Sentence Examples:
"Salvos of artillery were fired, and the whole population seemed to be in an ecstasy of triumph."
Bells were rung, salvos of artillery fired, and processions formed to all the principal churches.
For a minute the two men were speaking at once, discharging verbal salvos at point-blank range.
At last the president waved a red handkerchief and a salvo of applause greeted this signal.
Each of our salvos meant five guns aimed, and each of these appeared to be finding the mark.
A cry is repeated quite a dozen times, and a rifle shot awakens quite a salvo of artillery.
His illustrious Lordship came here, and was received with military display, a salvo of artillery, etc.
The Germans were firing salvos of four shells at a time and "searching" for my humble quarters.
At pauses of the verse the enthusiastic reader stopped and fired off a great salvo of applause.
A salvo of at least fifty shots answered my greeting, and handkerchiefs were waved in the air.
The Frenchmen allowed the Arabs to approach close to them and then fired their first salvo.
A single shot from one of these guns rang with the volume of a salvo of ordinary artillery.
Joe proposed and received an okay to fire a salvo of Mark Tens to speed the ship still more.
A couple of salvos from each, perhaps twenty or thirty shells in the minute, and the shrieks cease.
Then, suddenly, a salvo of heavy stuff came crashing in, too unexpected and too well planned to stop.
Thrice the salvo was repeated; the drums sounded faintly and ceased, and all again was still.
In a few moments salvos of artillery announced to the people that the queen was taking her bath.
There was a salvo of applause, the more intense because in this case an engagement had been practically announced.
The essence of this system was the ear-marking, so to speak, of each separate salvo as it went away.
We stayed in the air for exactly an hour and fifty-five minutes and fired a total of fourteen salvos.
However, the theory of executing fire by salvo in three ranks did not bother Frederick's old soldiers.
The salvos of artillery were heard, announcing the departure of the Emperor and Empress from Saint Cloud.
The first few salvos from each side did no damage, for the range had not been gauged accurately.
Roy, following after, had his full share of praise, and a salvo of applause from the main tent.
Shots fell in all directions; sometimes a whole salvo was discharged when we came upon a herd of bucks.
This is an excellent salvo for the tenants, and for which I am glad, because of my father's house.
These exclamations blended into one mighty sound, which drowned the music and the salvos from the guns.
The whole of that day and the two succeeding days there was a constant salvo over our heads.
The sound of the trumpet, the roll of the drum, and repeated salvos of artillery announced their arrival.
Naturally, therefore, in a matter of straight argument, he has had me on the run from his opening salvo.
Salvo after salvo was falling between twenty and thirty yards short, but not a single shell struck.
Several bands of music played during the dinner, and every toast was announced by a salvo of cannon.
There was a loud crash as the first salvo burst from the Germans, but the Sylph was untouched.
Maybe with ammunition we could, but there's less than a salvo aboard, and he has the advantage of position.
I kept him in the director for approximately seven of his salvos and really had a beautiful line on him.
For weeks and weeks the gun crews trained without any prospects of ever getting ammunition and firing actual salvos.
Amidst salvos of artillery the veil was removed from the statue, and a hymn sung by a thousand voices.
Then, with one earth-shaking salvo from the massed batteries, it ceased, and the Guards Division rushed to the assault.
Some English battery would fire a salvo, and then Fritz would reply, trying to find out where our guns were.
Having fired another salvo of compliments at me, he carried this plan into effect, and we saw no more of him.
The latter repeated it to one of his officers, and a moment later a second salvo broke out from the cruiser.
There was the usual festival at night, accompanied by salvos of artillery, with illuminations of the palace grounds and fountains.
Before Lardner could control them, two men had raised their guns and sent salvos of lead screaming into the darkness.
A roar like a twelve-inch salvo and a huge column of tumbling water a hundred yards on the beam had answered him.
He lived to hear the salvos that announced, after more than two centuries of bondage, the redemption of his native State.
At any second he might be greeted by a salvo of bullets, and every fiber of his lean body was taut.
I do not succeed in making out what they are doing, but on each occasion a salvo from the battery scatters them.
Amidst salvos of artillery the veil was removed from the statue, and a hymn was sung by a thousand voices.
He went full speed ahead at once, upon the first salvo, to string the bunch out and thus offer less target.
Indeed, he displayed the same indifference to the storm of angry criticism that he had shown for the salvos of applause.
A third salvo might follow the second, and there yet lay between them and the house a ditch and wall.
All signs of the chase had vanished, though Amos believed he did hear what sounded like another salvo of shots ringing out.
A brilliant sunset was firing a salvo of scarlet and gold behind it, and they stood for a moment to admire.
We spun round like a top (escaping thereby a salvo of four from a field battery) and followed as close as we dared.
