Together, the volley fire of the three British battalions soon routed Brenier's men.

Handling is allowed from a kick on the volley: the ball may be caught and a call of " yards " allows the catcher a space of three running yards unmolested and a free kick out of the hands.

Another, perhaps more historically verifiable, account of " Taps " first being used in the context of a military funeral involves John C. Tidball, a Union artillery captain who during a break in fighting ordered the tune sounded for a deceased soldier in lieu of the more traditional — and much less discreet — three volley tribute.

When Langdon's men rushed the fort, the defenders opened fire with three cannon and a volley of musket shot.

The firing party fires a three volley salute, the bugler plays Taps, and flowers may also be dropped into the ocean.

With a reserve of soldiers hidden within the redoubt, they form into three firing ranks, and seamlessly pour volley after volley into the stunned wave of attacking natives, who are completely annihilated.

The crowd that gathered began taunting the detail until a shot, then volley was fired into the crowd, three civilians were killed outright and two more died later.

He also scored a spectacular 35-yard volley in a friendly match against Shenzhen FC four days later, bringing his total for the tour to three goals in five games.

Routledge impressed Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp in a home game against Bolton Wanderers in March 2006, when, with Bolton 1 – 0 ahead with only three minutes left to play, Routledge outpaced three Bolton players into the penalty box to connect with a long pass from Matt Taylor and set Azar Karadas up for a spectacular volley which levelled the match and ultimately earned relegation-threatened Portsmouth a crucial 1 – 1 draw, a result that began a run of good late season form for them.

a following volley of shots shattered glass, ripped the ceiling, and sent him lurching heavily from the table.

The correspondent for the New York World was approaching the prison when he heard a volley of shots.

It is a basic tenet of sniping operations that there are enough snipers ( at least two for each known target, or in this case a minimum of ten ) deployed to neutralize as many of the attackers as possible with the first volley of shots.

A competent tennis player has eight basic shots in his or her repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob.

A volley of shots were fired into the sky, causing the defenders to extinguish the castle lights in preparation.

Longer rackets were introduced by Dunlop to give additional reach for shots such as the serve and volley where shorter players may be at a disadvantage.

Rather than a disciplined volley ( Preston gave no orders to fire ), a ragged series of shots was fired, which hit eleven men.

Ireland's Freeman's Journal reported that, The spectators were startled by a volley of shots fired from inside the turnstile entrances.

They let loose a volley of shots.

The largest such opening, located behind the server, is called the " dedans " and must often be defended on the volley from hard hit shots, called " forces ", coming from the receiving (" hazard ") side of the court.

The taxi driver stated that there was a short exchange of gunfire, and when he was removed to another place nearby he heard a second volley of gunfire, but was asked by the police and investigators of the PR Justice Department to forget about the second round of shots.

: One of the common shots used by most characters, Super Rising is a half volley where the returner hits the ball they are returning just as it is bouncing up in order to give the opponent less time to react.

He was famous for his volley shots that his fans nicknamed " Papinades " from his name.

A military funeral may feature guards of honor, the firing of volley shots as a salute, drumming and other military elements, with a flag draping over the coffin.

A volley of shots was also heard in the Glenbryn estate.

More than 200 people, including descendants, watched as 10 re-enactors dressed in the period costume of the Connaught Rangers, fired a volley of shots over his grave.

The result was that the so-called Talavera Regiment, bombarded by the volley of shots, was forced to retreat with heavy losses.

The men on the other side began to smash the door down and fired a volley of shots into the bedroom.

He was spotted by soldiers who fired off a volley of shots but missed.

This could sometimes be effective, with reports of them advancing in crescent formation in an attempt to outflank and surround their opponents, waiting out the first volley of shots and then hurling their spears while the settlers reloaded.

A volley gun is a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots, either simultaneously or in sequence.

The players could stay close range for a more traditional experience, go long range and volley and dodge shots from each other, or play cat and mouse as one person continually moves across the room and the other speed dashes after them.

During the siege, Binse fired several shots at police and refused to co-operate with negotiators ; eventually tear gas had to be used to force him out of the house, at which point he refused to put down his weapon and was then sprayed with a volley of non-lethal bullets.

This is called a half volley ( although technically it is not a volley ) and is one of the most difficult shots in tennis ; John McEnroe was considered a master of it.

There was a ragged volley.

Charlton was handed his debut as England romped home 4 – 0, with the new player gaining even more admirers after scoring a magnificent thumping volley dispatched with authority after a cross by the left winger Tom Finney.

After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School ( now called Springfield College ), the game quickly became known as volleyball ( it was originally spelled as two words: " volley ball ").

There is no evidence, for example, that the priest attending Slovik's execution shouted " Give it another volley if you like it so much " after the doctor indicated Slovik was still alive.

Sampras was an all-court player who would often serve and volley.

' To Córboda and his men, it was an ambush with some 80 Spaniards being wounded by the first volley of stones, arrows, and darts.

While the power of the arquebus was of great advantage to modern militaries, they were not practical in Europe until the Dutch, or in Asia the Japanese, developed the concept referred to now as volley fire.

Once volley fire was established, the arquebus went from being a support weapon to the primary focus of early modern armies.

By orienting all of his arquebusiers into a block, he was able to maintain a steady stream of fire out of a disciplined formation using volley fire tactics that until then had not been utilized in combat.

" The French were the first to fire, the volley was somewhat ineffective but threw the Third Guards into some confusion and wounded George Churchill, the commander of the Guards brigade.

Chelsea declined as a major force thereafter, but Osgood continued to score regularly ; his volley from outside the area against Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter-final was voted goal of the season in 1972 – 73.

From the moment of the first charge, the battle was a slaughter, " frightful to behold ", with most of the Texan casualties coming in the first minutes of battle from the first Mexican volley.

It is thus not correct to say that the name corresponds to the original purpose of a platoon which was to be the basic unit for volley firing.

Wolfe's regiment was involved in heavy fighting, as the two sides exchanged volley after volley of musket fire.

In an era when the serve and volley was the norm, Björn Borg excepted, Connors was one of the few players to hit the ball flat, low, and predominantly from the baseline.

When they were about 150 yards short of the fence, a volley was fired from the Americans, but the British continued until they were within musket shot then fired their own volley in return.

He could supplement his pure serve-and-volley game with brilliant athleticism at the net, which included the diving volley that was considered a trademark of the young German, and which endeared him to his fans.

Cadwalader was able to get one company to fire a volley but it fled immediately afterwards.

In the skirmish that followed between Gage's soldiers and the French, the French commander, Beaujeu, was killed by the first volley of musket fire by the grenadiers.

In a poll conducted by UEFA. com, Dudek's double save from Shevchenko was voted the Greatest Champions League moment of all time, ahead of Zinedine Zidane's left-footed volley against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 final and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's injury-time winner against Bayern Munich in 1999.