Sentence:  We each discharged a shot in the direction of the explosion by the <WSD>bushrangers</WSD>, for we had no other guide in aiming, owing to the night being so very dark, which was rendered denser by the mizzling rain which had been falling all day. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.