And for Engineers, bombardiers, and Gunners, worse never bore the Name, or could be picked out of all Europe.
"An Account of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes and observations"
Sir Charles Knowles
And as to the Usefulness of it, and the Service that was performed by the excellent bombardiers, every idle Spectator was a Judge; though it was oftentimes observed, by Order, that not six Shells out of forty had done Execution, and that, on the contrary, scarce one of forty of the Enemy's ever missed.
"An Account of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes and observations"
Sir Charles Knowles
I read in camp the essay on war, when bombardiers no longer claimed my attention, and the knightly words of sergeant instructors were taking a needed rest.
"Waiting for Daylight"
Henry Major Tomlinson