"Ricochet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... else left in it. The Saint was using his whip, And Safety Match, with a lofting catch, was pocketed deep at slip; And young Ben Bolt with his niblick took miss at Leander's lunge, But topped the net with the ricochet, and Steinitz threw ...
— From a Cornish Window - A New Edition • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... too low— Gets us though on the ricochet! Open order and in we go, Steel, cold steel, and we'll ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various
... plain, or with ground slightly inclined in front, and using the point-blank or ricochet fire, is the most effective; very high points are unfavorable If possible, the concentric fire should be employed against the enemy's columns of attack. The position of the English artillery on the field of Waterloo, ...
— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck |
