| 单词 | limbers |
| 例句 | “I was doing my vocal exercises. To be ready for the pageant. I do them all the time. Tane Ngatatatattannnnneeeeetane. Just limbers the tongue right up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Maybe we can catch him before he limbers up.’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about the body in motion limbers up the mind and suggests that it should get moving, too. How a Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z He would often run over to see neighbour Margo Rodriguez and enjoy her homemade limbers – a local treat like a popsicle frozen in a plastic cup. Hamilton in Puerto Rico: a joyful homecoming ... but it's complicated 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Look at how the repellent Boris Johnson jokes about his weight as he limbers up for another tilt at the leadership, despite his record for incompetence and laziness as foreign secretary. What does this vote of no confidence mean? | Ian Birrell and others 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z But as the hard-hitting Latvian limbers up for Wimbledon, her near contemporary from Russia, Daria Kasatkina, is staking her own claim to carry the standard for the sport's next generation. Ostapenko chases more Wimbledon glory as Kasatkina lurks 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z He limbers up on the sideline, as if he is preparing to enter the game, even though he is the backup quarterback. USC report: Sam Darnold gets plenty of chances in backup role 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “I think it limbers it up a little bit,” she said. Okolona woman rediscovers her voice 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Yoga The mental and physical discipline of contorting the body into geometric shapes not only limbers ligaments, it may also alleviate painful conditions. 5 Ways to Treat Chronic Pain 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z It expands and limbers our capacity to subordinate means to ends and find delight in the process as well as in the outcome. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z He discovered just beyond them, and also beneath the limbers, various packages which from their shape evidently did not contain ammunition. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z We passed abandoned wagons in flames, and limbers and caissons of artillery burning sometimes in the middle of the road. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z But the gunners were assegayed on the limbers, and the drivers in their seats. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Round the corner of the wood, in wild career, came, not a cavalry charge as he had half expected, but teams—gun teams and limbers—but no guns. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Martigny, "struggling against ice, snow-storms, and avalanches," and astonishing the great St. Bernard "with the passage of our 'pieces of 8,' and especially of our limbers—a new experience for it." Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z One of our batteries had all its guns dismounted or put out of action, and many other guns were destroyed, though in some cases the gunners got them on fresh wheels, or even limbers. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The men, thinking it unsoldier-like to flinch, or complain of their exposure, worked away very courageously till the limbers and caissons were ordered forward, on the right and left of the guns, to safer cover. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Outside, in the broiling humidity, with his venerable coach Brooks Johnson and the 110m hurdler David Oliver, who won bronze at both the last Olympics and world championships, Gatlin limbers up gingerly. Justin Gatlin: I got to the point where I said, 'I don't care anymore' 2011-08-22T21:59:01Z Shell plumped in their midst, under the limbers, over the guns, above their heads, round their feet. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Captain Spitz, with a handful of his Westphalian Fusiliers fell on two batteries halted there, and captured two guns and three limbers. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The guns are simply well-horsed, and the limbers, waggons, etc., rendered as light and mobile as possible. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z German guns and limbers, machine-guns and trench-mortars lie in fragments and in heaps in infernal chaos of earth, which is the graveyard of many German dead. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z As the team limbers up and then does fielding practice, the mood seems extremely upbeat with lots of banter and good humour. Buoyant mood 2011-02-26T02:16:06Z No transports or ammunition limbers were safe from their guns. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Others came with demoniac yells, climbing upon the limbers and shooting horses. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z In the hurry of the moment, in separating the gun from the limbers, the rammer and picker of the cannon were left tied to the limber. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z With them and alongside of them went the tide of transport—lorries, wagons, London buses, pack-mules, guns and limbers, and the black old cookers with their trailing smoke. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The drivers were mounted on the near horses, the gunners either rode the off horses or were carried on the limbers and wagons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Field artillery works with infantry, and the gun detachments either walk or are carried on the limbers, only the officers, certain non-commissioned officers, and specialists such as scouts, range-finders, and trumpeters being mounted. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli At dusk started out with both limbers after ammunition. An Artilleryman's Diary A great many caissons, limbers and carriages had been destroyed, and usually from ten to twenty-five men to each battery had been struck, at least along our part of the crest. The Battle of Gettysburg To our left were woods, in which the horses and limbers took cover. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division The No. 1 rides with the gun, there is also another mounted non-commissioned officer who rides with the first wagon, and the gunners are seated on the gun-carriage, wagon and limbers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The men in charge of the limbers were swept back in the confusion. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac The limbers were stripped No.'s 5 and 7, to have charge of canister in haversack. An Artilleryman's Diary The pieces were placed in front and the two limbers followed. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. The limbers were up early, and at 10 o’clock the battery pulled out. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Three limbers of Battery A, Fourth regulars, were blown up early in the morning. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery I sent my orderly to the rear to find the limbers and have the guns taken back to their original position, in the open field, to the right of Brandy Station. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac Camp had again been swept up, ammunition packed in gun limbers. An Artilleryman's Diary During the early organization of the guard she had been provided with eight 3.2-inch B. & L. rifles, together with limbers, caisson, harnesses, etc. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. In the afternoon the battery went into position in front of LaMarche, the limbers and caissons going into woods a few hundred yards ahead. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Saturday, April 18.—Grain is already kept on caissons and limbers, and one bag on top of the gun. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery This we did for nearly a mile, gaining two brass guns at one place, four brass and two Parrott guns, several caissons and limbers at another. A Historic Sketch Lest We Forget Company E 26th Ohio Infantry Wagons, limbers, wheels, harness, etc. left, but all were destroyed. An Artilleryman's Diary Most of the men were without their firelocks, which were piled in a confused heap on the limbers of the guns. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II A couple of hours later, the limbers came up, and the guns pulled out on the road. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division We all went to work, tying the two guns and limbers together with ropes and straps. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Two of their limbers were blown up in succession, with thunderous noise, and this further discouraged them. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign The artillerymen to the left were feverishly swabbing out their guns and trying to cool them off, and bringing up everything in the shape of ammunition from the limbers in the rear. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign A battery galloped up, the drivers lashing the horses, the cannoneers sitting stolidly on the limbers with their arms folded. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro At noon we packed up, ready to go forward when the limbers should come up. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division We returned to the brick house, near the river, sending back our horses and limbers to carry the guns of the Fifth Maine Battery off the battle-field. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery One of the Lieutenants turned and motioned with his saber to the riders seated on their horses in the line of limbers under the cover of the slope. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign In those streams were gun carriages, caissons, limbers, ammunition carts and grunting tractors hauling large field pieces. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" My cannoneers were so tired that I allowed them to take turns in riding upon the limbers. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. The German field artillery frequently place their caissons at a distance of two hundred yards behind the guns, there being no limbers or caissons with the guns. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Howrigan kept on till he was among the guns sabering the cannoneers, capturing the two pieces in the road with their limbers and ammunition. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The limbers of the guns were a long way in the rear, and there was no way of shelling this enemy from his aerie. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The few guns, limbers, and munitions which these fragments of the Serbian army had brought with them were transported to Brindisi. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Mud lies inches thick on the roads, and is kept damp and slimy by the continual passage of limbers, horses, guns, wagons and lorries—the final result being a veritable swamp. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Empty limbers and gun teams without their guns dashed down the road, already thick with refugees and fugitive soldiers. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade It had begun to rain again; down the solitary street of Morsbronn the artillery rolled, jolting; cannoneers, wrapped in their wet, gray overcoats, limbers, caissons, and horses plastered with mud. The Maids of Paradise One of the limbers which had been brought for the guns had been reduced to a standstill by the enemy's fire. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government While I was doing the rounds of the forward trenches I could not help noting the roar of waggons and limbers along the whole German line in front of us. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The place is chock-a-block from morning to night, and outside there is always waiting a string of lorries, mess-carts, wagons, limbers, from all over the place. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Some of the Lahore Division passed us on their way into the affair, the Indian gunners sitting on their limbers like statues. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Ruts—wheel-marks made, of course, by our guns or their limbers. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War The shell taking the curve of the hill was found to produce deadly effects both upon the guns, when placed on the reverse slopes, and on the limbers and wagons in rear. