 | Francis Lieber - Battles - 1862 - 436 pages
...virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke,...cannon. Their small arms discharged, at the same time, eithersfive, or even ten, balls of lead, of the size of a walnut ; and, according to the closeness... | |
 | John Henry Pratt - 1862 - 176 pages
...hostile assaults, but all in vain. But this new instrument of war turned the scale : "the 'volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire of the musketry and cannon .... the long order of Turkish artillery was pointed against the walls ; fourteen... | |
 | James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 pages
...virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honour of the western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke,...of the ranks and the force of the powder, several breast- plates and bodies were transpierced by the same shot. But the Turkish approaches were soon... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of i.inces and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound,...by the same shot. But the Turkish approaches were noon sunk in trenches, or covered with ruins. Each day added to the science of the Christians ; but... | |
 | Uriah Smith - Bible - 1881 - 438 pages
...the case ; and a statement from Gibbon confirms thisTiew. He says (iv., 343): "The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke,...sound, and the fire, of their musketry and cannon." Here is good historical evidence that muskets were used by the Turks ; and, secondly, it is undisputed... | |
 | Uriah Smith - Bible - 1882 - 882 pages
...the case; and a statement from Gibbon confirms this view. He says (lv., 34S): "The Incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire, of their muskctry and cannon." Here is good historical evidence that muskcts were used by the Turks ; and, secondiy,... | |
 | Uriah Smith - Bible - 1882 - 876 pages
...the case ; and a statement from Gibbon confirms this view. He says (iv., 343): "The Incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the flre, of their musketry and cannon." Here Is good historical evidence that muskets were used by the... | |
 | Uriah Smith - Bible - 1884 - 902 pages
...larger cannon at Adrianople ; then, in the progress of the siege itself, describes how ' the volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire of the musketry and cannon: ' how ' the long order of the Turkish artillery was pointed against the walls,... | |
 | Uriah Smith - Bible - 1885 - 1006 pages
...larger cannon at Adrianople ; then, in the progress of the siege itself, describes how ' the volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire of the musketry and cannon : ' how ' the long order of the Turkish artillery was pointed against the walls,... | |
 | Stanley Lane-Poole - Turkey - 1888 - 414 pages
...virtue ; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honour of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke,...a walnut ; and, according to the closeness of the rafiks and the force of the powder, several breastplates and bodies were transpierced by the same shot.... | |
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The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire, of their musketry and cannon. Their small arms discharged, at the same time, either five, or even ten, balls of lead, of the size of a walnut ; and, according... 
