signal rocket
Example Sentences
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Small had charge of the signal rocket, which the captain had, however, determined not to let off, unless they were first discovered by the pirates.
From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by F.C. Tilney
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 Ralph Delahaye Paine
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 Charles Louis Fontenay
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by Charles King
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 Charles James Lever
