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Examples of grapeshot
grapeshot
As they advanced toward the fort, the force came under British grapeshot fire.
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During this charge, d'Hautpoul was struck by artillery grapeshot and badly wounded.
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I don't curl into a ball and push out the begging bowl at the first whiff of grapeshot.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the latter battle, he was seriously wounded by grapeshot in the thigh.
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Neill was seriously wounded when a fragment of a Mexican grapeshot caught him in the hip.
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Bob Dowd, another Labour backbencher, fired grapeshot from a musket.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thus armed, he blasted the pirates with grapeshot just as they were closing to board the ship.
From the washingtontimes.com
These were believed to shoot large arrows and primitive grapeshot.
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Then, in 2007, an archaeologist recovered lead bullets, grapeshot and pieces of cannonball from the site.
From the stltoday.com
- A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
- Grapeshot is a type of anti-personnel ammunition used in naval cannons. It was similar to its land cousin canister shot, although its slugs were much larger to punch through the hull of ships. Instead of solid shot, a mass of loosely packed metal slugs is loaded into a canvas bag. ...
- Small balls of lead fired from a cannon, similar to shotgun shot on a larger scale. Used to hurt people, rather than cause structural damage.
- A small Circle or Ring which lies nearby but outside the Formation; grapeshot may range in size from a foot to a few feet in diameter; as small as they are, we've seen extraordinary attention to detail in their lays
- Anti-personnel ammunition used in cannons providing an effect similar to a shotgun, the balls were loaded in canvas bags and resembled a cluster of grapes, also known as canister
