Sentence examples for use of cannons from inspiring English sources

The use of cannons, as well as guns and other smaller firearms, was introduced by the Portuguese and spread rapidly once the rulers of local kingdoms grasped the significance of the new technology.

By the end of the 14th century, the use of cannons was also recorded in Russia, Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire.

A decision to authorise the use of cannon for the first time would apply to all police forces across England, Scotland and Wales.

The first confirmed use of cannon in Europe was in southern Iberia, by the Moors, in the Siege of Cordoba in 1280.

The use of cannon against the French works would have cleared paths through the abatis and breached the breastworks.

Military ships makes use of cannon or flaming arrows, while some ships can collect resources or transport land units.

Al-Hassan interprets Ibn Khaldun as reporting the use of cannon as siege machines by the Marinid sultan Abu Yaqub Yusuf at the siege of Sijilmasa in 1274.

The Spanish historian Juan de Mariana recalled further use of cannon during the Siege of Algeciras (1342-1344): Juan de Mariana also relates that the English Earl of Derby and Earl of Salisbury had both participated in the siege of Algeciras, and they could have conceivably transferred the knowledge about the effectiveness of cannon to England.

Civil rights groups are decrying the use of water cannons in below-freezing weather.

Police tend to react over-zealously, as seen in the recent use of water cannons on student demonstrators in Ankara.

This has developed into an ongoing controversy, with many people objecting to the use of water cannons on the public.