grapeshot , grape (Abkürzung) **

He also developed a form of grapeshot for use by artillery.

A grapeshot, the next moment, hit another man on the shoulder, and he was carried below.

If they came out early he could still decimate them with grapeshot.

As they advanced toward the fort, the force came under British grapeshot fire.

Montgomery was killed with grapeshot through the head and both thighs.

The French were hit by a round of grapeshot at close range and their attack was broken.

Yes, one accurately aimed round of grapeshot would do it.

It was already filled with men sheltering from the grapeshot.

Then the cannon changed to grapeshot, and there was more slaughter.

Revolutionary War, though they did not have the required resources for typical grapeshot.

It was put down by Napoleon with a whiff of grapeshot.

In either case they would not be at quarters: grapeshot should cut them down, without doing a lot of damage to the ship.

All those 12-pounders loaded with grapeshot should have done more than that!'

He was also seriously wounded by grapeshot there and saw little field duty for the rest of 1863.

These were believed to shoot large arrows and primitive grapeshot.

But a whiff of grapeshot is always the best answer to such vermin.

Luck had been with him on that dreadful day, as the grapeshot screamed through the air.

They could also be used to fire grapeshot.

The deductions were coming like clusters of grapeshot now.

Even if the guns fired makeshift grapeshot he was not certain that they were worth keeping.

Rounds of grapeshot were fired into the advancing troops but they continued to attack.

It looked like one giant ruby, the size of a piece of grapeshot.

There was no point in trying to outrace the grapeshot across its flat, diamond surface.

By 4 am, they had constructed fortifications that were proof against small arms and grapeshot.

One of them, Richard Andrews, was hit in the side with grapeshot and died several hours after the battle.