cannon-ports

Updated: July 15, 2025

But our men waited until the gunners lit their matches in the cannon-ports, it was no trick for a backwoodsman. At length there came a popping right and left, and we knew that Bowman and McCarty's men had swung into position there. An hour passed, and a shadow came along our line, darting from cover to cover.

Winston Churchill - Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill

But our men waited until the gunners lit their matches in the cannon-ports, it was no trick for a backwoodsman. At length there came a popping right and left, and we knew that Bowman and McCarty's men had swung into position there. An hour passed, and a shadow came along our line, darting from cover to cover.

Winston Churchill - The Crossing