His spoken French remained that of a rough cannoneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hilaire Belloc: Defender of the Faith] Reference

The author was a cannoneer in the historic Rockbridge (Va.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference

Grimes 'third piece, killed the cannoneer, and wounded several men.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference

He came to his feet, frisked his heads so the cannoneer muffs flapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

The cannoneer raced into the hospital and stumbled over himself in abrupt horror.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

For all his jaunty cannoneer muffs and standoffish manner, Scrupilo was terrified.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

The missile came close enough for a cannoneer near the general to hear the spiteful whistle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference

He was a frikkig cannoneer sitting on top of a hill in pretty much one location in his entire tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [frank joseph visconi] Reference

German 77s that frequently a solitary soldier who exposed himself would actually be "sniped" off by a cannoneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference

It was attached to a linstock (fig. 18), a forked stick long enough to keep the cannoneer out of the way of the recoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference

Said cannoneer Ned Moore, When we learned that we should be paroled, and go to our homes unmolested, the relief was unbounded….    From Wordnik.com.  [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference

For nearly a year (from March to November, 1862) I served in the battery with this cannoneer, and for a time we were in the same mess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference

The thirty-four-ton vehicle had a crew of five (com - mander, gunner, cannoneer/loader, driver, and assistant driver/bow gunner or "bog").    From Wordnik.com.  [Steel Victory]

The baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians] Reference

"Berthier has been cannoneer, cavalier, and grenadier.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Misérables] Reference

Cholat the wine-merchant has become an impromptu cannoneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Revolution] Reference

He went and found the famous cannoneer, Jean le Lorrain, and said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1] Reference

The garrison consisted of but one cannoneer, and he had but one arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

Here a caisson blew up, tearing the horses to pieces, and whirling a cannoneer among the clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War] Reference

The populace, however, that food for cannon which is so fond of the cannoneer, sought him with its glance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Misérables] Reference

It seems that a group of the Baltimore workmen had been watching our motions, and had thus learned the duties of a cannoneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61] Reference

Mokronowski, who was advancing with a scythe in front of his troops and who had cut off the hand of a cannoneer, with the match in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812] Reference

Blues, or in the offing to signal Georges; the hands of a guerilla, a cannoneer, a common solder, a leader; hands still white though the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beatrix] Reference

A passing cannoneer turned and saw her in the doorway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Messenger] Reference

The cannoneer then looked at him fixedly: "Somewhat, I think.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]

The cannoneer said loudly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

The cannoneer had been blown to bits.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

Rumor has it he's a cannoneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

A cannoneer said respectfully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Messenger] Reference

The trumpet to the cannoneer without.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hamlet] Reference