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government So, picking our way through streets a-throng with British faces, dodging guns and limbers, wagons and carts of all descriptions, we came out upon the open road again. Great Britain at War It was a glorious sunny day, perhaps too hot, but that makes for good baseball, for it limbers up the players. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles Jackets are strapped to the limbers, shirt sleeves rolled to the elbows, and straw hats, locally known as "cow-breakfasts," take the place of the more military cap. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade It limbers the muscles of the thighs and back. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession That movement was a very pretty sight—the gun limbers being galloped across the shell torn ground, wheeling their guns around and getting into action in very short while. Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette "It is trying, this traveling in limbers," the lieutenant smiled apologetically. Where the Souls of Men are Calling At one in the morning they were once more ashore at the Cove, with its tireless throng of men, mules and limbers. The Tale of a Trooper Captain White-Thomas, while on his way back to the limbers to get blankets for the injured, received a nasty wound. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and immediately above the limbers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The countryside looked very desolate and knocked about till we got to Fricourt Circus, only the chalky roads were crammed with limbers and lorries taking up supplies. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 They reached a rise in the rolling landscape and stopped to breathe their beasts which were shaking the heavy limbers by their desperate gasps for air. Where the Souls of Men are Calling There were horses, artillery, limbers, mobs of men and increasing piles of stores. The Tale of a Trooper As I have already explained, the guns of the 32nd and 37th field batteries, together with the limbers and ammunition, were sent on to Wad Habeshi by water. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Square timbers extending along the floors, by the main keelson, leaving sufficient space on each side for the limbers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Lines and lines of lorries going backwards or forwards, limbers, wagons, men. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 I brought along Ginger and the herring-back, and we went to work cleaning out the limbers. A Tramp's Notebook The narrow beach, or those parts of it not occupied by great piles of stores, or limbers and water-carts, was a seething mass of humanity and mules. The Tale of a Trooper On these vehicles or limbers the gunners could remain in position and bring the weapons into action at any moment. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan All the 12-pounders except two were in the first instance sent up without limbers, and therefore had to be limbered up to wagons. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service In taking up a position, a battery should avail itself of all inequalities of the ground, for the shelter of its pieces and gunners, or of its limbers and caissons, at least. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry He was unable to carry off any of the heavy guns, but succeeded in shipping the guns of Bankhead's field-battery, leaving their limbers and caissons behind. From Fort Henry to Corinth In the Rzesna fortification alone, besides gun limbers and machine guns, 400 prisoners were taken who belonged to no less than eighteen different Russian divisions. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Ammunition was drawn from the reserve stores afloat, and the supply columns' boxes were refilled, as well as the battery limbers and the men's pouches. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan I found that James's guns had very mobile limbers which he had built at Maritzburg, very different to our cumbersome wagons with guns tied up astern. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service "Teams with limbers to withdraw your guns to rear position by 8 P.M. are being sent for." Pushed and the Return Push There being no room in their rear, their caissons and limbers stood off to their right on a flat piece of heavily wooded ground. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson The wheel stopped, the men leaped to the ground, the guns were planted, the limbers dropped, the horses loosed and taken below the hill. The Long Roll Next day guns and limbers passed in a steady stream going south—a sure indication that all efforts were being concentrated in widening the breach already made. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Gun, limbers and wagons filled with fused shell. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 I despatched written orders to the battery waggon lines for gun teams and limbers to be brought up to within a thousand yards of the guns. Pushed and the Return Push Their position was the more favorable, as their limbers and caissons were behind the crest of the hill, while we were on level ground with ours fully exposed. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson The gunners jump from their seats sharp as sailors, unhook the limbers, leaving the guns pointed towards the enemy. Impressions of a War Correspondent “Why, sir, I’m used to all that; I’ve ridden so many times on the limbers of gun-carriages, that being knocked about’s natural to me.” Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East Poles of carts, limbers, and limbered wagons will not be removed; these vehicles should be so placed in the boats that they can be landed pole leading. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Our teams and limbers had come up, all except one team of C Battery. Pushed and the Return Push Stores were unloaded from the limbers at Ecoivres on to flat trucks, each of which was pulled by three mules. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The artillery rattle and jolt over the stones, and the limbers toss like little punts towed through a choppy sea. Impressions of a War Correspondent It was to me a gallant show, and I drew a long, deep breath as I counted the guns with the men mounted upon the limbers, and watched attentively till they passed out of sight. