Not only was there an increase in the number of vessels but there was great improvement in marksmanship and in the handling of ships.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
Many German snipers, men of good marksmanship and tried courage, were placed all about in shell-holes with orders to pick off our officers and men, and the enemy's gunners had registered all our positions so that they were ready to drop down a heavy barrage directly our men made a sign of attacking.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
A bullet in the fleshy part of the hip had checked a furtive movement on the part of one of the gang, and instantly the others, impressed by the girl's exhibition of marksmanship, fell back.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon