Sentence examples for cannon range from inspiring English sources

The Mexican vessels pursued the Texans; eventually the two brigs came within cannon range several hours later at 9 30 am.

Standish's plan appears to have been to bring the Good Hope within cannon range of the trading post and to bombard the French into surrender.

An assortment of 31 cannon, ranging from 9- and 12-pounders to a few British 18-pounders and French 26-pounders, dotted the front and rear walls.

The northern point of James Island was fortified by Fort Johnson, which housed a few cannon whose range was inadequate to prevent ships from entering the harbor.

Enemy submarines and aircraft typically fired 20mm cannon and ranged up to 1000 yards, while machine guns had a range of only 400 yards.

Two different concepts developed that the area of jurisdiction should be limited to cannon-shot range, and that the area should be a much greater belt of uniform width adjacent to the coast and in the late 18th century these concepts coalesced in a compromise view that proposed a fixed limit of 3 nautical miles (1 marine league, or 3.45 statute miles [5.5 km]).

He said the cannon had a range of 1,500 yards.

"Fire!" In its heyday, the cannon, with a range of more than half a mile, shot iron balls, buckshot and shrapnel.

The F-16 carries a 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan cannon for close range aerial combat and strafing.

The cannon — a long-range acoustic device, or LRAD, which can cost as much as $125,000 — shoots sound waves from a dish transmitter.

Paris Gun, any of several long-range cannon produced by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 1917 18 during World War I.