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Example sentences for: cannons

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From its position at the harbor mouth, the views of Havana over the defiant cannons are magical.
After it was rebuilt, it was occupied by French troops during the Peninsular War, who left behind a souvenir of their stay — the cannons that are now displayed along the promenade of the Paseo Marítimo.
Its replacement, the Vendôme column, commemorates in bronze relief the victories of Napoléon, cast from 1,250 Austrian cannons captured at Austerlitz and topped by a statue of the emperor.
The South Magazine stored powder barrels uncomfortably close to military prisoners who were kept, with the cannons, in the Garrison Cells.
go great guns The word great used to mean `big,' and great guns referred to cannons and other large firearms, as opposed to “small guns” or musket rifles.