Which preposition to use with cannons

of Occurrences 92%

The troops had heard of the advancing reinforcements, and were drooping again; when, suddenly, the cannon of the Bastille, those Spanish cannon; flamed out their powerful succor, the royal army halted and retreated, and the day was won.

in Occurrences 51%

We see that they have been "firing cannon in the fields near Paris, to bring on a rain."

on Occurrences 38%

Major Arms, placing the cannon on a little knoll, limbered it up and left twenty men to guard it; and then, with the rest of the command, he crossed the river to meet the Indians.

at Occurrences 26%

All the guns in the fort save the thirty-two were silent, for the smaller cannon at that range were useless.

from Occurrences 23%

It was proposed to procure two cannon from the magazine and place them on the bridge; but before this could be done the rebel cavalry from Meerut were seen crossing the river, and were subsequently followed by the rebel infantry.

with Occurrences 21%

"They drag their cannons with them, And know how to use them, the impious ones; When they fire, the smoke forms in thick clouds: They are charged with shrapnel, Which falls like the hail of approaching spring.

to Occurrences 15%

The Plains were covered with flying enemies and strewn with every sort of impediment to flight, from a cannon to a loaf of bread.

into Occurrences 12%

The young man cannoned into the burly officer before he could stop himself, and the inspector clutched him fast.

as Occurrences 10%

That piece looks as much like a real cannon as one of our cathechisms is like another.

against Occurrences 9%

The woman cannoned against Monk, shouldering him bodily aside.

by Occurrences 7%

He liked the quiet shaded streets; the cannon by the courthouse amused him; the number of church steeples left him amazed.

for Occurrences 7%

To this arrangement all the ruling council consented; but, when Archduke Louis and Metternich proposed to make Windischgraetz military dictator of the city, and to allow him to bring out cannon for firing on the people, great opposition arose.

Before Occurrences 6%

Had they meant us We should have heard their message in loud Cannon Before this time.

through Occurrences 3%

In the same debate it was stated that bolts of steel had been forced by improved Armstrong cannon through an eight-inch mail composed of iron bars dovetailed together; but the quality of the iron and the mode of fastening were both questioned.

over Occurrences 3%

Mahomet, nevertheless, having witnessed the transport of his monster cannon over rivers and hills, was persuaded that his engineers would find no difficulty in moving his ships overland.

like Occurrences 3%

Cannons like those we had seen at Fort Laramie were also peeping out of holes in these walls, and an Indian soldier and a white soldier were marching to and fro, each holding a gun against his shoulder, and it pointing straight up in the air.

out Occurrences 3%

He kept the head intact, but cast a huge cannon out of part of the material, which took the name of La Giulia.

without Occurrences 2%

If a man cannot hack a bit of stone or timber without the Spirit of God, Mr. Rogers will have hard work to convince me, that any one can make a rifled cannon without the Spirit of God.

behind Occurrences 2%

The thirteen cannon behind the struggling hydra of gray seem one vortexsulphurous, flaming, spitting, as from one vast mouth, scorching fire, huge mouthfuls of granite venom.

under Occurrences 2%

"Turn the cannon under your charge, Sir, upon the royal army."

Occurrences 1%

Ces grands cannons , comme en des entraves, On met tous les matins ses deux jambes esclaves.

dismountedand Occurrences 1%

The barracks were desolatethe cannon dismountedand grass sufficient to have grazed a whole herd, had sprung up in the courts, and among the pyramids of shot and shells piled up at the embrazures.

about Occurrences 1%

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.

above Occurrences 1%

You can imagine what it must become, walled in with war and censorship, with the English and French banging away at the Dardanelles gate to the south, the Russian bear growling at the door of the Bosporus, so close that you can every now and then hear the rumble of cannon above the din of Constantinoplejust as you might hear them in Madison Square if an enemy were bombarding the forts at Sandy Hook.

within Occurrences 1%

With her glance she took in the little cheerless bedroom, and herself and George Cannon within it, overwhelmed.

Which preposition to use with  cannons