grapeshots in a sentence

Examples

1. Oswald's guns blasted the British with grapeshot at but the elite troops overran the hedgerow.
2. At this time the commanding officer of the 2nd Grenadiers, Henry Monckton was killed by grapeshot.
3. They were awakened when British sentries discovered them and began firing grapeshot at them from across the river.
4. In practice the large ones were not particularly more useful than a cannon firing canister shot or grapeshot.
5. The name " grapeshot " comes from the former's apparent resemblance to a bunch of grapes.
6. When the Paraguayan onslaught reached it, they were in grapeshot range and unable to cross the obstacle.
7. He was also seriously wounded by grapeshot there and saw little field duty for the rest of 1863.
8. The effect of the grapeshot and the volleys from the patriot forces caused the Royalist attack to waver.
9. Guns on the cutters and small craft supporting the landing fired grapeshot at the defenders on the coast.
10. The Portuguese use of grapeshot inflicted many casualties on the Soyo army and forced the defeated to retreat.