| 单词 | round shot |
| 例句 | All about the streets and lanes behind the Gate it tumbled down, small round shot that did not burn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Rory McIlroy says sticking to his plan on the final day of the Memorial Tournament will give him "a great chance" after a dogged third round shot him into a share of the lead. 'In with great chance' - McIlroy shares Memorial lead 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z A fat mortar round shot in the direction of a group of about 10 Russian soldiers that a reconnaissance team had identified in a nearby tree line. Life in Ukraine’s Trenches: Gearing Up for a Spring Offensive 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Seven players from the morning round shot 68 or better. Minjee Lee has lead after two rounds at Wilshire Country Club, but there are many on her heels 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z What is the lowest round shot in the Open Championship? 2018 British Open Frequently Asked Questions - Golf Digest 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The Thai who shared the lead with Yang in the first round shot an unblemished round of a 68 to be tied for second on 10-under. Yang takes 1 shot lead after second round at LPGA Thailand 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z But there were plenty of birdies for the taking during the first round and several players took advantage - 103 of the 122 players who finished the first round shot par or better. Castro shoots 62 to take two-shot lead at Sanderson Farms 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Most of Hermione’s projectiles were solid iron spheres known in English as “cannonballs,” “round shot” or simply “shot.” Throw these incorrect ship terms overboard 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z And using VR might be a great way to show the all round shots to friends and family. Is VR about to become a reality? 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It wasn't the lowest round shot on a North American professional golf tour that day. Believe it or not, Sergio Garcia's 61 was only the THIRD-best score on Friday: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z For a time, it seemed the early round shot by Michael Thompson – the sectional qualifier and first-round leader who reached the finals of the U.S. 2012 U.S. Open: Webb Simpson holds off Graeme McDowell for title 2012-06-18T02:43:00Z Oars were splintered in the rowers' hands by musket balls, and the men themselves covered with spray from the round shot and grape, that smote the water on every side. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z "Now my men," said the captain, "to your duty!—let every gun be double-shotted—a round shot and grape!" The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z They found that during the battle of Princeton a round shot had struck the portrait of George II in the prayer hall. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z A round shot crashed through the embrasure from which Turnpenny had fired, scattering a shower of stone-chips around, and dealing wounds among the group who were watching and assisting the seaman to reload. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z These were hastily sewn up in their own hammocks, with a couple of round shot at their feet, and then launched overboard. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z In four minutes Captain Allen was mortally wounded by a round shot, carrying off his leg. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z "Mr. Ramrod," said the captain, "clap a round shot into the long-tom, and let us see if we cannot make them show some signs of life." The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z A round shot or shell takes two men out of the ranks as it crashes through. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z But their admiration was turned to grave alarm when, with a roar, the whole of the vessel's broadside was suddenly fired, and the round shot came hurtling up the gully. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Right through the port-hole window of the cabin had passed a round shot from so far away, apparently, that it hardly shattered the door-post upon which it then struck. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z A puff of smoke from the bow of the pirate, the roar of a gun, and almost immediately after a round shot ricocheted past the quarter of the Arrandoon. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z But mind you, Cracker, the Persians weren’t slow at returning the fire, and some of their round shot crashed into our ship, and made her tremble from stem to stern. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Their artillery also now opened fire, and shells and round shot began to fall in our neighborhood. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z He lost no time in loading the piece with round shot; then, all being ready, he ran back to instruct Dennis how to bring the vessel round when he gave the word. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Just then she brought her broadside to bear, and opening her ports sent a shower of round shot among the Indians. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Rockets, percussion-caps, metal fusees, and stores of round shot and shell are accumulated to a vast extent, the two latter being piled up in pyramids to upwards of ten millions. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z LOOPER, round shot for fowling-piece, about four times the size of buck shot. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z As soon as we came within range, the battery opened on us with round shot and shell; then, as we came nearer, with grape and canister. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Several planks amidships had been started; the mainmast was heavily scored; and a number of round shot were rolling about the waist. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Norman’s 64 also was the lowest final round shot by an Open champion in history. British Opens That Got Away Don?t Get to Langer 2011-07-12T20:24:10Z This as a round shot came tearing into the ranks just ahead, killing one of the troopers and his horse. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z His gunners pelted the unwieldy budgerows with round shot until they began to sink. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The gun deck had been cleared, with the spare budge barrels of powder and the auxiliary round shot moved to the hold, permitting sleeping hammocks to be lashed up for the new men. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z And here be powder and round shot and stone shot, and a half circle for the sighting. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Grape and round shot were mangling everything aloft. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The rebel battery beyond the bridge had been throwing round shot and shell, as has already been observed, reaching far beyond Kilpatrick's front and doing heavy damage. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z A round shot failed to stop the Trent, but a shell exploding in front of her bows brought her to. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z And that rusty pile of round shot I see down there by the breastwork? Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The guns were manned; the matches, already lighted, were screened from observation; then, at the word, the five guns on the starboard side belched forth their heavy charges of round shot. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Covered with blood that had been dashed over him from the body of the man the round shot had killed, Allen ran aft. