signal rocket
Example Sentences
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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
Presently, while the two waited, a signal rocket came blazing out of the east, swept a wide curve in the sky, and dropped out of sight.
From Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.
From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas
