After about three hours, a cannon shot took off the back of Thomas's skull.
A series of bangs like cannon shots sounded through the air.
The man was killed when a Mexican cannon shot crashed through the side of the ship.
She launched it at me like a cannon shot!
The play ends with a funeral march and cannon shots in the distance.
The Dutch started with several cannon shots which killed already 100 men.
A few cannon shots dispersed them, but the soldiers spent a nervous night.
As that single cannon shot emphasized, they certainly didn't have the firepower to do anything else.
A stray cannon shot took off a soldiers arm as well.
As is well known, cannon shots do not go in straight lines.