery two or more times

But when he had been on the Semenovsk heights the artillery commander had proposed to him to bring several batteries of artillery up to those heights to strengthen the fire on the Russian troops crowded in front of Knyazkovo. [2]

More example sentences with the word artillery in them

I particularly advised you to use your cavalry and light artillery upon his communications, and attempt to cut off his supplies and engage him at an advantage. [7]
What of Jargeau, with its battlements and towers, its devastating artillery, its seven thousand picked veterans? [5]
She pounded it with artillery all the forenoon, then about noon she ordered an assault and led it herself. [5]
Among the spectacles which he has shown them is one calculated to give them an idea of his peaceful intentions,-a grand review of cavalry and artillery at the Bois de Boulogne. [4]
Behind the gun-carriage, which bore the body, walked the nephew of the great Dakoon, then came a clear space, and then Pango Dooni, and Cumner, and behind these twenty men of the artillery, at whose head rode McDermot and Cumner's Son. [11]
Not far off were two dead artillery horses in their harness. [6]
One last rush was made, and failed, and then the Staats Artillery came up on the left flank, and the game was up. [5]
The whole army was extended in three lines: the cavalry in front, behind it the artillery, and behind that again the infantry. [2]
Behind our position was a steep and deep dip, making it difficult for artillery and cavalry to retire. [2]
Down in the valley the artillery was at work. [11]
The bridle-rein hung upon the wrist of the notary's palsied left hand, and in his right hand he carried the long sabre of an artillery officer, which he had picked up on the battlefield. [11]
These huge brass tubes, mounted on their scaffoldings and pointed skyward from every choice vantage-ground, have the formidable look of artillery, and give the town the general aspect of getting ready to repel a charge of angels. [5]
Ship-building is my trade, to say nothing of guns--I wasn't two years in the artillery for nothing. [11]
Not far off to the left of him and his mounted infantry there were coming on for this purpose two batteries of artillery and three thousand infantry--Leary's brigade, which had not been in the action the day before at Wortmann's Drift. [11]
There was nothing to shoot at but rocks--he knew quite well that there would be nothing to shoot at but rocks--and he knew that artillery and rifles have no effect upon rocks. [5]
When Arakcheev, coming to him from the Emperor, said that Ermolov ought to be appointed chief of the artillery, Kutuzov replied: "Yes, I was just saying so myself," though a moment before he had said quite the contrary. [2]
He had astonished the War Office by his request to be sent to the Front with his old arm, the artillery, and he was himself astonished by the instant assent that was given. [11]
Jameson shot at the ridges and rocks with his artillery, just as General Colley had done at the Nek; and did them no damage and persuaded no Boer to show himself. [5]
In this strait, the ingenious John Smith, who was present in the reconnoitering army in the regiment of the Earl of Meldritch, came to the aid of Baron Kisell, the general of artillery, with a plan of communication with the besieged garrison. [4]
From this position the enemy could be driven from their main position on the summit, because they could be swept now by artillery fire from a point as high as their own. [11]
And so along the causeway they came swarming, that wild confusion of frenzied men and horses--and the artillery had to stop firing, of course; consequently the English and Burgundians closed in in safety, the former in front, the latter behind their prey. [5]
Twenty men of the British artillery were also off on a chase that pleased them well. [11]
Not far from the artillery campfire, in a hut that had been prepared for him, Prince Bagration sat at dinner, talking with some commanding officers who had gathered at his quarters. [2]
Its commandant, seeing that she had no artillery, scoffed at the idea, and sent her a grossly insulting reply. [5]
This was all that Max Ingolby had inherited from his father--that artillery sabre which he had worn in the Crimea and in the Indian Mutiny. [11]
In fact, when that House is legislating you can't tell it from artillery practice. [5]
There were some that adopted all the army methods and had infantry, artillery, staffs, and the comforts of life. [2]
We gutted it, taking all its stores and artillery, and then destroyed it. [5]
The Seventh Cavalry still in garrison, here; also the Ninth Dragoons, two artillery companies, and some infantry. [5]
The flight was so rapid that the Russian army pursuing the French could not keep up with them; cavalry and artillery horses broke down, and the information received of the movements of the French was never reliable. [2]
An hour or so after he got it, if the artillery and infantry did their portion, a great day's work would be done for England; and the way to the relief of the garrison beyond the mountains would be open. [11]
