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...alls it the turret,” Daniel said. “He says with a few well-chosen pieces of artillery, we could defend the Connecticut valley from all manner of inv...

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...h the coloured ones.” Steven grins. “Ah, don’t worry, just take the heavy artillery. If anything, it will boost his ego that you at least thought he...

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...mmission, converted to Islam and joined Isma'il Pasha in an expedition up the Nile River against Sennar in 1820, winning distinction as an officer of artillery. He published his Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar (London 1822) regarding his exploits. (Introduction adapted by obform from Wikipedia)...

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... An hour later a whole regiment, a detachment of cavalry, and a battery of artillery were on their way to Menda. The general and Victor marched at the... ...ay to without advancing. It was known later that these vessels carried the artillery, and had outsailed the rest of the transports. Thus the town of M...

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...dun Municipals, see no resistance possible. Has he not sixty thousand, and artillery without end? Retardation, Patrio- tism is good; but so likewise i... ...escort of a hundred huzzars. He had placed some squadrons behind them, the artillery in front; he said to them: “As for you, for I will neither call y... ...enfans), you see before 52 The French Revolution - V olume Three you this artillery, behind you this cavalry. You have dishonoured yourselves by crim... ...those Villages and homesteads we know of old were stirred by the rumble of artillery-wagons, by the clatter of hoofs, and many footed tramp of men: al... ...x. 63-71).) The Austrian Archduchess (Queen’s Sister) will herself see red artillery fired; in their over-haste to satisfy an Arch- duchess ‘two morta... ...the gorges of the Pyrenees; rustling with Bour- bon banners; jingling with artillery and menace. And En- gland has donned the red coat; and marches, w... ...row, to Saint-Amand and faithful foreign Berchigny; but what boots it? The Artillery has all revolted, is jingling off to Valenciennes: all have revol... ...er arms, environ the National Tuileries and Garden. There are horse, foot, artillery, sappers with beards: the artillery one can see with their camp-f... ...washed country-people of both sexes, stroll thither on Sundays, to see the artillery work and counterwork; ‘you only duck a little while the shot whiz...

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...en of my own troop) seventeen field-pieces, killing the scoundrelly French artillerymen; on that day I had eleven elephants shot under me, and carried... ...s and poisoned chevaux-de-frise, fourteen walls bristling with innumerable artillery and as smooth as looking- glasses, were in turn triumphantly pass... ...was owing to fright, or to the excessive smoke caused by so many pieces of artillery, arrive we did. On the platforms, too, our work was not quite so ... .... —A is the enemy, and the dots represent the hundred and twenty pieces of artillery which defended his line. He was moreover, entrenched; and a wide ... ... useless, entered Holkar’s entrenchments along with his troops, sabred the artillerymen at their pieces, and won the battle of Delhi!” As the Emperor ... ... see that your masolgees’ (small tumbrels which are used in place of large artillery) ‘be well loaded: you, sepoys, hasten and man the ravelin! you, c... ...jecturing, as it turned out, that the party, whoever they might be, had no artillery; and received at 37 Thackeray the point of my sword a scroll of ... ...t is de- rived from the two Hindustanee words—bobbachy, general; bahawder, artilleryman. He had entered into Holkar’s service in the latter capacity, ... ...ore, every word I said. “In the name of Juggernaut, why wait for the heavy artillery? Have we not swords? Have we not hearts? Mashallah! Let cravens s...

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...wed in procession from the tomb to the quay. But with the exception of the artillerymen necessary to lead the horses, and occasionally support the car... ... distance. Colonel Trelawney com- manded in person the small detachment of artillerymen who conducted the car, and, thanks to his great care, not the ... ...alute of twenty-one guns, and our ships returned the salute with all their artillery. Two other salutes were 15 Thackeray fired during the passage fr... ... reception. At this moment, the vessels fired a last salute with all their artillery, and the frigate took in her flags, keeping up only her flag at t... ...nsibly too, locked up until they are wanted. Take another example: suppose artillerymen were incessantly compelled to walk about with a pyramid of twe... ...e other—these objects would, as you may imagine, greatly inconvenience the artilleryman in his peaceful state. The newspaper writer is therefore most ... ...ssors and Staff of each. Go on imagining more battalions of Infan- try, of Artillery, companies of Engineers, squadrons of Cuirassiers, ditto of the C... ...s, &c. Lieutenant-General Schneider, &c. More cavalry, more infantry, more artillery, more every- body; and as the procession passes, the Line and the...

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...- ger, and laughed at everything, like the young and foolish lieutenant of artillery that I was. When we reached the Beresina, the army had, as you kn... ...al, and some frozen beetroots. I recognized among the company two or three artillery captains of the regiment in which I had first served. I was welco... ...thickets on the other. When we were half-way up we met another regiment of artillery, its colonel marching at the head. This colonel wanted to make th...

