Sharpshooters
[ʃɑ:pʃu:təz]
Examples
- By these means the men were enabled to walk about erect when off duty, without fear of annoyance from sharpshooters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He could do nothing with gunboats against sharpshooters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Warren arrived at the ford early in the afternoon, and by five o'clock effected a crossing under the protection of sharpshooters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the morning General Sedgwick had been killed near the right of his intrenchments by rebel sharpshooters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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