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  • I crouched down with my men -- we were in open formation -- and ducked my head at the sound of the bursting 'obus' and trembled in every limb as though I had a fit of ague.

    The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919

  • Children know the different aeroplanes by sight, and one little girl, when I ask her for news, gives me a list of the "obus" that have arrived, and which have "s'éclaté," and which have not.

    My War Experiences in Two Continents Betty Keays-Young [Editor] Salmon 1890

  • The shells, which the Parisians called "obus," were like an old-fashioned sugar-loaf, and weighed sometimes one hundred and fifty pounds.

    France in the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Latimer 1863

  • Dis lil burdy bringing owt geek in awl obus, aifinkso.

    how to cheat at darts - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Un anecdote vraiment triste est du 29 mars 1918, un obus allemand est tombe sur la nef de l'Eglise est a tue cent paroissionneurs.

    Archive 2008-05-04 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Un anecdote vraiment triste est du 29 mars 1918, un obus allemand est tombe sur la nef de l'Eglise est a tue cent paroissionneurs.

    St-Gervais Church of Paris de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The one is the incendiary shell -- obus fumigene -- while the other is a shell, the contents of which, upon coming into contact with the gas contained within the gas-bag, set up certain chemical reactions which precipitate an explosion and fire.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • (Brussels, 1885); _Influence du tir plongeant et des obus-torpilles sur la fortification_ (Brussels, 1888); _Les Régions fortifiées_ (Brussels, 1890);

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • The elaborate trials which were carried out with the obus fumigene certainly were spectacular so as they went.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • Another _obus_ hurtled over us and shrieked away into the distance; and again the man beside me flinched, but I did not.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

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