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East On the whole Southern theatre of operations, counting shell in limbers and shell loaded in guns, we have 5,000 rounds of shrapnel. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 "Got any ammunition left after filling up the limbers?" he asked quickly. Pushed and the Return Push Unfortunately this wood got shelled and several mules were knocked out, with the result that the ammunition was dumped, and the limbers and rest of the animals were sent back to Poeuilly. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The ordinary gun teams were relieved, and numbers of these plow-horses attached to the limbers pulled the precious artillery steadily toward the enemy. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo “Why, it must be our troop,” I thought, but crushed the delightful thought on the instant, for there was none of the peculiar rattle made by the guns and limbers. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East Part of the line passed in front of a very large grove and there our limbers could fill up in a few minutes with oranges such as we had never tasted before. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 It ran— Warn batteries that they must have gun limbers and firing battery waggons within 1000 yards of their positions by 3.30 A.M., as we shall probably move at dawn. Pushed and the Return Push Several of the riding horses, the cookers and some of the ammunition and Lewis gun limbers were up with the Battalion, so that the amount of transport left behind was not great. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The Divisional sign on flags and limbers, etc., was a red coloured intertwined double 8. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 There was the clattering of hoofs; the horses came up, the guns were hooked on to the limbers, and the next minute we were mounted, leaving the company of foot holding the street. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East There was no room for two limbers to pass abreast, and they could be turned only by separating the two halves and turning one at a time. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Our batteries had horses and limbers in readiness for a quick rushing up of the guns. Pushed and the Return Push Pack mules and limbers with ammunition and other stores, were a little further behind, but near enough to be got forward quickly if required during the battle. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion "Halt, off-load the limbers"—on to a crater where our guides awaited us. Winning a Cause World War Stories The dusty roads were crowded with lorries, tanks, whippets and limbers, besides numbers of men. The Great War As I Saw It Just as we arrived they secured a direct hit on one of our limbers, killing the two wheelers and seriously wounding the driver—the other driver had a miraculous escape. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Am I to check the number of rounds in the limbers; on the beaches and in transit during a battle? Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Bedford worked uncommonly well, as did also the Quarter-Master's Branch, in getting up rations, which they had to man-handle over the canal crossing—still impossible for traffic—and reload into our transport limbers. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion All this time the roads leading to our lines were packed night and day with men, transports, guns, ammunition, limbers, and everything that is needed for a big charge. Into the Jaws of Death There was a great concentration of men in this area, and the roads were crowded with lorries and limbers as well as troops. The Great War As I Saw It In five days we had everything, horses, limbers, field-cookers, Lewis guns, etc., the horses comparing unfavourably with those left behind. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 In Flanders, he says, they would never attack with empty limbers behind them; they would wait till they were full up. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I So after one discharge the captain ordered the limbers to the rear, and the section started back at a gallop. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War He always expressed his appreciation of good work, but apparently disliked the growing of oats on the spare pole of one of the limbers—but the transport know more about that than I do! The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 Men were marching to or from the line; lorries, limbers, motorcycles, ambulances and staff cars were passing or following one another on the muddy and broken way. The Great War As I Saw It On such ground limbers and carts will have to be emptied if necessary. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The different batteries were ordered to remove their guns, limbers and horses from the boat, and I had charge of one party unloading guns and limbers. S.O.S. Stand to! The limbers, which were massed to the rear under cover of a slope, looked very much like the sections of munitions I had seen just before. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry In addition to 99 prisoners we had captured six field guns with limbers, three machine guns, and a large quantity of S.A.A. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 Civilians were rushing down the pavements on each side of the road, and had even filled the limbers. The Great War As I Saw It We were up at 2 o'clock that morning, and for two solid hours were loading up the trucks with our transport, G.S. waggons and limbers. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. He was at the far end of that open space, trussed up to the starboard limbers. The Blood Ship The dust of roads and fields, raised by horses, waggons, and limbers, had settled on them, showing up their wrinkles and getting into eyes, noses, and moustaches. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry On the Latron-Beit Sira road stones were scarce and had to be man-handled in limbers or baskets often quite a distance, but here were stones of every size within a few yards of the road. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 To the east of us, lay the road bordered with leafless and battered trees, past which went an interminable line of lorries, guns and limbers. The Great War As I Saw It The rations are carried up in sacks by limbers as far as the transport can take them—it varies according to the level of the ground and activities. