Then began the sharpshooting against those who were behind the rocks above, over which a light cloud of smoke began to hover.

fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire, cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer [Fr.]. cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado^, carte and tierce

No peasant would think of wasting a cartridge upon them; but the sharpshooting tourist, armed with a rifle, may be tempted to do so.

And while the sharpshooting went on, the French officers were planting the batteries, one of four guns directly on the strand.

"We have also had some success here, due chiefly to the good advice of Mr. Willet, and the prowess and sharpshooting of the extraordinary man whom you call Black Rifle.

Few patients required the surgeon, few wounded were received, victims of skirmish or sharpshooting or of their own comrades' carelessness.

Woman suffrage was the target for the combined wit and satire of the company, and, after four hours of uninterrupted sharpshooting, pyrotechnics, and laughter, we dispersed to our several abodes, fairly exhausted with the excess of enjoyment.

The old sharpshooting going on.