The land army of the enemy now brought their ordnance to the point, where they began a furious cannonade upon; the caravels, yet without doing us any harm, as our people were all effectually secured by means of high wooden defences on the gunwales of their vessels; whereas every shot of ours made prodigious havoc among the enemy, who were quite unsheltered.

And, indeed, to our hero's mind it seemed that the battle which followed must have been the most terrific cannonade that was ever heard in the world.

"The incessant cannonade of the enemy had broken it in many places, and there was a serious risk that it might come crashing down, to the great injury of the troops within the bastion.

By this time the privateer had seen our disaster stood boldly in, and anchored within less than gun shot of the beach; they then very foolishly opened a brisk cannonade; but every shot was spent in vain.

The forces of the Russians were double in number to those of the allies, and held possession of a fortress against which a tremendous cannonade had been in vain.

Here first we heard the sound of distant cannonades, borne thus far to our ears by the stillness of the nighta sound which told us that our comrades before Delhi were still holding their position against the enemy.

Sunday, 14th May: Vigorous cannonade from the batteries of Courbevoie, Bécon, Asnières on Levallois and Clichy: both villages evacuated.

A virtually continuous cannonade continued from dawn to darkness without cessation.

A little before eight o'clock the cannonade was opened.

The breeze so softly blew, it made No forest leaf to quiver, And the smoke of the random cannonade Rolled slowly from the river.

The first world-sound that fell upon my ear Was that of the great winds along the coast Crushing the deep-sea beryl on the rocks The distant breakers' sullen cannonade.

At early morn, under cover of an unceasing cannonade from the city batteries on to the right of our position, the insurgents in great force and of all arms streamed out from the gates, making in the direction of the suburb of Kishenganj, their evident intention being to turn our right flank and make for our camp.

The square was shooting a fusillade of lightning flashes, a veritable cannonade.

A fire of musketry alone sufficed to win the fort that protected the entrance to the harbour, and an equally brief cannonade drove the garrison from the castle.

This city has been in the greatest alarm and agitation since the 16th, when a violent cannonade was heard during the afternoon.

So unharmed and unafraid Sat the swallow still and brooded, Till the constant cannonade Through the walls a breach had made

One old fellow who came from Vailly had lived for two months in a continual cannonade.

Surely the German batteries beyond the river would reply to that deadly cannonade.

In the southern suburb the houses looking out upon the country showed, by their splintered woodwork and walls battered to the foundation, that they had lately been the mark of a destructive cannonade.

As the season gets later, the birds do not shift their ground so frequently; and, moreover, getting scared by the eternal cannonade which is kept up, they fly very high when they do cross.

It soon became apparent that the enemy did not intend an immediate assault, for, with the battery of six pieces, they began a fearful cannonade.

You must remember, this was the next morning after we had heard the rumor of the horrible cannonade of Boston.