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The sea hissed and glittered with round shot and shell; while, in a perfect hurricane, they rained on every side. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z A round shot dashed the binnacle to pieces between them. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z "Give me a minute to set her, and I’ll wager I can lay a round shot two hundred yards in front of the bow." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It was a good sight to see Captain Hampton of the Minion cut his cables and haul clear by his stern-fasts, the while his gunners poured round shot into the vice-admiral that rode ablaze. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z An obsolete form was an anklet and chain to the end of which was attached a heavy weight, usually a round shot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The cannon were then drawn into the hastily constructed fort, loaded with round shot this time, and were ready for use. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Forty-three iron cannon were found within the fort, fifteen hundred round shot, forty thousand pounds of musket-balls, five hundred hand grenades, and many tools, etc. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z Suddenly a gun on the Gloucester flared, sending an eighteen-pound round shot through the upper sails of the Defiance, inches from the maintop. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z As the last proof of superiority, our commander ordered a round shot to be fired over them, and not a boat stopped till they got to land. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Infantry, armed with a far-ranging rifle, as in the American Civil War, kept the guns beyond case-shot range, compelling them to use only round shot or common shell. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Myers took pains to state in his report that the number of round shot picked up on the field exceeded the number fired from his guns on this occasion. Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 Shell, round shot, Whitworth bolts, and spherical case were flying over and exploding about us at the same time. Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell One section of Duncan's battery began to play upon them with round shot, shells, and spherical case, so well directed that the whole advance, both horse and foot, fell back in disorder to the bushes. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 In the terrific battle that followed he lost 34 men, but killed 120 of the enemy, tore out every mast, and burst her hull with round shot. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Beside the ordnance captured, there were two thousand stand of arms, one hundred thousand flints, thirty thousand round shot, and thirty-two tons of musket balls. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools For nearly eight hours there was an incessant roar of cannon and mortars, and hundreds of bombs and round shot were poured upon the British works. The Minute Boys of York Town The shrieking of shells, or the heavy thud of round shot, were easily distinguished from the rotary whizzing of the Whitworth bolt. Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell "You got that, Master Jack; that round shot was for you," said he, not without some irritation in his tone. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly What's the good of beautifying and gilding or ornamenting what you 're going to riddle with grape and smash with round shot? Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day A distant discharge of round shot from his field-pieces drove them away, but the bridge was already broken. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The walls and defences were of no great strength, and not capable of resisting round shot. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia But ere they reached it a storm of shot—musket-balls, grape, canister, round shot, even stones flung by hand—burst upon them. Barclay of the Guides The slaughter was fearful as the discharges of grape and round shot cut channels through the jammed-up mass, and tore the dense columns, as it were, into fragments. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Under command of Captain Samyule Sa-mith, the Howitzers were opened upon Paris, and commenced such a tornado of round shot and grape that the surrounding landscape was very much defaced. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 He fired a round shot into the parapet thrown up in front of the trench, knocking the fence rails, with which it was riveted, into splinters, and probing the work. History of Morgan's Cavalry On we stood without shifting our course by a point, and were almost within range when the schooner ran up the stars-and-stripes and plumped a round shot ahead of us by way of hint. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The cook-boys, who carried their food, often had to dodge round shot from the city, and had become expert at it, dropping down on their knees when they saw the shot coming. Barclay of the Guides He sent forward a company of skirmishers from the Fourth Iowa, who soon became sharply engaged with the enemy and the latter opened on us a perfect tornado of round shot, shell, and grape. The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. Through the groves where the spirit of Donna Marina––the lost love of the marauder––was said to wander, shrieked the round shot, shells and grape. The Strollers While he was still talking, a round shot from one of the enemy's guns ricochetted and nearly struck his horse. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War They were then directed to open a heavy fire of grape and round shot on the enemy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 We let her have two or three divisions of grape, and followed the dose up with round shot. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Nearly all their tents were torn by round shot. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 A round shot skips along the surface and pierces the embankment. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Then I cast out again; and very soon my grapnel hooked into what I expected—a canvas sack, weighted with a round shot. The Dark Star Then a single cannon roared and a round shot whizzed by along the tops of the waves. The Black Buccaneer As the men leapt to their feet a couple of round shot were thrown into the boat, one of them going through the bottom. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The shell from the Egyptian guns could be seen bursting over the vessels, while jets of water spurting out far to seaward in all directions marked the course of the round shot. A Chapter of Adventures Of course he couldn’t fight, knowing as he did that it meant a few round shot ’twixt and ’tween wind and water, and the loss of his craft. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop There was a flash at her bow, a curl of white smoke rolled up, then a heavy roar, and a thirty-two pounder round shot fell about a hundred yards to the right of the vessel. Macaria I could hear, as well as see, that brandy-faced rascal, Israel Hands, plumping down a round shot on the deck. Treasure Island The fight would have been continued with the round shot still left in the barge, but the assistant surgeon was anxious that the captain should return to the ship and have the ball extracted. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery It seems the Russians perceived how small was the effect of their round shot, for they replaced them by shells, which could reach us better in the hollow where we were posted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 I was struck slightly with a stone from a round shot and stunned for a second, which old Jones has persisted in returning as wounded. The Life of Gordon, Volume I It was near nightfall when the British opened fire; and they kept up a constant cannonade with round shot, bombs, Congreve rockets, and carcasses until near midnight, without doing the slightest damage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 It's not them I mind; it's the round shot. Treasure Island A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a belly-full. 