salvos
- plural of salvo.
Example Sentences
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Salvos blasted the airfields at Nivelles and St. Trond. south and east of Brussels, followed by parachutists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Salvos after salvos sounded deep and loud from the cannon's mouth, and echoed and re-echoed up and down the valleys of the Holston.
From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus
Salvos of artillery thundered over her sails, and mass was chanted, and a polish of paint given to her piebald, rickety sides that transformed her into what the fur company proudly regarded as a frigate.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Salvos of artillery announced the Emperor's departure from the Tuileries.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Perry, Thomas Sergeant
Salvos of artillery were fixed every hour from six in the evening till midnight; at each salvo, the towers, spires, and public buildings were illuminated for a few minutes by Bengal lights.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Perry, Thomas Sergeant