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. The chains of both the hand and foot irons were secured to the limbers by rope lashings. The Blood Ship Thousands of cannon, limbers, and convoys had been passing along all the roads and all practicable by-ways monotonously and ceaselessly. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry However, all preparations for more open warfare were made, and the supply of rations and ammunition was reorganised in such a way that either limbers or pack animals could be used at short notice. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Lorries, wagons, limbers, transports, horses and men crowded it, and the traffic every now and then would get blocked. The Great War As I Saw It These limbers are met by ration parties who carry two sacks each, right up to the trenches. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. Dead animals, horses, mules and camels lay all around; upturned wagons and limbers were to be seen everywhere. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron The transport section received its full complement of waggons and limbers, together with its full number of mules, which proved to be equal to any which proceeded to France. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Todd had reconnoitred a route for his limbers, and, after a narrow escape from some heavy shells, had managed to find a passable road. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. The constant attention to detail in the army, the smartness of the men, and the good turn-out of the horses and limbers, have a great moral effect upon every department of the service. The Great War As I Saw It Ammunition limbers were hurried up, and I stood ready to dart anywhere. Adventures of a Despatch Rider Two limbers were, therefore, taken back to camp fully loaded up; this was a discovery much appreciated by all, and two days later a fresh supply was sent for. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron Tanks were represented by half limbers during these practices, and the shrapnel barrage by drums. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The Lewis Gun limbers and cookers were now allotted to Companies, and the remainder of the 1st Line Transport occupied a field close to us. 2nd Lieut. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Owing to a delay in the arrival of the Lewis gun limbers, the Lewis gunners were behind the rest of the Battalion, and some difficulty was experienced by them in locating the sunken road. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 No transport or ammunition limbers were safe from the enemy's guns. Adventures of a Despatch Rider That sort o' limbers a feller's tongue a bit. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life Dead horses, shattered guns, wagons, and limbers lay overturned in the ditches. Combed Out Our first line transport was also reorganised in such a way that each Company had its own two limbers with Lewis Guns and ammunition, bombs and all necessaries. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. And the next thing was the hissing shriek of a shell—and plump it dropped, just under one of the Natal limbers. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Soon the column came pouring past, so miserably and so slowly,—lorries, transport, guns, limbers, small batches of infantrymen, crowds of stragglers. Adventures of a Despatch Rider The mist from the coast had rolled inland; through it after dawn came miles of horsemen and wagons, guns, limbers, lorries, ambulances. With Botha in the Field All night long through our streets we heard the endless tramping of battalions, the clattering wheels of guns and limbers, the sharp orders, the halting and the marching taken up afresh. Out To Win The Story of America in France As soon as it was dark we moved off with our Lewis Gun limbers and medical cart, keeping as far as possible to cross-country tracks and avoiding all main roads. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Whirr and scream—another dashed itself into the field between the guns and limbers. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War The only lieutenant left alive shouted the order: "Bring up the limbers!" The Downfall Once or twice the road left the river to cut across over the mountains, and it cost our horses much exertion to drag the limbers up the steep, slippery trail. War in the Garden of Eden Our waggon is with the guns, unhooked, and we and the team are with the limbers in rear. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. The officers were a little less fortunate; knowing that there were bell tents coming on the limbers, they waited for them. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. In the rear disabled caissons stood and limbers of guns. History of Kershaw's Brigade Again the captain's ringing voice was heard ordering up the limbers. The Downfall The Zouaves could see the guns—see even the limbers and caissons behind, and the harnessed teams, and the cannoneers very busily at work in the sunshine. Ailsa Paige The guns unlimbered, and came into action against the kopje, and we and the limbers trotted about 300 yards back, and are waiting there now. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Fortunately the limbers could come as far as Battalion Headquarters, and cans had to be carried forward from there only; even this took many men, and our numbers were by no means large. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. I had decided that he had best stay and look after the limbers. Bullets & Billets It was time to take some step to baffle that tremendous fire, notwithstanding the danger there was in moving, and the captain unhesitatingly gave orders to bring up the limbers. The Downfall Down that glen came a throng of men and galloping limbers—a crazy, jostling crowd, spreading away beyond the road to the steep slopes, and leaving behind it many black dots to darken the snows. Greenmantle About sunrise the limbers returned, having left the guns and gunners in position on a hill somewhere, where they shot at any Boers they saw, and were sniped at themselves. