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  • … The use of oil made it possible in every type of vessel to have more gun-power and more speed for less size or less cost.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • … The use of oil made it possible in every type of vessel to have more gun-power and more speed for less size or less cost.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Through the sheer might of his sophisticated gun-power he managed to force his settlement on the land.

    Children of Resistence 1988

  • Rodney had an advantage in gun-power beyond the mere superiority in numbers of ships and guns.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

  • Their aim was to capture American men-of-war as rapidly as possible, to prevent their doing damage, so they unhesitatingly attacked American vessels whenever they met them, regardless of slight differences in size or gun-power.

    The Wars Between England and America T. C. Smith

  • In a desperately fought battle, Perry's sloop, the _Lawrence_, was practically destroyed by the concentrated fire of the British; but the greater gun-power of the Americans told, and the entire British flotilla was compelled to surrender.

    The Wars Between England and America T. C. Smith

  • Rights ought not to be scaled according to gun-power; and if you watch closely even this Naval Conference which is now sitting, I think it will be hard to resist the conviction that what we are really concerned about is prestige and bargaining power.

    International Relations 1930

  • England, and of a gun-power which had been growing steadily since the coming out of the New Army.

    Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

  • I think most of them were uplifted by the belief that the old days of trench warfare were over forever and that they would break the enemy's lines by means of that enormous gun-power behind them, and get him "on the run."

    Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

  • The man-power of Germany is failing, and with it the insolent confidence of her military caste; the man-power of the Allies, and the gun-power of the Allies, are rising steadily.

    England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend 1916

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