Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The range of a cannon; the whole field that can be reached with projectiles from a cannon, or the cannon of a given battery or port; cannon-shot: as, to come within cannon-range.
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Examples
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They were already within cannon-range of the fort, but no gunners stared from the deep embrasures.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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You will notice that I claim that my lines are within easy cannon-range of the heart of Savannah; but General
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Monday, 1 August (or 22 July, Old Style), there was no fighting, the Armada working slowly up Channel, followed by the English out of cannon-range.
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
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The wagons of each brigade, properly parked and guarded, under the charge of their respective quartermasters -- who will personally superintend their movements -- will pursue the main turnpike, under the general direction of their chief quartermaster, in rear of the army, and out of cannon-range of the enemy.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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It was stated, in narrating that action, that the French kept at half cannon-range; this was to neutralize a tactical advantage the English had in the large number of carronades and other guns of light weight but large calibre, which in close action told heavily, but were useless at greater distances.
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Hearing that McDowell proposed to move against the enemy at Manassas, he hastily repaired to Washington, hoping to find a general that dared to come within cannon-range of the foe.
His Sombre Rivals Edward Payson Roe 1863
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The citadel is placed on a high steep rock which completely overlooks the town, but the whole is commanded by a ridge of hills within cannon-range of the citadel.
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You will notice that I claim that my lines are within easy cannon-range of the heart of Savannah; but General
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 4 1855
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You will notice that I claim that my lines are within easy cannon-range of the heart of Savannah; but General
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You will notice that I claim that my lines are within easy cannon-range of the heart of Savannah; but General
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