 | Joseph Guy - 1810 - 548 pages
...English army; which were the first that had been seen in France. — Mezoray adds, that kin; Edward struck terror into the French army, by five or six...pieces of cannon, it being the first time they had seen «uch thundering machines. Cannons are made cylindrical, that the motion of the ball might not... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...See Shot. CANNON. Cannons were first used by the English at the battle of Cressy, in 13-JC. Edward struck terror into the French army, by five or six...pieces of cannon, it being ' the first time they had seen such thundering machines. Cannons are made cylindrical, that the motion of the ball may not be... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...Ste Shot. > . CANNON. Cannons were first used by the English at the battle of Cressy, in 1346. Edward struck terror into the French army, by five or six...pieces of cannon, it being the first time they had seen such thundering machines. Cannons are made cylindrical, that the motion of the ball may not be... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 pages
...must obviously have been subsequent to the discovery of gunpowder. Mezeray states that King Edward struck terror into the French army, by five or six pieces of cannon ; it being the first time they bid encountered such thundering machine«. In the list of aids raised for the redemption of King John... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...must obviously have been subsequent to the discovery of gunpowder. Mezeray states that King Edward struck terror into the French army, by five or six...time they had encountered such thundering machines. In the list of aids raised for the redemption of King John of France, in 13G8, mention is made of an... | |
 | Jack Kelly - 2009 - 272 pages
...chose to fire his guns. One account relates that the English "struck terror into the French Army with five or six pieces of cannon, it being the first time they had seen such thundering machines." Another states that they fired "to frighten the Genoese." A third says... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1828 - 392 pages
...unfortunate shipwreck, on being transported back after the celebrated battle of Cressy, fought by Edvvardlll. in 1346; in which affair it is particularly recorded,...been one of the light field-pieces at the battle of Agincourt, fought and gained by the heroic Henry V. in 1415: who, after his glorious victory, immediately... | |
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III. in 1346; in which affair it is particularly recorded, that this great warrior struck terror into the French army, by five or six pieces of cannon, it being the first time they had encountered such thundering machines. 