Word: artillerymen
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...northern edge of the Riff, Krim's artillerymen continued to pepper the Spaniards at Tangier, as they have done more or less all winter...
POLOISTS RIDE AGAINST ARTILLERYMEN TONIGHT...
...Duke of Connaught unveiled at Hyde Park corner a vast squat howitzer of cut stone, London's War memorial to the Royal Artillery. As it loomed above the traffic that sweeps past St. George's Hospital, Britons felt a crinkly shiver along their spines. Four titanic bronze artillerymen give to the composition a gruesome air of stark reality, making the cold stone of the howitzer seem like colder steel...
Near University Hall is one of the well-known French "75s," which saw action in France. It has been proved and it is admitted by artillerymen of all nations that this gun, after 20 years, has never been surpassed by any gun of approximately its calibre...
...among the arguments that it will is the theory of the heretofore unheard-of co-operation among different arms of the service. No longer will the infantry in an "attack" upon a position be forced to depend for artillery preparation and support upon red flags waved from hilltops. Real artillerymen will be present with real guns, the opportunities for practice in liaison will be great,--but this is as far as the advantages run. Practically speaking, the actual gunners will mean no more to the infantry than did the red flags, unless, of course, they set up a real barrage...