Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano

Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano: "breeching The lashings were broken so that the gun was no longer firm on its carriage The stationary breeching which prevents the recoil was not in use at that time As a wave struck the ship's side the cannon insufficiently secured had receded and having broken its chain began to wander threat ningly over the deck In order to get an idea of this strange sliding fancy a drop of water sliding down a pane of glass When the fastening broke the gunners were in the battery singly and in groups clearing the ship for action The carronade thrown forward by the pitching dashed into a group of men killing four of them at the first blow then hurled back by the rolling it"