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. Then sail was set, and though the brig was struck over and over with round shot, again they managed to cut her out. As We Sweep Through The Deep Fortunately she had answered her helm so quickly that as she came round her guns bore ahead of us, and the round shot struck the water under our bows. With Cochrane the Dauntless The flag of the British ship "Hermes" was shot away; and soon after, a round shot cut her cable, and she drifted upon a sand-bank, and lay helpless, and exposed to a raking fire. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island For round shot there are two kinds, viz. the high gauge, a cylinder through which the shot must pass; and the low gauge, a ring through which it must not pass. 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. Mr. Nipper, clap a canister of grape over the round shot in the bow gun, give it to him.” Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. You will guess at once that I mean poor Kennedy, who was killed by a round shot—the only shot that did any damage worth mentioning.” The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise A huge round shot struck the "Centipede," passing through her diagonally, leaving death and wounds in its track. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Even as I looked there came another red flash and another report, that sent the echoes clattering, and one more round shot whistled through the air. Treasure Island These shouted words, and the promptness of the round shot from the ship, had really equal effects in scattering the foe. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The Hornet did not receive a single round shot in her hull, and though much cut in her sails and rigging was soon made ready for further service. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. And now the round shot began to fly thick and fast, while bullets and slugs hummed and sang about our ears like a swarm of angry hornets. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise In proof of this, the side of the "Confiance" was thickly dotted with round shot, which had struck into, but failed to penetrate, the wood. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 There were plenty of marks of the enemy's musketry fire, as well as the dents of shell and round shot. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan One raised a round shot above his head, or so it appeared to be, and smote him full upon the crown. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Hundreds of bullets swept every part of the cover, and then the cannon sent in round shot and grape, cutting down weeds and warriors together, and driving the savage force in flight to shelter. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Almost immediately afterward a round shot from the junk struck the water at a little distance away, and then went humming directly over my head, so close that I felt the wind of it. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise The heavy round shot was seen to strike the sharp-shooter's defence, and stones and man disappeared in a cloud of dust. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Farther off in the same direction—above the low, flat-shaped azotéas of a village—could be seen the domes and belfries of several churches, all breached with bombs or riddled with round shot. The Tiger Hunter The solid round shot, at short range, ripped through the cabin walls and bulkheads and buried themselves in the frames and timbers of the ship's stern. Blackbeard: Buccaneer This was especially so as Willing & Morris, Captain Barry's late employers, alone had a stock of "round shot for four pounders, under their store in Penn Street and in their yard." The Story of Commodore John Barry One of the enemy’s round shot had got home through our port bulwark, so far as I could judge. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Allen was struck by a round shot that cut off his left leg near the thigh. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 With loud cheers they advanced; but Jack guessed that they had something in store which would astonish the blacks much more than the round shot; nor was he mistaken. The Three Midshipmen At this sport of playing bowls with round shot they were bound to lose. Blackbeard: Buccaneer A stone from a round shot struck Gordon, and stunned him for some time, and he was reported "Wounded" by the surgeon, greatly to his disgust. The Story of General Gordon A few round shot fired over their heads dispersed them. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries "Phil, didn't I see some round shot among the ammunition you brought down?" called Morgan to me. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer On looking out he saw the dark shadowy forms of numerous large war-junks gliding round the ship, and the next instant a shower of jingall balls and round shot came rattling on deck. The Three Midshipmen The first bit of cheer was when his foot struck a round object as solid as a round shot and he picked up a small Dutch cheese. Blackbeard: Buccaneer They soon saw that the terrific noise had been made by round shot being thrown at the windows, and well they knew that Charlie Gordon was sure to be at the bottom of the trick. The Story of General Gordon To prevent an attack, a round shot was fired near them, when they paddled off; the headland near at hand was therefore called Cape Runaway. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Seeing them one evening emerging from a wood, he tried the effect of round shot upon them. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 They must have been seen from the junks, for directly afterwards they were saluted by a thick shower of jingall bullets, while several round shot came whizzing past them. The Three Midshipmen A ball of smoke puffed from a port of Blackbeard's ship, but the round shot splashed beyond the bowsprit of the Plymouth Adventure instead of thudding into her oaken side. Blackbeard: Buccaneer As a round shot outstrips the rifled bolt on quitting the muzzle of the gun, so the lower race, in childhood, may outstrip the higher. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 “I feel somewhat strange at the thoughts of having round shot and bullets flying about our ears,” said Nat. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea But her guns were well loaded, alternately with two round shot and a hundred and fifty musket balls, and with one round and one double-headed shot in each gun. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Scarcely had he spoken when, from the whole line of stockades, showers of round shot and bullets came rattling about the steamers and boats. The Three Midshipmen His shot ploughed its way among the men who served the English guns, but at the second discharge a round shot flung it from its carriage and laid it useless on the road. The Northern Iron One fine day she steamed into Hampton Roads under the guns of the United States fleet and proceeded to sink ship after ship, the heavy round shot leaping off her like peas. A History of the United States The passion of the heart testified to by some battered trinket, the sweat of the brain by some maggot-eaten manuscript, the agony of death, at best, by some round shot turned up by the ploughshare? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Z-i-i-s-s! a round shot sings above your head, and with a sharp thud strikes the second story of the brick house opposite, marking its passage by a tolerably neat hole through the wall. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac The last dropped into the water short of them, but the round shot flew a hundred yards beyond them, between two of their canoes. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold “It was, but that was a better one,” said Manton, pointing to the boom of the schooner’s mainsail, which was cut in two by a round shot, just as the captain spoke. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader Already round shot and bullets came flying across the water, and a stray one might chance to hit the boat. The Lily of Leyden Its walls were shattered with shells and round shot, which now and then struck through the chambers. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign The lieutenant of marines, a tall, handsome young man, was cut almost in two by a round shot soon after the captain had fallen, and several more men were hit. The Two Shipmates At this moment a round shot from the launch dismounted a carronade;—our ammunition was wasted;—and in this disabled state, the Britons prepared to board our crippled craft. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver My men are stout fellows not used to flinch at the sound of a round shot passing over their heads.” Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader Alexander Patoff had disappeared hopelessly and completely, and had left no more trace than if he had been thrown into the Bosphorus, with a couple of round shot at his neck. Paul Patoff Bravo, Crawford!" cried the colonel, who had joined us unperceived; "that's a round shot for them. At the Point of the Sword Not many minutes afterwards a round shot struck the bulwarks, sending splinters flying in every direction. The Two Shipmates Her hold contained sixteen twenty-four carronades, while her magazine was stocked with abundance of ammunition, and her kelson lined, fore and aft, with round shot and grape. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Then they grasped their sweeps again, and the little vessel glided away through a hail of grape and round shot from the Tripolitan batteries and men-of-war. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 About fifty shells were thrown into the town, and our boats fired four hundred round shot, besides grape and canister. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 He sprang to assist the men, when a round shot struck him, and almost carried off his head. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) “Just then a round shot carried away our main-topmast with all her stun-s’ls an’ booms. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers “There goes a shot, sir,” said Buzzby, pointing towards the piratical schooner, from the side of which a white cloud burst and a round shot ricochetted over the sea, passing close ahead of the ship. The World of Ice After half an hour of fighting, the "Constitution" was seriously crippled by a round shot, which carried away her wheel, and wounded Bainbridge by driving a small copper bolt deep into his thigh. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Not a round shot touched our hull; our masts and spars are as sound as ever. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 A round shot from us at the same moment appeared to strike it. In the Track of the Troops Mr Jones had long been carried down below, severed in two with a round shot—but a man leaped into the chains, and lowering down the lead, sounded in seven fathoms. Mr. Midshipman Easy In less than half-an-hour we were within gun-shot; the privateer swept her broadside to us, and commenced firing guns with single round shot, and with great precision. Jacob Faithful When the boats came within range, the guns of the "Lottery" opened upon them with a hail of grape and round shot. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Six round shot struck our hull, and many grape which did not penetrate far. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 A round shot also striking our mainmast, I every instant expected to see it fall. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor A strange feeling came over me as I thought that in a few minutes we might be hotly engaged in firing away at the enemy, round shot and bullets flying about us. Twice Lost And now the guns on both sides sent forth their missiles of death,—round shot and chain shot, the latter cutting to pieces the rigging and spars of their antagonists. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn Two spouts of flame, followed quickly by a couple of round shot, issued from her bow-ports. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa The Saratoga had 55 round shot in her hull, the Confiance 105. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Both he and I, it appeared, had been knocked over by the wind of a round shot, and had been rather stunned than seriously hurt. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Still the battle raged, and round shot continued tearing along our decks. The Boy who sailed with Blake “I hope so,” he answered; but just then—crash! there came a couple of round shot against our side, while more guns were heard going off in the opposite direction. Paddy Finn In every direction were our poor fellows dead or wounded, including the two mates, one of whom had his head knocked off, while the other was cut almost in two by a round shot. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa The gunboats fired upwards of four hundred round shot, besides grape and canister, with good effect. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Just then a round shot struck our boat, cutting her right in two, killing one man, and wounding two. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor “It won’t be long before the chase has some of those round shot aboard her,” observed the master. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley “I don’t know anything about balls, except round shot and musket-balls,” answered the first lieutenant. Paddy Finn With proud defiance the squadron continued its onward course, still desisting from firing, as if invulnerable to the showers of round shot and bullets which came whistling about them. Hurricane Hurry “They ain’t accustomed to big guns, and don’t know what a round shot can do.” The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific With hearty cheers, to show that aid was coming, we pulled away towards them, but as we advanced we were received with a hot fire of musketry and round shot. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Then I saw what had happened—a man standing close to me had been cut right in two by a round shot, which came through the port, wounding a couple of men besides. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The round shot were flying quickly across the decks, and bullets were rattling on board like hail, for though the French were getting the worst of it, they were, as they always do, dying game. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Whether or not he will now return to tempt once more the tempest and the waves, not to speak of round shot and bullets, is more than I can say. The Three Admirals “It was your round shot, however, which stopped them when they were nearly up with us; and I hope that they won’t forget the lesson they have learned to-day,” I answered. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The brave French captain was found lying on the deck, his back torn open by a round shot, and part of his hip carried away. The Loss of the Royal George Though we were struck several times, and a good many round shot passed between our masts, not a man on board was hit. