barrack-buildings

Updated: August 21, 2026

I saw at once that the moment was eminently propitious; so hurrying back to my men, who must have wondered what had become of me, I led them up to within ten yards of the barrack-buildings, when I made each man take off his shoes.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War

I was extremely anxious during that minute, for the sound of the hammers smote upon my excited ear like the sharp strokes of a bell. It soon ceased, however, and as everything remained quiet at the barrack-buildings, it seemed that the clinking had not been loud enough to reach the ears of the sleepers therein.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War