The first reception over, the smoke of the cannonading salute having cleared away, and the martial outburst of the brass band having also rolled off to leeward, the people were called down from the yards, and the drum beat to quarters.
But nervous Haydn could not have endured that cannonading choir, since this composer of thunderbolts himself died at last through the crashing commotion of Napoleon's bombardment of Vienna.
There was no satisfaction in dining; the flavour of every mouthful was destroyed by the thought that the next moment the cannonading drum might be beating to quarters.
The pacha showed that he was as brave as he was courteous, for in spite of all the cannonading he would not give in.
The cannonading had not, however, driven the Egyptians from their entrenchments, so the ships again opened their fire.
In the confusion and agitation, a rumor stole out into the country that Boston was to be attacked; followed by another that the ships were cannonading the town, and the soldiers shooting down the inhabitants.
There was casual cannonading on each side, but nothing of consequence.
Determined to bring things to a crisis, he detached a force to Nook's Hill on Saturday, the 16th, which threw up a breastwork in the night regardless of the cannonading of the enemy.
There was occasional cannonading on both sides, but neither party sought a general action.
The rumor, at the opening of Congress, of the cannonading of Boston had been caused by measures of Governor Gage.
A heavy cannonading commenced on both sides, about ten o'clock.
Oh, there's no danger of disturbing them with this infernal cannonading going on all the time.
The Germans were making a furious attack, evidently determined to break the line before the fresh troops could be brought up, and the cannonading was terrific.
All I can remember now of the 23d is that it was a Sunday, and that we could hear cannonading all day long from the east.
As we came in we could hear heavy cannonadingfrom the direction of Vilvorde and Hofstade and knew that the fight was still going on.
Before lunch we drove to Blount's to learn whether the cannonading to the south was still going on.
Troops have been pouring through the town steadily all day on the way to Vilvorde, where the Belgians are still fighting, and to the south, where there is heavy cannonadinggoing on.
The excitement is not lessened by the fact that there is heavy cannonading from the direction of Antwerp.
Just before starting off in the afternoon I learned that cannonadinghad been heard toward the front.
Our road lay across a high range of hills, from beyond which the sound of cannonading greeted us.
Throughout the preceding day, while occupied about Harper's Ferry, we heard heavy cannonading across the Maryland border, apparently eight or ten miles from us.
We had a long hill to descend, from the top of which could be seen and heard the cannonading in front.
Up to this time we had been absorbed in events immediately at hand, but, quiet being now restored, we heard cannonading back toward Harrisonburg.
When the cannonading ceased, four companies of infantry charged up the hill and occupied it before the insurgents, who had been driven out by the artillery, could regain it.
In the afternoon a heavy cannonading commenced and was kept up until late in the evening.
The men on the McCulloch were in a fighting fever after the brush at the entrance to the harbor, and were expecting every minute to hear cannonading from the heavy ships ahead.
During the afternoon, while cannonading was still going on, I went to the front, but on reaching our line the bombardment was discontinued, and under a flag of truce the commanding generals met and held a conference.
Even above the cannonadinghe could hear men give vent to savage cheering.
Except for desultory cannonadingfar to the left, perfect quiet, almost peace, reigned over the darkening ground.
There was less formality, perhaps, and more cannonading than in later years; music was furnished by a brass band from Fort Tejon; and Phineas Banning was the stentorian "orator of the day.
After an incessantcannonading lasting two hours, the rebels managed to smash the gates down with their artillery, and rushed in only to find themselves confronted by a dense mass of resolute soldiery.
At once Xuarez brought up his field-artillery, and in a short space of time the cannonading lower down the river was being repeated further up at the ruins of the bridge.
After a little skirmishing and cannonading they continued their retreat to Burgos.
Cannonading from the town, and one or two sorties, occurred during the day.
Of course, I can," replied Billie, trying to speak cheerfully, as a low cannonading of thunder rumbled in the distance.
The booming of the sea in the caves, the cannonading of the thunder, the sharp whistle of the wind in the tops of the trees, and the shouts of the men!
Why, he had sailed through a naval engagement, cannonading and all, and right on out of that into a full-grown war and a half-grown revolution.
As for Ned, he had only come in to go out again, for keeping indoors, with all that cannonading going on, was altogether out of the question.
Any cannonading at the fort could be heard more plainly now, and it was certain that it had not yet surrendered.
The lightning and cannonading were so terrific, that sometimes we couldn’t tell the flash of one from the other.
The cannonading and the roar of that day still ring in my ears.
The French begancannonading it very early, with the intention of opening a breach for the assault; and the Saragossans transferred thither the greater part of their forces to defend it.
During the night they went on cannonading the convent.
No time was lost in the requisite preparations, on the part of the Americans, and soon a cannonading was commenced on either side, which for two hours rent the air with its thunders.
The fortress was invested on the 25th of May, and, after a bombardment and cannonading for two days, the garrison surrendered prisoners of war.
To the terrible cannonadingof the enemy, Nelson had not yet returned a shot.
On shipboard he sailed up and down for weeks, laying waste the shores of the Chesapeake, burning Norfolk and cannonading the fleeing inhabitants.
It was about noon when the quick ear of Clark, over in Cahokia, heard the cannonading and small arms in St. Louis.
Meantime we heard the cannonading and knew that the blockhouse was attacked, but by the time we could make our way back to the village, the fort had fallen, and the British were burning the town.
I asked him if it sounded like a battle, and as he again said that it did not, I still inferred that the cannonading was caused by Grover's division banging away at the enemy simply to find out what he was up to.
In the district about Loos and northeast of Ypres heavycannonading endured all day on the 6th, the Germans hurling quantities of large caliber shells over the enemy's trenches without any apparent object.
The Portuguese and Mandarins followed, and continued a heavy cannonading during that night and the next day.
The crew of the Viper were at this moment taking their breakfast on deck, and the officers below; when on a sudden, a cannonading was opened on them by two of the dows, who attempted also to board.
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