I had my musket and my two pistolsthree shots, for there would be no time to reload.

It looked much as if the king's forces were bent on continuing the battle with small arms at short range, for they discharged their pieces as rapidly as it was possible to reload them, making a great din even though the execution was slight.

III.A Tyrannical Captain Apart from the incessant labour on board ship, at San Pedro we had to roll heavy casks and barrels of goods up a steep hill, to unload the hides from the carts at the summit, reload these carts with our goods, cast the hides over the side of the hill, collect them, and take them on board.

The sepoys were astonished that he did not roll lifeless at their feet; but, instead of this, before they had time to reload, the creature, after uttering a terrific cry, sprang across the ravine and seized one of its assailants.

My first impulse had been to reload, and kill the doe; but her plaintive voice entered my heart, disarming me of all hostile intentions.

The old man, having no time to reload, was compelled to fly a second time.

I set up a small mark at the distance of sixty or seventy feet; and Jerry immediately emptied, in rapid succession, the contents of both revolvers, without stopping to reload.

Here we stopped to change barges, and it required an hour and half to unload and reload the baggage.

The next instant the trapper dashed through the water, reaching the shore before the savage could reload.

At full speed they swept through a gap in the hedge, and rushed into the plantain-grove before the enemy had time to reload.

He therefore resolved to reload his pistols, lest the powder had become damp; but what was his surprise, when he drew the charge, to find neither powder nor ball, while each barrel had been carefully filled with tow, up to the space which the loading had occupied!

Then the three, not waiting to reload, snatched out their pistols and held themselves ready for a further attack, if it should come.

"Delay to reload the muskets was inexpedient.

The children were placed in the lower store-room with a few women to watch them, while the others were told off to attend to the fire buckets, and to reload the muskets.

There was no time to reload.

Though the guns chosen were breech-loaders, it took some little time to reload them whilst at a run.

It seems that a chief, conspicuous from his glittering armour and steel head-piece, mounted on a powerful horse with an armed footman behind him, attracted the notice of the Goorkhas by the cool manner in which he rode up to within a distance of about eighty yards, delivered his fire, then galloped away out of gunshot to allow the gentleman "en croupe" to reload.

I had heard of men supposing they had fired their guns through hearing another go off; but with a repeating rifle one has to fire before one can reload.

As they paused to reload, a riderless horse, badly wounded, plunged among them.

If I could trust Maka to load a gun, I would have a better chance, but if I could pick off two, or even one, that might stop the others and give me time to reload.

Over the wall and at them before they can reload!" At this all the men sprang up and dashed toward the line of bags, Nunez with them.

On nearing us, they formed a line, and stood close in; each vessel, as she discharged her guns, tacked to join the rear and reload.

I could not see there, and I could not look for bear and reload at the same moment.

We can reload two shells with some of the Arab powder.

But he had self-possession enough, now that his hand was free for an instant from close battle, to reload his rifle and revolver.