The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

We just got a lot of hail in several cities in the overnight hours.

A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson.

A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson.

I like dark places.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.