Gunboat

Examples

• The gunboat Tuscumbia brought up the rear. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I sent a gunboat also as a convoy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Only one gunboat had arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He started without delay, taking, however, only his own gunboat, the Carondelet, towed by the steamer Alps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The 13th of February Admiral Porter had sent the gunboat Indianola, Lieutenant-Commander George Brown commanding, below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the night of the 23d the powder-boat was towed in by a gunboat as near to the fort as it was safe to run. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 28th, Forrest reached the Tennessee, at Fort Heiman, and captured a gunboat and three transports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To test whether this could be done I boarded the gunboat Essex and requested Captain Wm. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The gunboat Smithfield was sunk, and the Miami disabled. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In Italy they naturally took us for distempered Garibaldians, and set a gunboat to look for any thing significant in our changes of uniform. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• One gunboat was disabled and we lost six men killed and twenty-five wounded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The road was somewhat cleared for them by the gunboats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The gunboats, however, ploughed their way through without other damage than to their appearance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The plan was for the troops and gunboats to start at the same moment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From Columbus they could, of course, see our gunboats and transports loaded with troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was known that the enemy had some gunboats at Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the hour designated the troops and gunboats started. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These troops, with the gunboats, were to protect our transports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then too the troops were well intrenched and the gunboats made a valuable auxiliary. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Two of the strongest of our gunboats had been disabled, presumably beyond the possibility of rendering any present assistance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The troops were to invest the garrison and the gunboats to attack the fort at close quarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the next day he started with five gunboats and four mortar-boats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From the 12th to the 14th we had but 15,000 men of all arms and no gunboats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• All the gunboats engaged were hit many times. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 4th the enemy opened his batteries upon the place, and was replied to from the gunboats and the garrison. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They were under fire for more than two hours and every vessel was struck many times, but with little damage to the gunboats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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