signal rocket
Example Sentences
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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
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by Charles King
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 Alf Burnett
A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.
From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Montrose Jonas Moses
In a moment a warning red signal rocket shot into the sky and burst, warning all local aircraft.
From The Black Tide by Arthur G. Stangland
