twelve-pounder

Fire a twelve-pounder shot at this catamaran, hole both hulls!

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

Had they left their comrade and pushed on forthwith, there was nothing at that time between them and London but batteries of twelve-pounder guns, and they would certainly have reached the capital in advance of the tidings of their approach; as sudden, dreadful, and destructive their advent would have been as the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon a century ago.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Equivalent to a direct hit from a twelve-pounder solid shot.

I am poor. 2007

London but batteries of twelve-pounder guns, and they would certainly have reached the capital in advance of the tidings of their approach; as sudden, dreadful, and destructive their advent would have been as the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon a century ago.

The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 3 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2005

Echoes of the Lincoln County War had finally reached Fort Stanton, and Colonel Nathan A. M. Dudley came riding into town with a company of infantry, a troop of cavalry, a Gatling gun, and a twelve-pounder cannon.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

Had they left their comrade and pushed on forthwith, there was nothing at that time between them and London but batteries of twelve-pounder guns, and they would certainly have reached the capital in advance of the tidings of their approach; as sudden, dreadful, and destructive their advent would have been as the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon a century ago.

The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006

He watched in silence as a howitzer came into sight, than a second twelve-pounder, and after that a troop of hussars.

Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003

The gun itself, a twelve-pounder, was attached to its limber which was a light two-wheeled cart that served as a ready magazine and as an axle for the heavy gun's trail.

Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003

"You'll get nothing bigger than a twelve-pounder up there, " Wallace said dubiously, then slid the telescope's view up the bluff to the walls.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

From high above him there came the sound of a pair of twelve-pounder guns that had been hauled to the summit of the conical hill that reared just south of the fortress.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999