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Cannonade
Cannonade Can`non*ade", n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering
a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some
continuance.
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
CannonadeCannonade Can`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p.
pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. CannonadeCannonade Can`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p.
pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. Cannonade
Cannonade Can`non*ade", v. i.
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
Meaning of Cannonades from wikipedia
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Cannonade (May 12, 1971 –
August 3, 1993) was an
American Thoroughbred racehorse best
known as the
winner of the 1974
Kentucky Derby.
Owned and bred by...
- The
Battle of Valmy, also
known as the
Cannonade of Valmy, was the
first major victory by the army of
France during the
Revolutionary Wars that followed...
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sally by the British,
which was
rightly ignored by the Americans. The
cannonade lasted about 10
minutes and
caused no casualties. The
American troops...
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prominence after the war.
Ewell interpreted his
orders as
calling only for a
cannonade. His 32 guns,
along with A. P. Hill's 55 guns,
engaged in a two-hour artillery...
- myth of the
Breach of
Porta Pia, in reality, a tame
affair involving a
cannonade at
close range that
demolished a 1600-year-old wall in poor repair. The...
- Watson's
squadron forced the
blockade in the
channel on 23 March, a
fierce cannonade ensued with aid from two
batteries on the s****. The
naval squadron suffered...
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board the
enemy ship, they were able to
stand off and fire
broadside cannonades that
could sink the vessel.
English ships and
seamanship had
foiled the...
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demonstrations are no
different in
principle from
ecclesiastical processions,
cannonades and fire to
scare off demons. From Jung's perspective, this replacement...
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forced his
troops to put up a
token resistance. On 20 September,
after a
cannonade of
three hours had
breached the
Aurelian Walls at
Porta Pia, the Bersaglieri...
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Edward Porter Alexander (May 26, 1835 –
April 28, 1910) was an
American military engineer,
railroad executive, planter, and author. He
served first as...