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Such a move is not unattended by danger, for to bring horses and limbers down the roads in the shell zone in daylight renders them liable to observation, aerial or otherwise. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems As soon as it is dusk the servants slink off across that turnip morass behind and drag our few belongings back to where the limbers are. Bullets & Billets The silver guns, carriages, limbers, harness, etc., were precisely similar. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories These limbers carried our reserve ammunition and rations. Over the Top A Boer gun is searching the valley on our left, but they can't see the limbers and waggons. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Elephants were collected from all quarters to spare the legs of his infantry and sailors; while dog-carts were turned into limbers for the small three-pounders of the seamen. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 At last we got to the dumping-ground spot again—the spot where we horsemen have to come to earth and walk, and where everything is unbaled from the limbers. Bullets & Billets In the midst of it D—— suddenly draws my attention to a succession of great nozzles passing us, with their teams and limbers. Towards the Goal Several times we had to string out in the ditch to let long columns of limbers, artillery, and supplies get past. Over the Top Our teams, waggons, and limbers, have been shell-dodging under the brow of the hill. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. The artillery made a track through a garden on the right of the village just before the road reached the broken bridge, and two batteries, the 301st and 302nd, got their guns and limbers across. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine These limbers have come up from about three to four miles away, from the Regimental Transport headquarters, to take all the trench "props" back to the billets. Bullets & Billets "Material: "Three guns with limbers and caissons; 28 horses and 16 saddles; 6 sets double harness, wheel, and 6 lead; 1 escort wagon, team and driver; and 100,000 rounds, .30 cal. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition At the end of the communication trench, limbers were waiting on the road for us. Over the Top The limber is then unhooked from the trail of the gun, and the teams trot back with the limbers to the rear, leaving the guns to be worked by the gunners. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Lorries skidded, and double teams of horses could only make slow progress with limbers. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine When I reached the road, and had superintended loading up our limbers, I got instructions from the transport officer as to which way we were to go. Bullets & Billets The members of the detachment were now directed to lie down under their guns and limbers, except the drivers, who declined to do so, and still stood at the heads of their mules. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition Then would come hundreds of limbers and "G. S." wagons drawn by sleek, well-fed mules, ridden by sleek, well-fed men, ever smiling. Over the Top Then I want to try out an iceboat on the Hudson, and I'll have to be back in New Haven by the time the baseball squad limbers up. The Ne'er-Do-Well The limbers bumped and jolted and the short-handled whips cracked like the sound of pistol-practise. Told in the East There was a good field for all the limbers and horses adjoining, so on the whole it was quite a convenient place. Bullets & Billets Pragmatism unstiffens all our theories, limbers them up and sets each one at work. Pragmatism A collection of men, horses, and limbers, which supplies ammunition for the line and keeps Tommy awake, while in billets, with their infernal noise. Over the Top Artillery limbers prance by and spray us heavily. Under Fire: the story of a squad You know they work with my own beloved old fifteen pounders, brought up to date with new breeches, recoils, shields, and limbers. The Red Planet The bodies of horses which had died of pure fatigue marked their course, the sergeants' horses tugged in the gun-teams, and the sergeants staggered along by the limbers. The Great Boer War This gallant battery had three of its limbers blown up and replaced. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray An aggregation of mules, limbers, and rough riders, whose duty is to keep the men in the trenches supplied with rations and supplies. Over the Top He pointed to the French guns, the limbers of which were being detached and hurriedly removed. War and Peace As instructed by Pertelay, we did not kill or wound the men on the limbers, but forced them at sword point to make their horses pull the guns toward the French lines. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot The guns could not be worked, and yet they could not be removed, for every effort to bring up teams from the shelter where the limbers lay ended in the death of the horses. The Great Boer War When shakin' their bustles like ladies so fine, The guns o' the enemy wheel into line, Shoot low at the limbers an' don't mind the shine, For noise never startles the soldier. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition From Moscow to Cairo we had travelled everywhere, but we went in larger parties than were convenient to those whom we visited, and we carried our passports in our limbers. The Adventures of Gerard Behind the guns were their limbers and still farther back picket ropes and artillerymen's bonfires. War and Peace Now and then a battery rumbled through, its gunners on the limbers, detached, with folded arms; and always there were soldiers. The Amazing Interlude Fortunately he had with him three excellent Horse Artillery batteries, G, O, and T, who worked until, at the end of the engagement, they had only twenty rounds in their limbers. The Great Boer War Every splinter, every rope-yarn of her groaned again under this savage treatment; but so splendid was her construction that she never made a drop of water more than just sufficient to sweeten the limbers. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales "Yes, yes," muttered Bagration as if considering something, and he rode past the limbers to the farthest cannon. War and Peace |
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