cannonade

• This story seemed extremely improbable to me, as the cannonade was at that moment rather approaching than receding from us. —  Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813
• The rest of us meanwhile defiled down this same road, formed line in front of it, and under a brisk cannonade from the French heights waited for the next move It was not long in coming. —  The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
• This cannonade was the decisive work of the day. —  Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation
• 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. —  Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
• After a brief cannonade, the patriots made a breach, effected a landing, and sprang over the ramparts. —  History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

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