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... in which the essential factor is the drilled and trained infantryman. The artillery is developing as a means of breaking the infantry; cavalry for ch... ...; the fortified place upon a pass or main road, as a check to the advance. Artillery improves, then fortification improves. The defensive holds its ow... ...he enthusiastic infantry of the re- public, improving transport and mobile artillery, using road- making as an aggressive method. In spite of the succ... ...s. This we will call Grade A. T o this the offensive replies with improved artillery, and par- ticularly with high explosive shell instead of shrapnel... ...lock, if it can, the dug-outs and destroy or silence the counter offensive artillery. If it can do that, it can go on; otherwise Bloch wins. If fighti... ...the infantry attack now are the rush and the “scrap.” These come after the artillery preparation. Against the rush, the machine gun is pitted. The mac... ...ghly individualised special- ists, are determined almost completely by the artillery prepa- ration. Artillery is now the most essential instrument of ... ...e from the factory to the gun constitute the second Arm. Thirdly comes the artillery, the guns and the photo- graphic aeroplanes working with the guns... ...em and press on to the end of the war. In support of a photo-aero directed artillery, even our present Tanks can be used to complete an invisible offe...

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...HARENTON, Marseillese at. CHARLES I., Trial of, sold in Paris. CHARLEVILLE Artillery. CHARTRES, grain-riot at. CHATEAUBRIANDS in French Revolution. CH...

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...oon as you are questioned, fearlessly. Open the battle with artillery. ASTRAEA: What is the matter, uncle Homeware? HOME...

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...is a mystery. It is a sound resembling the explo- sion of a heavy piece of artillery, that can be accounted for by none of the known laws of nature. T...

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... ances- tors. I am an aristocrat, Nikitushka; I served in the army, in the artillery , before I fell as low as this, and what a fine young chap I was!...

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...hat mass of men inaccessible to every thought but that of rest. Though the artillery of the left wing of the Russians kept up a steady fire on this ma... ...ents later, the gallop of two horses echoed over the snow, and the wakened artillery men poured out a volley which ranged above the heads of the sleep...

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...public. Armand de Montriveau left school with his way to make, entered the artillery, and had only reached a major’s rank at the time of the Fontaineb... ...nners than in any other corps; and in the second place, the feeling in the artillery was de- cidedly Liberal, not to say Republican; and the Emperor, ... ...o think for themselves, gave promotion grudg- ingly in the service. In the artillery, accordingly, the general rule of the army did not apply; the com... ...de- partment, because there was less to be feared from mediocri- ties. The artillery was a separate corps in those days, and only came under Napoleon ... ...est had been made beyond a doubt, and the glory of it was reserved for the Artillery of the Guard. It is easy to imagine the jests, good and bad, when... ...d sainted woman; he resigned himself; he talked of Platonic love, did this artillery officer! When Mme de Langeais had played with religion sufficient... ...; the Minister of War appointed him lieutenant-general, and put him on the Artillery Commission to facilitate his departure. T wenty-fours hours later...

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...ns, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly. He was a driver in the artillery, and had only come into action about seven. At that time firing w... ...ruins. Then the Thing shut off the Heat-Ray, and turning its back upon the artilleryman, began to waddle away towards the smoulder- ing pine woods tha... ... up out of the pit. The second monster followed the first, and at that the artilleryman began to crawl very cautiously across the hot heather ash towa... ...k his head against the trunk of a pine tree. At last, after nightfall, the artilleryman made a rush for it and got over the railway embankment. Since ... ...m which we had watched the Martians, and went very quietly downstairs. The artilleryman agreed with me that the house was no place to stay in. He prop... ...ake his way Londonward, and thence rejoin his battery—No. 12, of the Horse Artillery. My plan was to return at once to Leatherhead; and so greatly had... ..., I think I should have taken my chance and struck across country. But the artilleryman dissuaded me: “It’s no kindness to the right sort of wife,” he... ...ngely still. Even the birds were hushed, and as we hurried along I and the artilleryman talked in whispers and looked now and again over our shoul- de... ... of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph. “You are the first men I’ve seen com...

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...ubble eyes looked at the men. As they climbed the hill on the farther side artillery began to boom. Here the youth forgot many things as he felt a sud... ...ed. There was the rip-ping sound of musketry and the breaking crash of the artillery. His mind flew in all directions. He conceived the two armies to ... ...ound that it seemed could sway the earth. With the courageous words of the artillery and the spiteful sentences of the musketry mingled red cheers. An... ...I ‘m ‘fraid of. I ‘m ‘fraid I ‘ll fall down —an’ then yeh know—them damned artillery wagons—they like as not ‘ll run over me. That ‘s what I ‘m ‘fraid... ...nd dismay. Presently, men were running hither and thither in all ways. The artillery booming, forward, rearward, and on the flanks made jumble of idea... ...yellow of their facings shone bravely. There was a mighty altercation. The artillery were assembling as if for a con-ference. The blue haze of evening... ... thick smoke. Occasional glimpses could be caught of groups of the toiling artillerymen. In the rear of this row of guns stood a house, calm and white... ...rest began to grow intermittent and weaker. The stentorian speeches of the artillery continued in some dis- tant encounter, but the crashes of the mus...

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...mpanies each. Ten regiments cavalry, twelve companies each. Five regiments artillery, twelve companies each. Now there is a notion in the air to reorg... ...ur troops each; third battalion, skeleton; fourth on paper. Five regiments artillery at four battalions, four compa- nies each; third battalion, skele... ...overlooking all the city stands the United States garrison of infantry and artillery. The State of Utah can do nearly anything it pleases until that m...

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... the middle and wear them as a Mexican does his blanket. Then a battery of artillery turned up in the High Street and there was talk of fortifications...

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...long deep ditches, once roads, that were pounded and ploughed to pieces by artillery , heavy waggons, tramp of men and horses, and the struggle of eve...