So, during the short distance which she and the marquise had to traverse in litters, uproar, music, and the thunder of artillery greeted them. [10]
At midday the Russian baggage train, the artillery, and columns of troops were defiling through the town of Enns on both sides of the bridge. [2]
Suddenly on the road at the top of the high ground, artillery and troops in blue uniform were seen. [2]
Seeing this, Joan raised her battle-cry and led a new assault herself under a furious artillery fire. [5]
The artillery the prisoners had seen in front of them during the first days was now replaced by Marshal Junot's enormous baggage train, convoyed by Westphalians. [2]
The Indian always preceded murder by the war-whoop; and this was an advantage that the artillery had in the fight with the elderberry Indians. [4]
He at once posted his artillery, his advance-guard, and five hundred picked archers along some hedges where the French would be obliged to pass, and hoped to hold this position till his battle-corps could come up. [5]
They have nine pieces of artillery, and in position, and cavalry. [7]
As it turned out, the march to Rheims was nothing but a holiday excursion: Joan did not even take any artillery along, she was so sure it would not be necessary. [5]
Tushin gave no orders, and, silently--fearing to speak because at every word he felt ready to weep without knowing why--rode behind on his artillery nag. [2]
Let us stand on the little mound at the northeast of it, on the Olive Street Road, whence Captain Lyon's artillery commands it. [9]
A messenger hastened on in advance, the thunder of artillery and fanfare of music greeted the victors, as they marched through the gate. [10]
The senior artillery officer, a tall, long-legged, pockmarked man, moved over to Pierre as if to see the action of the farthest gun and looked at him with curiosity. [2]
And all sorts of unexpected and unheard-of things, which had lain unseen during our national life of fourscore years, came up and are coming up daily, shaken from their bed by the concussions of the artillery bellowing around us. [6]
At the head of the square is an artillery station, and a row of cannon frowns on it. [4]
An exchanged general of ours leaving Richmond yesterday says two of Longstreet's divisions and his entire artillery and two of Pickett's brigades and Wise's legion have gone to Tennessee. [7]
But the thunder of artillery told her that Rudyard had had his fighting at daybreak, as he had said. [11]
So Joan was not minded to let the men be demoralized by pillage and riot and carousings; she had the Augustins burned, with all its stores in it, excepting the artillery and ammunition. [5]
If there was no war-whoop, the killing did n't count; the artillery man got up and killed the Indian. [4]
Infantry only are needed; our cavalry and artillery are strong enough. [7]
Satan said we must put the artillery in place now, and station the halberdiers and display the cavalry. [5]
Early in the morning of the 28th January, 1881, he moved to the attack "with the 58th regiment, commanded by Colonel Deane, a mounted squadron of 70 men, the 60th Rifles, the Naval Brigade with three rocket tubes, and the Artillery with six guns. [5]
He was nothing more than a sort of a mountain howitzer, likely, because they had no heavy artillery in those days. [5]
The day before, May 26th, the colony had been attacked by two hundred Indians (four hundred, Smith says), who were only beaten off when they had nearly entered the fort, by the use of the artillery. [4]
But through how many hours had there been the sickening monotony of artillery and rifle-fire, the bruit of angry metal, in which the roar of angrier men was no more than a discord in the guttural harmony. [11]
Still less could it matter to him who was appointed chief of the artillery. [2]
He moved upon it in column--three columns--and with artillery. [5]
Prince Andrew smiled involuntarily as he looked at the artillery officer Tushin, who silent and smiling, shifting from one stockinged foot to the other, glanced inquiringly with his large, intelligent, kindly eyes from Prince Andrew to the staff officer. [2]
The drill was in the Washington Artillery building. [5]
You just are, horse, foot, and artillery. [11]
He worked up his old battles and tricked them out with fresh splendors; also with new terrors, for he added artillery now. [5]
Many a time he's made General Grant laugh--and that's a tidy job, I can tell you, and as for Sheridan, his eye lights up and he listens to Mulberry Sellers the same as if he was artillery. [5]
Their appearance was greeted by desperate discharges of artillery from the forces under Ali Wad Hei, who had received word of their coming two hours before, and had accordingly redisposed his attacking forces. [11]
Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery. [5]
Having by a great effort got away to the left from that flood of men, Kutuzov, with his suite diminished by more than half, rode toward a sound of artillery fire near by. [2]
They had not gone far when they saw Cumner, the Governor, and six men of the artillery riding towards them. [11]
