cannonading

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"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2012

One night a fortnight ago the worn men of Major General Alexander Rodintsev's 13th Guards Division crouched in their holes in the northwest district of Stalingrad and listened to sudden thunderous cannonading.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the thick northern fog a terrific cannonading broke out, then the masses of steel moved away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chief decliners were from Virginia where Bishop James Cannon Jr. had again been cannonading against the Smith-Raskob leadership.

From Time Magazine Archive

Happily, in the evening of the third day and through the night following, from Thursday till Friday, the main cannonading was turned on the castles.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk