| A | B |
| fusillade | number of shots fired at the same time rapidly |
| ammunition | explosive objects often fired from guns |
| swaggering | to walk with a proud strut |
| enlistment | to enroll for military service |
| epidemic | spreading quickly |
| cholera | disease with vomiting and diarrhea |
| ideals | a standard of perfection |
| pledge | promise or aggreement that must be kept |
| unscrupulous | with out principles |
| mortar | a short cannon |
| forage | to search for food or supplies |
| flogged | beat severely with rod or whip |
| heifer | a youg cow |
| mutiny | refusal to obey authority |
| horizon | line where earth or sea meets the sky |
| brute | like a beast |
| badgering | annoying again and again |
| endure | to suffer |