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“It is absolutely necessary that the inconvenience of those guns should be diminished,” said Enjolras, and he shouted: “Fire on the artillery-men!”
Les Miserables 2008
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The artillery-men rapidly performed their manoeuvres in force and placed this second piece in line with the first.
Les Miserables 2008
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While the insurgents were reloading their guns, the artillery-men were loading the cannon.
Les Miserables 2008
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He fixed it there against the wall in such a manner that the artillery-men should not see it.
Les Miserables 2008
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At this moment, to my great delight, there arrived from the fort an English officer, two artillery-men, and a Malay captain, and a pretty figure we should have cut without them, as the event will show.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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At the door of this, the two artillery-men planted themselves, and the Malay captain got at the top to frighten the tiger out by worrying it -- an easy operation, as the huts there are covered with cocoa-nut leaves.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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Englishman, Pascal Paoli Peck, whose name we take pleasure in writing again, with six men of his corps, twenty-five artillery-men of all nations, principally Levanters, and thirty-eight Greeks.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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One of the artillery-men wanted to go in to the tiger, but we would not suffer it.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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The Greek artillery-men shot away the rammer of their only field-piece, after a few discharges, rendering the gun useless.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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Our total numbers during this attack did not amount to more than four hundred men, including the Cossack machine gunners and Canadian artillery-men.
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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