musketry fire

It was designed to be held by musketry fire only.

Three men had been killed and six wounded, one of them very seriously, by the musketry fire.

They all turned to see the flickering red spots of musketry fire.

They were pursued by the sound of musketry fire.

They were loopholed for musketry fire and held from six to thirty men.

The skirmish continued a long time with artillery and musketry fire.

The low kopjes in front of them were blazing with musketry fire.

The French garrison responded with a heavy musketry fire.

In the distance there was a little, desultory rattle, like musketry fire upon a distant range.

Now the musketry fire from aft was closer: the French were advancing along the deck towards them.

This order was instantly obeyed, although some were killed and wounded in leaving the enemy, who came forward on the run, increasing their musketry fire.

The British cavalry were unable, however, to break the French infantry, and fell back with losses from musketry fire.

Nevertheless, French grapeshot and musketry fire cleared the decks of the Ambuscade.

There was "continuous musketry fire, steady and fatal on the one side, wild and ineffectual on the other."

William Tecumseh Sherman described the shooting as "the severest musketry fire I ever heard."

The advance, though slow and irregular, resulted in gradually gaining ground, the French resisting stoutly with a stubborn musketry fire all along the slopes.

Off to our right, but out of sight, we could hear the clatter of musketry fire; the whiz and thud of artillery.

A siege soon ensued and 50 loyal sepoys defended the house against artillery and musketry fire from the rebels.

Lybecker, thinking that he was facing Belling's entire corps, limited his action to musketry fire, awaiting Sprengtporten's arrival.

Conversely, the heavy musketry fire of the Spanish infantry forced the English gunners to abandon their post in order to repulse the attack.

Realising the enormity of their loss, the mutineers mounted a serious counter-attack, covered by musketry fire from the roofs of nearby buildings.

Palmes, however, attempted to follow up his success but was repulsed in some confusion by other French cavalry, and musketry fire from the edge of Blenheim.

Two bastionettes at the northwest and southwest corners of the west ditch provided musketry fire along the north and south branches of the ditch.

Half a dozen had been killed by random musketry fire and by the retreating brigands who had deliberately fired into the masses of unarmed porters.

As if the storm of cannon and musketry fire were not enough, nature produced one of her own; rain pounded the region from the afternoon until the next day.