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Updated: June 18, 2025
The minute-men were getting so near and were so determined that Earl Percy ordered the cannon to unlimber and open fire, while the soldiers, almost upon the run, hastened towards Charlestown. Roger, having reloaded his gun, made haste to overtake them. Looking along the road, he saw a crowd of panic-stricken people men, women, and children fleeing from their houses.
He looks just as big and homely and good-natured as ever. "Friends," says he, sweepin' off the alfalfa lid with a flourish, "out in Gopher we always like to open up with a little music; and while I ain't no Caruso, or anything like that, I'm goin' to do my best." A snicker runs through the crowd at that, turnin' to haw-haws as he proceeds to unlimber something from the green bag.
Our policemen, following their Donnybrook proclivities, are all armed with clubs, and allowing prenatal influences to lead, they unlimber the motto, "Wherever you see a head, hit it," on slight excuse. In Central Park, New York, for instance, the citizen who "talks back" would speedily be clubbed into silence but try that thing in Hyde Park, London, if you please, and see what would follow!
"Why didn't you unlimber the long rifle?" interposed Dave, curiously. "I got it full of water and sand. That reminds me I must see about cleaning it. I never thought of shooting back. Silvermane was running too fast." "Jack, you can see I am in the worst fix of my life," said August Naab. "My sons have persuaded me that I was pushed off my ranges too easily.
A great idea, isn't it? Now you see we've already done something in that line. A torpedo is simply an iron soldier that swims under water and needs no breath, and does as he is told. Think how absurd it is in battle to have a field-battery come up under fire at a gallop! They swing round, unlimber, load, and fire, then harness again, swing round again, and off they are.
"Why don't the infantry come up damned creeping snails!" "Yes, we could cross, but when we got to the other side, what then? No, don't dare to burn the bridge don't know what the general would say." "Listen to those drums over there! If Stonewall Jackson brings all those hornets down on us!" "If we had a gun Speak of the angels! Unlimber right here, lieutenant! Got plenty of canister?
So we destroyed everything that we had been unable to get away, and the Major informed Headquarters of the situation and then disconnected the telephone and the men fell in and we marched away. We were just in time to see an Italian Field Battery come into Pec at the gallop, the gunners all cheering, unlimber their guns, take up position and open fire.
They flew very high and their markmanship was atrocious. Atrocious also was our tractor! Finally, when it broke down and we had no fresh accumulator, we had to unlimber the front gun, attach drag ropes to the tractor, haul vigorously on the ropes until the engine started up, then back the tractor and front limber back to the guns, limber up, cast off the ropes and go ahead again.
"While we was there we hear great noises of shouting, and down across the plaza runs Patrick Shane, hotfoot, with his clothes ripped half off, and scratches on his face like a cat had fought him hard for every one of its lives. "'They're looting the treasury, W. D., he sings out. 'They're going to kill me and you, too. Unlimber a couple of mules at once.
And in truth guns and horses and all were close upon us before the order to halt was given, and the gunners flung themselves from the wagons and proceeded to unlimber and get the battery in working order, with the mouths of the cannon only a few yards from our standing-place.
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