Sentence examples for light artillery from inspiring English sources

During the fighting there was sustained firing of cannon and light artillery or mortars.

Here everything from small handguns to light artillery can be bought or ordered.

William F. Goodwin's battery of light artillery, which was attached to Barnes's regiment.

His long throw-outs also provided some Saudi light artillery when they reached the speedy feet of Al-Temyat.

In the late afternoon, light artillery and small arms fire could be heard echoing throughout the valley.

The separatists had promised a complete ceasefire from 1 September and the beginning of talks on pulling back even light artillery from the line of engagement.

The Army needs lighter artillery pieces and smaller tanks.

Then a second and lighter artillery barrage would begin to creep forward over the Allied trenches at a walking pace (in order to keep the enemy under fire), with the masses of German assault infantry advancing as closely as possible behind it.

By the early 1890s he had built a force of some 5,000 men, acquired 44 pieces of light field artillery, and considered himself ready to expand his operations.

Long before the war, the French high command, committed to an offensive war of movement, had downgraded fortifications, stripped many of armament, put their money on light field artillery and on the dash of troops charging with bayonets bared.

The UN reported last January that smuggled weapons include rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns with anti-aircraft visors, automatic rifles, ammunition, grenades, explosives, and light antiaircraft artillery mounted on vehicles.