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley There was going to be a sharp fight, of that there could be no doubt, and round shot would soon be coming in through the sides, and taking off men’s heads and legs and arms. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure At last a round shot struck the mainmast, and down came the mainsail on deck. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Grape, canisters, and round shot came tearing among them. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign At length the firing ceased, and we saw the enemy retiring—a round shot or two sent after them by Mr Laffan expediting their movements. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Faith, I thought a round shot had taken my head off. The Three Lieutenants The round shot, as before, whistled across the deck, killing and wounding several of the crew. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure If I was our skipper, I would send a round shot right into the boat, sooner than any of his people should step on this deck. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea This was answered by the lower guns on the batteries with round shot until she reached the narrowest part, when the enemy opened with round shot and grape together. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Uncle Mark now drew one of his pistols, and as he skated round shot the leading wolf. Afar in the Forest Jack and Terence felt something like men leading a forlorn hope, but felt that they must of necessity expose themselves to the round shot and bullets of the enemy. The Three Lieutenants It was in a somewhat dilapidated condition, and seemed now very unfit for its original object, for a few round shot would have speedily knocked it to pieces. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “Yes, sir, with a round shot; but I’ve got grape and canister ready.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea During this time she fired away in return at the enemy, who appeared abreast of her, every charge of grape and canister on board, and was then reduced to round shot. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign For just then there was a puff of smoke from the cutter, and we could just make out, by the way it dipped, the round shot that went ricochetting over the sea. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore The fort, meantime, fired showers of grape, canister, and round shot. The Three Lieutenants “We are safe here, and we’d better remain where we are,” said Tom; “only I hope none of those round shot will find their way into this place.” From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “Beg pardon, sir,” said the boatswain, “but I ’member now nuff of my old work years ago to be able to send a round shot right through that there boat, if you’ll give the word.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea Lieutenant Lodwick—the rim of whose hat was shot through—at once returned the first volley with a round shot and 180 balls in a bag. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Perhaps he had mistaken it for the ricochet of a round shot. The Rifle Rangers At this moment the hidden battery on the north side of the channel again opened fire, this time with round shot. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Run the starboard guns over to port, and load fore and aft with a round shot and a charge of grape on top of it. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Save your powder for the boats—round shot when they are coming to the shore, and grape as they are landing. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea This was done, four double—handfuls—amounting to about one hundred bullets—being dropped into the gun on top of the round shot, and a wad rammed home on the top of all. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship Then, while the men were reloading, nine jets of flame and smoke leapt simultaneously from the brig’s side, and nine round shot tore up the water unpleasantly close under our bows. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron When the round shot began to fall, there was no time to get his charger. Seen and Unseen There were two thousand muskets, one hundred thousand flints, thirty thousand round shot for one, six, and twelve pounders, over thirty thousand musket-shot, and a thirteen-inch brass mortar that weighed twenty-seven hundred pounds. The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes The enemy were not idle; for round shot, shell, grape and musket balls were bounding and whizzing all about us, and earth and stones were rattling about our heads like hail. General Gordon Saint and Soldier A couple of guns planted there could have knocked this cursed rampart to flinders in twenty minutes, or plumped round shot at leisure among the French huddled within. Fort Amity The guns used round shot, grape, and case shot; mortars and howitzers fired bombs and carcasses. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America It was necessary that projectiles of greater weight, of less resistance to the atmosphere, and of more accuracy of flight, than the old round shot, should be introduced. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Comanche obeyed with belligerent willingness, and with an accuracy of aim that was utterly surprising to old Bill Broome, for the round shot struck his boat amidship, and it fell back into the water. Frontier Boys in Frisco A round shot does not do much more harm than a bullet, unless it strikes a column in motion, or troops massed in solid formation. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War We knows the perry-ferry of the circumference of a round shot. Canada and the Canadians Volume I Hot shot was nothing but round shot, heated to a red glow over a grate or in a furnace. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The Parrott he spoke of was one of the twelve-pound Parrott guns the schooner carried; and the boy was the buoy, or target, in the water, at which the gunners had practised firing round shot. The Drummer Boy With ocean alacrity some round shot were got up, a gun was fired point-blank at Labour's Retreat, and down came a chimney-stack, amidst the cheers of the crew of the Tom Bowling. The Honour of the Flag As he put the goblet down a round shot sent it flying. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Better a blister on the neck than a round shot at your feet, hey? The Mayor of Troy The longer projectile, being both heavier and more streamlined than round shot of the same caliber, also has a greater striking energy. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The word "'Gene" was becoming a sort of round shot across the bows in his Bellevale cruises. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Nearly the whole leading rank fell in an instant, while the round shot pierced the column. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Number of round shot visible on dry ground fired from the fleet and the gunboat of the flotilla 87 5. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the rifle-guns of Mr. Parrott, provisionally adopted, it is intended to retain the full charge of powder which a smooth-bore gun of the same calibre would have with a round shot. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. On ironclad targets like the Monitor and Merrimac, however, round shot did little more than bounce; it took the long, armor-piercing rifle projectile to force the development of the tremendously thick plate of modern times. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America He was sighting a gun when a round shot cut the spanker boom, and a fragment of the heavy spar knocked him senseless. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Two round shot struck up the water, the one under the Indiaman's stern, the other under her forefoot. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Cannon from the boats also swept the forest with grape and round shot, and the troops began to debark. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis One round shot tore a great hole through the mainsail, as it went shrieking by. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Oh! to see the linstock lighting, And to hear the round shot biting, For we're all in love with fighting On the Fighting Téméraire. The Ontario Readers Third Book We never closed our eyes in peace, for we were sure to be awakened before many minutes elapsed, by the splash of a round shot or shell in the mud beside us. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 The former were sewn in hammocks, with a round shot at their feet, and dropped overboard; the clergyman reading the burial service. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The surly mate was cut squarely in two by a round shot, men screaming in rage and pain went down and the captain staggered, but recovered himself. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis The old Niler was not the man to miss a vessel alongside in a quiet sea; he sent two round shot clean through him; the third splintered his bulwark, and swept across his deck. Great Sea Stories Had the aim been slightly more accurate, or had the gunners fired with grape, instead of round shot, it is probable that the whole course of history would have been changed. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick Sweeping round them at cable's length, crowding them in one upon the other, yet never once giving them a chance to grapple, they hurled in their cataracts of round shot. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The heavy round shot injured some of the houses but the shells did not reach the town and the rockets passed over it. Elsie's Vacation and After Events A big gun on the sloop thundered, and a round shot cut away one of the schooner's spars. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis The ice was bare of snow, and nothing could be seen, but the cannon on the side facing the lake at once opened fire, with grape and round shot, in the direction of the sound. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent He also sent a six-pounder cannon with necessary equipments of grape, canister, and round shot, ten thousand rounds of musket ball and buckshot cartridges, and a general supply of needful articles. General Scott Sir George Carey had come from the Needles in time to share the honours of the last battle, 'round shot,' as he said, 'flying thick as musket balls in a skirmish on land.' English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 "Yes, for six consecutive days a perfect storm of bombs and round shot poured upon them," said the captain, "and it must have required no small amount of courage to stand such a tempest." Elsie's Vacation and After Events As Charteris spoke, the batteries on the Heights of Levis opened again, pouring round shot, grape and canister upon the Lower Town. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis All night long 800 men toiled at the work, while the guns of the fort kept up a constant fire of round shot and grape; but by daybreak the first parallel was made. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent The wounded in every stage of suffering strewed the ground, mutilated by round shot and shell, shattered by grape, cut and slashed and stabbed by bayonet and sword. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood It is probable that Eph was disappointed that the schooner had been stopped by anything less than a round shot through her rigging. The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam He fired several heavy round shot into it, then sent a flag of truce, again demanding the supplies Beresford had called for. Elsie's Vacation and After Events Some use shrapnel and segment; others fire solid round shot all covered with rust. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation During these trying moments, Mr. Scott, the admiral's public secretary, was struck by a round shot while talking with Captain Hardy, and instantly killed. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Even at that moment a round shot crashed over their heads, took the ground further off, and bounded away. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Began to shorten sail, hauled the main-sail up, and had every gun loaded with three round shot. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 At daylight on the following morning she came up with the Catalpa again, and fired a round shot across her bows. The Life Story of an Old Rebel Seeing that something unusual had occurred, Browne rode up to the troop, and found that one of the men had had his saddle carried away from under him by a small round shot. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief In course the water was short, an' scurvy come aboard, an' 'twas a hammock an' round shot for one or the other of us every livin' day. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The right leg had been shattered below the knee by a round shot; the wound had bled profusely, but the poor lad managed to stanch it with his shirt. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood "Though," thought he, in his moody reverie, "if that were all right, I don't believe she would care a pin if I were knocked over by a round shot." Bluebell A Novel He set his match to the touch hole, and the round shot flew forth. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Moreover, the enemy had got the exact range, and several casualties occurred at this spot; one round shot alone killed and wounded six men of the 8th Foot. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief You en't supercargo, to be sure; but who do you think them guns and round shots in the hold be for? In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India There was nothing to be seen through the murky mists of dawn; but the guns belched forth fire and round shot towards the lake, and the sounds suddenly ceased. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America There was a great shout in the Mexican lines, but the round shot spent itself against the massive stone walls of the mission. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad "It was; but that was a better one," said Manton, pointing to the boom of the schooner's mainsail, which was cut in two by a round shot, just as the captain spoke. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific Here there was firing going on, and round shot flying about from a couple of guns placed just outside the palace. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief This having been driven home by the rammer, the round shot was inserted, and covered like the cartridge with a wad. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India On the summit of the bluff was placed a large Whitworth rifled gun, carrying a round shot weighing one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South There was another heavy report and a second round shot struck harmlessly upon the stone. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad We don't carry a single round shot aboard, nor haven't for years. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 A very careless look-out had been kept, for almost simultaneously with the report a round shot came tumbling into camp. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief A round shot struck the grab within a few feet of the wheel. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Whilst thus employed, a round shot took off the head of a marine close to him, scattering the unlucky man's brains in his face. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 Say yes, and all's right; say no, and I'm off like a round shot from a carronade. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood I couldn't see his face, but I could feel that he was chuckling as the fellows below us swung up the gun and fixed it in position and handed up the round shot. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 I went off to the Artillery camp, and refreshed the inner man with a steak cut off a gun bullock which had been killed by a round shot on the 14th. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Grape and round shot swept the intrenchment and crashed through the rotten masonry. Montcalm and Wolfe As the last proof of our superiority, therefore, we fired a round shot over them, and not a boat stopped till they got on shore. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Often during the rainy nights I was startled by this sound of the incessantly falling nuts, that banged and rattled like round shot over my head. White Shadows in the South Seas Just after the storm of fire that heralded the advance of the guards broke out, a round shot struck him high up on the left arm. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo But, in spite of its pride, it proved to be commanded by a yet higher point, sufficiently near to throw round shot into the Castle in the more advanced days to which our tale relates. St George's Cross He laughed as a round shot knocked a knapsack off a man's back. Westways A puff, a boom in the distance, and there came screaming through the air a big round shot, striking the ground, ploughing it up, and covering those near with dust and dirt. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne There were deep, shaking explosions and smart shocks; the whisper of stray bullets and the hurtle of conical shells; the rush of round shot. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 The French had got the range accurately, and every moment gaps were made in the line as the round shot plowed through them. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo There were no tin canisters and grape-shot in the American army, even the round shot were exhausted. The Conqueror A second gun from the pursuer quickly followed upon the first, and this time the command was pointed by the emphatic accompaniment of a round shot which went whizzing through the rigging of the chase. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Within a minute a puff was seen, and a round shot whizzed close past the Ouseburn Lassie's bows. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne The second great gun, loaded with round and grape, was directed at the foremost of eight canoes, full of men; and the round shot, after raking the whole length, struck the high stem. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 A round shot passed within a yard of my son, and one of the ladies had a bullet through her shoulder. Yesterdays with Authors "I tested the sand-glass by the bullet, and checked the log by a round shot." The Man Who Laughs As he disregarded our signal, I directed a round shot to be fired at him above his hull. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Word was brought that there was no more round shot. Hero Tales of the Far North One was cut in two by a round shot and several of her paddle-men killed. The Long White Cloud A round shot strikes the ground in our front ... rises ... falls ... rises--goes over. Who Goes There? One may challenge high explosives with a smile, no less than ancient round shot. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form "There goes a shot, sir," said Buzzby, pointing towards the piratical schooner, from the side of which a white cloud burst, and a round shot ricochetted over the sea, passing close ahead of the ship. The World of Ice With a view to scale the guns, the governor now had each loaded, with a round shot and a case of canister. The Crater Nevertheless, the enemy's round shot, tearing through the trees, still pursued, and the Minié-balls, though thrown from smooth-bored guns, sang above and far beyond us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 The houses we pass are riddled with round shot thrown by the besieged, and the ground is strewn with the limbs of trees severed by iron missiles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 In two minutes the boats were alongside with all hands, save one of the cutter's crew who had been cut in two by the round shot. Jack Archer Just before we emerged into the open ground, we noticed what, I think, was common in many fights—that the enemy had begun to bowl round shot at us, probably from failure of shell. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow While thus occupied a round shot struck him full in the face, and simply left him headless. Tracks of a Rolling Stone At this place, as near as I recollect, above a dozen men were killed and wounded,—most of them by that first round shot. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 For many years he had commanded a field battery in the Canadian militia, went on manoeuvres with his "cannons", and fired round shot. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems As he spoke a round shot struck down two men a few files to his right. Jack Archer Where bullets whistle, and round shot whiz, Hoofs trample, and blades flash bare, God send me an ending as fair as his Who died in his stirrups there! Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon This hill consisted of amygdaloidal trap in nodules, the crevices being filled with crystals of sulphate of lime, and there were many round balls of ironstone, like marbles or round shot, strewed about. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia It was the wind of a big round shot that knocked me down. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis The top of the wall is everywhere roughly crenelated for musketry fire, and on two of its faces there are countless tokens that it has been the target for round shot and bullets. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Grape, canister, round shot, shell, and shot, swept through them but they kept forward till nigh crossing bayonets with the Russian infantry. Jack Archer And now first he realized that he had seen his sword-hilt go off with a round shot, and had not caught up his revolver—that he was, in fact, absolutely unarmed. Heather and Snow One of the men in the mizzen-top was killed by a round shot, and two more were wounded in the main-top. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Yes, because she bound me to earth—like the round shot a slave drags on his foot, so that he can't escape. The Road to Damascus There is the field where, as at a table in the open air Havelock and Outram were studying a map, a round shot from the Sepoy battery by the Yellow House ricochetted between them. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Galloping at a low stone wall, the horse was in the act of rising to clear it when it was struck in the head by a round shot. With Moore at Corunna Every moment the round shot crashed, or the shell tore through the woods about three hundred yards in front of the pieces where the dismounted cavalry of the enemy had effected a lodgment. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee At 6.04 a round shot carried off Captain Allen's leg, inflicting a mortal wound, but he stayed on deck till he fainted from loss of blood. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Their soldiers retreated into the town and the suburbs, while five hundred German guns hurled their missiles, their round shot and their shells, against the walls and the crowded masses behind them. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 I could not help crying out, "Bravo! well aimed!" for no ninepins ever went down more helplessly than these poor fellows before the round shot. The Virginians A round shot in the head!" he exclaimed; "that accounts for it. With Moore at Corunna The ranks are swept by round shot, shell, and canister. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Not a round shot struck the hull, nor was a mast or spar materially injured, but the rigging and sails were a good deal cut, especially about the fore and main top-gallant masts. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Many stands of grape, with several round shot, flew by the boat and fell upon the water near them, raising a cloud of foam, but without doing any injury. The Pilot The shell and the shrapnel and the grape and the round shot made a great noise, but the little bullets coming in swarms like bees were the true messengers of death. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis My horse was hit in the head with a round shot. With Moore at Corunna Suddenly one of them leaped into the air and fell, torn in two by a second round shot. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "If he cannot be made useful, tie a round shot to him, throw him overheard, and get a gentler native." Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War They are loaded with round shot to keep a vessel from approaching, though of course they could fire grape into any boats they saw coming in.' The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain The heavy rifle fire began once more, although it was nearly midnight, and then came the deep thunder of cannon, sending round shot and shells among the Union troops. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis Among these was O'Grady, whose left arm had been carried away below the elbow by a round shot. With Moore at Corunna The round shot raked the whole length of the craft, and struck the high stern. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The foremast had fortunately escaped—it was untouched; but there were no fewer than thirteen round shot through our hull, five of them between wind and water. Tom Cringle's Log I have often heard him say that his ideal of a happy death was to be killed by a round shot on his own quarter-deck. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir As he spoke a round shot crashed through the door, and sent splinters of casks and a cloud of flour flying. In Times of Peril Presently a puff of smoke burst out from the bows of the lugger, and a round shot struck the water a short distance ahead of the _Sea-horse__. With Moore at Corunna After darkness set in the enemy commenced a furious cannonade in the direction of the three pickets, round shot whistling through the trees and shells bursting around us. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 It appeared that a round shot had shattered his leg above the knee. Tom Cringle's Log Her bowsprit is gone; her rudder is torn away; she has one hundred round shot in her hull, and two thirds of her men are dead or dying. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War I went through the hospitals yesterday, and found very few who had been struck by round shot. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin I was carrying a message on the battle-field; when I was taking a wall my horse was struck with a round shot. With Moore at Corunna The after-sailroom next the cabin was transformed into a powder magazine, and she carried as many round shot as a well-found privateer. The Green Flag Several round shots were now fired, that hissed, recochetting along the water close by us. Tom Cringle's Log Space appears annihilated, and raw hands are often seen to duck at a round shot that is possibly flying a hundred yards from them. Wyandotte A few seconds elapsed; then a sheet of flame burst from the batteries, and round shot, canister, and grape hurtled through the air. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 Like a big round shot it whizzed through the posts, and there was a rapturous yell of "Goal!" The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs As he stooped to raise a wounded comrade a round shot struck and carried away his cartridge-box. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 Presently a round shot, with a loud ringing and hissing sound, pitched over the hill, and knocked one of the fish—tubs close to us to pieces, scattering the poor fish all about the lawn. Tom Cringle's Log A heavy round shot, fired up from the enemy's main-deck, had shattered all before it; and Jack might thank the grenade that he lay on his back while the havoc swept over. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Mr Jones had long been carried down below, severed in two with a round shot—but a man leaped into the chains, and lowering down the lead sounded in seven fathoms. Mr. Midshipman Easy Between these, every inch of space was pil'd with barrels, chests, and great pyramids of round shot. The Splendid Spur A round shot from the fleet struck the ground in front of him, covering him with earth and breaking the arm with which he was loading his musket. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 Then she sent a round shot towards the light. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Skilled cannoneers sent grape shot, shell and round shot whistling through the Southern ranks. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign Bullets hit the rocks with stinging blows, and round shot screamed in the air. Aladdin O'Brien Half-blinded, I look'd and saw a great round shot had ploughed a trench in the ground at my feet, and lay there buried. The Splendid Spur He was under fire at the taking of Oswego, and while engaged rigging a pump, a round shot carried away his arm. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 The old man had to be carried to Byng's tent, for a round shot had disabled him, and he had himself set down by the tent-door, where the General sat on a camp-stool. Rung Ho! The cavalry had by this time approached to within 1,000 yards of the zeriba, and the Arab artillery began to fire occasional round shot and clumsily fused shells. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan But there shell, instead of round shot, met them, and men tasted death by fives and tens. Aladdin O'Brien Though we constantly thrashed our steel-clad opponents, we found more troublesome customers in the round shot and grape, which all this time played on us with terrible effect, and fully avenged the cuirassiers. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo More Russians come up, and, forming a semicircle round the bridges and the mass of French, fire yet more hotly on them with round shot and canister. The Dynasts Shells and round shot, grape and canister and shrapnel shrieked through the air, and the bullets, too, were coming in thousands, whistling like hail driven by a hurricane. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide A tongue of fire leaped from one of the batteries, followed by a gush of smoke, and a round shot whistled over the Star of the West. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve The old Niler was not the man to miss a vessel alongside in a quiet sea: he sent two round shot clean through him; the third splintered his bulwark and swept across his deck. Hard Cash Its advanced position enabled a portion of its guns to rake these trenches slant-wise: and depressing its guns it made the round shot strike the ground first and ricochet over. White Lies Came the roar of a second gun, and a round shot splashed the water less than half a cable's-length astern. Captain Blood A round shot struck the water within a fathom of the foremost boat, sending a shower of spray over its occupants. Captain Blood It was quickly followed by another, and then the round shot and shells came in dozens from batteries which had been posted well in the night. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve |
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