The whole west, from right to left, blazes up with a fierce light, and next instant the earth reels and quivers with the awful shock of ten thousand batteries of artillery. [5]
He also saw French infantry soldiers who were seizing the artillery horses and turning the guns round. [2]
They were a fortress of strength; but what invading foeman could never do the silent artillery of time has done--the leveling of its walls. [7]
His idea was, first, to concentrate all the artillery in the center, and secondly, to withdraw the cavalry to the other side of the dip. [2]
When the powers fall out, they do not open up at once with long-distance artillery. [9]
I would rather face whole Hyde Parks of artillery than the ghastly forms of death which he has faced among the peaks and precipices of the mountains. [5]
Another thing.--Jameson was encumbered by artillery, ammunition, and rifles. [5]
The great artillery duel went on, each side hammering away with all its might; and it was splendid for smoke and noise, and most exalting to one's spirits. [5]
As the day drew towards a close, the panes were less frequently shaken by the thunder of the artillery, the noise in the streets diminished, but the house became more and more filled with suffocating smoke. [10]
Then they rode downhill and uphill, across a ryefield trodden and beaten down as if by hail, following a track freshly made by the artillery over the furrows of the plowed land, and reached some fleches * which were still being dug. [2]
The infantry threw down their pitchforks; the artillery cast aside their cocoanuts; the navy revolted; the emperor was seized, and bound hand and foot in his palace. [5]
As he looked down the valley Barry could see the horses they had left behind being brought, under cover of the artillery and infantry fire, to the hill they had taken. [11]
The French historians, describing the condition of the French army before it left Moscow, affirm that all was in order in the Grand Army, except the cavalry, the artillery, and the transport--there was no forage for the horses or the cattle. [2]
The ground was damp but not muddy, and the troops advanced noiselessly, only occasionally a jingling of the artillery could be faintly heard. [2]
Hoarse shoutings and cries came rolling over the pink roofs, and Cumner's Son could hear through all the bugle-call of the artillery. [11]
Rostov saw the Cossacks and then the first and second squadrons of hussars and infantry battalions and artillery pass by and go forward and then Generals Bagration and Dolgorukov ride past with their adjutants. [2]
Motionless, he watched corps after corps splash by, artillery, cavalry, and infantry, nor gave any sign that he heard their plaudits. [9]
I do not consider artillery necessary, yet it would not be unadvisable to take it along, if convenient. [5]
Presently the artillery concussions changed the weather. [5]
When the chance came he would escape this bondage; meanwhile remembering his four years' service with the artillery at Elizabeth Castle, he asked to be made a gunner, and his request was granted. [11]
He could also, by the gleam of bayonets visible through the smoke, make out moving masses of infantry and narrow lines of artillery with green caissons. [2]
A woman, walking behind the litter, carried a lantern, and one of our soldiers of artillery attended and directed. [11]
General Sorbier must be ready at the first order to advance with all the howitzers of the Guard's artillery against either one or other of the entrenchments. [2]
The artillery and baggage wagons moved noiselessly through the deep dust that rose to the very hubs of the wheels, and the infantry sank ankle-deep in that soft, choking, hot dust that never cooled even at night. [2]
Of the artillery baggage train which had consisted of a hundred and twenty wagons, not more than sixty now remained; the rest had been captured or left behind. [2]
As a rich bachelor he had welcomed guests to his ever-open house with salvos of artillery, and hence was still called Cannon Meyer, though, after having squandered his patrimony, he remained absent from his home for many years. [10]
A battery of artillery was passing in front of the regiment. [2]
But when our artillery or cavalry advanced or some of our infantry were seen to move forward, words of approval were heard on all sides. [2]
This sort of artillery is in keeping with the traditions of Baroda, which was of old famous for style and show. [5]
Joan placed her artillery and began to pound a strong work which protected the gate St. Honor,. [5]
Flavy's lieutenant, with archers and the artillery of the boulevard, was to keep the English troops from coming up from below and seizing the causeway and cutting off Joan's retreat in case she should have to make one. [5]
They abandoned one another, abandoned all their heavy baggage, their artillery, and half their men, and fled, getting past the Russians by night by making semicircles to the right. [2]
Now you, Captain," and he turned to a thin, dirty little artillery officer who without his boots (he had given them to the canteen keeper to dry), in only his stockings, rose when they entered, smiling not altogether comfortably. [2]

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