To time the fuze, a cannoneer cut the cylinder at the proper length with his fuze-saw, or drilled a small hole (G) where the fire could flash out at the right time.
You are right, sir; the cannoneerwho shattered your ranks is here in my house!
The jar of these guns as they grind over the gravel is enough to grind the heart out of you," said a sweating cannoneer who was pressing a helping shoulder to one of the heavies as we negotiated a steep hill.
Fatigue was heavy on man and beast, but I heard one walking cannoneer singing, "When It's Apple Blossom-time in Normandie.
Cannoneer number one of the gun crew occupied his prescribed position in the same location to the immediate right of the breech.
An hour later, a young cannoneer gave in to fatigue and ignored orders to the extent of reclining on gun trail and falling asleep.
The author was a cannoneerin the historic Rockbridge (Va.
Many a cannoneer had sought rest on his back on the march, but none had ventured on so high a perch when going into battle.
The cannoneer of the fort was swinging his linstock to fire a cannon which pointed right down the line.
The baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell.
Not a rifleman in those crouching ranks, not a cannoneer at those masked and shotted guns, but knows the needs of the situation, the imperative duty of forbearance.
At the siege of Toulon, in 1793, the Emperor being then only colonel of artillery, a cannoneer was killed at his gun; and Colonel Bonaparte picked up the rammer and rammed home the charge several times.
The cannoneer seized one of the children, and, swimming vigorously, bore it to the bank; but the mother and the other child perished.
To fire one of these fearful machines they used port-fires twelve feet long; and the cannoneer protected himself as best he could by bowing his head between his legs, and, not rising until after the shot was fired.
A cannoneer had both legs carried away by a ball; two of his comrades picked him up and made a litter with branches of trees, on which they placed him in order to convey him to the island.
The cannoneer then looked at him fixedly: "Somewhat, I think.
Napoleon said, "The cannoneer who brings his piece into action, performs as valuable a service as thecannoneer who works it.
The match which the cannoneer had for hours held in his hand was yet warm with its pressure, and imparted to Napoleon's hand the poison of the contagious disease.
Thus the old cannoneer was transformed into a parson, who intended to try to be as faithful to duty, as a parson, as the old cannoneer had been.
John saw a magnificent gun a heap of junk with four dead horses and every cannoneer on the ground dead or freezing where they fell.
A cannoneer lay by this horse's side with both his legs hopelessly crushed so high in the thick flesh of the thighs there was no hope.
