Western observers noted that even the elite Capital Defense Corps in the 19th century were not strong at Pye's arsenal of cannon remained unused because he lacked skilled cannoneers.
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An English cannoneer had loaded the charge and many Scots believed that the damage was done on purpose out of jealousy, because the English had no cannon as big as this.
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Such was the lack of skilled artillery men that the French cannoneers captured by Alaungpaya quickly became the leaders of the Burmese artillery corps in the second half of the 18th century.
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While technologically Mexican and American artillery operated on the same plane, US army training as well as the quality and reliability of their logistics gave US guns and cannoneers a significant edge.
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The song is a story of a valiant cannoneer Jaborek who, as the song says, took part in the battle of Hradec Kr�lov?( battle of Sadov?) ( 1866 ).
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Simon de la Loub�re, France's envoy to Siam in 1687, recounted a story about a French cannoneer who crept into the city one night and single-handedly captured the sultan:
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Last year Disney also added a virtual reality version of its famous Pirates of the Caribbean ride, in which patrons act as captain and cannoneers to blast away at other ships in a quest for treasure.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that he delivered speeches " like a cannoneer ramming down cartridges ", while Sumner himself said that " you might as well look for a joke in the Book of Revelation ."
General King ordered us to limber to the rear, but it was impossible to execute the order, since many of the cannoneers were either killed or wounded, and the horses shot at the limbers.
