signal rocket

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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

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

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

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

The discharge of a signal rocket, however, that curved its flight over the island, instantaneously quieted the uproar, and a death-like silence succeeded.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

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