signal rocket

Example Sentences

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But that only decided me the more to go on; and as the signal rocket was fired, the word was given, and on we went.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

If you see or hear anything of a suspicious nature, Andy," cautioned Mr. McKay, "here is a signal rocket.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

At the signal rocket the enemy swept forward toward the canal, with companies of British sappers bearing scaling ladders and fascines of sugar cane.

From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

Here he seems to have found good use for a further portion of his very complete equipment; for, lighting a signal rocket, he presently brought a four-oared gig to his succour from Portsmouth Harbour.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

We'll shoot the end of the cable down by signal rocket, out in the lowlands, and stop the winch when we've made contact, long enough to attach the rest of the cargo to the cable.

From Atom Drive by Fontenay, Charles Louis