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Definition of Cannonades
1. cannonade [v] - See also: cannonade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannonades
Literary usage of Cannonades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... and cannonades the allies on the position of San Cristoval—Various
skirmishes—Adventure of Mr. Mackay—Marmont retires to Monte Rubio—Crosses the Tormes ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The enemy often busied himself with lies and sallies at night, and the cannonades
with which he ades. assailed his besiegers and their works rarely ceased ..."
3. History of the Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776: From the Death by Charles Henry Jones (1882)
"... Champlain—Arrives at Windmill Point—Position of the British Army—A Boat's Crew
driven from the Shore with Loss of Life—The Fleet cannonades the Wood, ..."
4. Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and by Jean François Marmontel (1807)
"What made humanity shudder, the drownings of Carrier in the Loire, the cannonades
with case-shot of Collot-d'Herbois at Lyons, obtained honourable mention ..."
5. Materials for German Prose Composition; Or, Selections from Modern English by Karl Adolf Buchheim (1896)
"MBS. JAMESON, Sketches in Canada. XXVIII. DANGEROUS cannonades. At a proper place
we dropped ... cannonades ..."
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