signal rocket
Example Sentences
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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
As the troops started out at night, for their assault, a signal rocket went up from Washington.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
At that time he escaped but was afterwards pardoned; the signal rocket was to be fired from his storehouse in Cavite.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, 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