Julien, but the Germans spotted me in some way and followed me across the fields with salvos of high explosive shells.
And once again, as he listened to their farewell salvo, drowning the distant cheers sent after him across the widening water.
As the first one entered the locks there was to be a salvo of artillery from all the vessels of the fleet.
He was greeted by thunders of applause and a salvo from the forts; then, as he rose, breathless silence succeeded the noise.
The guns were constantly booming, and sometimes there would be a rattle, as though salvos of machine guns were brought into action.
With this rotten mist hanging around, one has to be jolly careful not to pitch a salvo into one of our own craft.
We fired sectional salvos, and I believe did good execution, as we observed carts coming out from their hospital and some stretcher parties.
From the College accounts, the payments due to the Provost seem to have been made to Rote, under a salvo, pending the appeal.
The tenants thereof promptly telephoned to "Mother," and Mother came to the assistance of her offspring with a salvo of twelve-inch shells.
The salvo was quickly answered, while our captain, in the full uniform of a naval commander, paid his respects to the Governor.
Almost immediately, three minutes after the first salvo, the Lion, the Tiger, and the Princess Royal were hit by shells.
The last intention in the world was to frighten away the cattle by a grand charge and a salvo of young artillery.
You can imagine what it was to face these salvos from four or five of their vessels pouring upon one ship at the same time.
Just as we were getting back, a whole salvo of big shells fell just in front of us and short of our big ships.
And then, amid cheers and shouts and salvos of artillery, he was driven to his new home, and it was all over.
Jasmin, on his arrival, was received with a triple salvo of applause from the crowd without, and next from the assembly within.
After six hours her masts were still standing, but shortly afterwards she was set on fire by a salvo from the monitors.
We had not sent off more than a couple of salvos, when, looking out, I saw the Defense blown clean out of the water.
In about half an hour afterwards, whilst Colonel Jones was under his hands, the first salvo from the breaching batteries was fired.
The effect of these salvos by day, terrific and destructive as they proved, was little heeded in comparison with the nightly discharges.
The guns will speak again to-night, saluting by the same kind of sullen salvo the first day of the last year of war.
This last salvo or two was quite thrown away, however, that is, so far as settling the fate of the enemy was concerned.
Then a murmuring echo flies from valley to valley, gradually becoming weaker and weaker until swamped by the tremendous outburst of another salvo.
Then came the second salvo heard by the distant listener; and again, scarce taking breath, Hamilton made preparations for his new attempt.
When at length she appeared, she was greeted with shouts of joy, and landed the rescued crew amid a perfect salvo of cheering.
There were cries in the wood, incoherent salvos as of a mob whose hearts might be in unison, but whose lungs were out of tune.
It is extremely important to get the first salvo bursts, for from this the observer knows approximately where to look for the next.
He signaled her, asking whether she would surrender, but receiving no reply after waiting five minutes he let her have a few more salvos.
The necessary orders were sent to the guns, and at the seventh salvo we hit with one and were just over with the other.
As they fell away, Io waved a handkerchief at them, to which they made response by firing a salvo from their revolvers into the air.
The men of the eastern end had gathered together with a cannon and while the train passed I was greeted with a salvo.
There were already pictures of the area where the salvo must have originated, and one of them showed a cave-like opening in a crater wall.
Finally, when we decided to leave, the officer in command of the battery loaded all five guns at once and fired a salvo for our benefit.
In passing the fort we fired the salvo, which it answered; the pilot and the company then left us, and we put to sea.
Salvos of artillery could not have awakened that drunken half dozen, and I doubt if any one of them could even have been racked into consciousness.
The thuds of big guns are frequent, we hear the booming of field artillery in salvos, and the shrill ripple of rifles is almost incessant.
And now, when with one salvo of your rifles you will destroy for me the earth and the universe, even now I know no fear.
Then came a great spit of fire from a battery aboard the enemy vessel followed by the roar of her guns and a salvo of shots.
Cheers and salvos of artillery greeted those welcome shores; the boats were quickly dropped, and by five o'clock the whole expedition was on shore.
Two continents of cloud met and exchanged salvos overhead; while all round the horizon we could see sunshine and clear air upon the hills.
Our first salvo fell beyond her, the next both short and wide, but two or three shells from the third found their mark.
If I don't hear it, and you are ready for the attack, fire a salvo of ten guns at twelve, another at one, and another at two.
A salvo of greeting leaped into Forbes' eyes, and his hand went to his hat; but before he could lift it she had lowered her eyes.
Another salvo shot over into the darkness, the ignition of the charge lighting up a small distance of woods and throwing the trees into crazy relief.
Batteries that come into action at short distances from the enemy's line generally find the range by firing salvos at a prominent point of the target.
We at once got the guns trained on their leaders and gave them a few salvos, but they were too far away for our shooting to be effective.