"Cannon fire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... as we met many peasants, all coming the other way afoot and all with excited stories of a supposed battle ahead, and as we ourselves now began to catch the faint reverberations of cannon fire, our drivers manifested a strange reluctance about proceeding farther. And when, just at dusk, we clattered into the curious little convent-church town of Nivelles, and found the tiny square before the Black Eagle Inn full of ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb
... a series of ridges separated by narrow ravines at right angles to the river, and these we had to cross to continue our route towards the north. The enemy seemed to have withdrawn completely from this region, and the cannon fire in the distance towards the east could hardly be heard. At last, at about seven o'clock in the morning, we debouched upon the valley of ...
— In the Field (1914-1915) - The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry • Marcel Dupont |
