signal rocket

Example Sentences

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Telephone wires were broken immediately, but the "S.O.S." was sent by signal rocket and power buzzer, and our artillery and machine guns replied at once.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.

A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.

From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas

In a moment a warning red signal rocket shot into the sky and burst, warning all local aircraft.

From The Black Tide by Stangland, Arthur G.

The officers there had plainly seen the signal rocket this time, and the green ball seemed to shoot up into the clouds from directly beneath the bow of the "Long Island."

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee

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 Tilney, F.C.