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  • With Tantia whipped, it seemed to me Rose would lose no further time assaulting Jhansi, but another day and night passed in which I waited and fretted, and still there was nothing but the distant thump of cannon-fire to disturb my cell.

    Fiancée 2010

  • USS Constitution gained her nickname “Old Ironsides” in battle against HMS Guerriere after cannon-fire from Guerriere bounced off her hull.

    Happy Birthday US Navy 2009

  • USS Constitution gained her nickname “Old Ironsides” in battle against HMS Guerriere after cannon-fire from Guerriere bounced off her hull.

    March « 2009 « Publius the Geek’s Blog 2009

  • The missiles were flying everywhere, and cannon-fire from Galactica was spraying outward.

    Battlestar Galactica Carver_Jeffrey 2006

  • Next comes the cannon-fire of feet on floorboards and the deluge of lavatory cisterns and taps.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Next comes the cannon-fire of feet on floorboards and the deluge of lavatory cisterns and taps.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • In the distance, cannon-fire rumbled along the shore.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • In the distance, cannon-fire rumbled along the shore.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • The sea was full of noises, hissing, groaning, clicking, with great fusillades of thumps like cannon-fire as schools of big startled fish sped out of their way.

    Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002

  • The sea was full of noises, hissing, groaning, clicking, with great fusillades of thumps like cannon-fire as schools of big startled fish sped out of their way.

    Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002

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