1 Nesvitski realized that it was a cannon ball.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII 2 On the high ground where the enemy was, the smoke of a cannon rose, and a ball flew whistling over the heads of the hussar squadron.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII 3 A second and a third cannon ball flew past.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII 4 In this action for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX 5 But the guns remained loaded, the loopholes in blockhouses and entrenchments looked out just as menacingly, and the unlimbered cannon confronted one another as before.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV 6 Here he dismounted, and stopped beside the farthest of the four unlimbered cannon.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI 7 To the left, not far from the farthest cannon, was a small, newly constructed wattle shed from which came the sound of officers' voices in eager conversation.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI 8 Prince Andrew took out his notebook and, leaning on the cannon, sketched a plan of the position.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI 9 "Yes, yes," muttered Bagration as if considering something, and he rode past the limbers to the farthest cannon.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII 10 A huge, broad-shouldered gunner, Number One, holding a mop, his legs far apart, sprang to the wheel; while Number Two with a trembling hand placed a charge in the cannon's mouth.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII 11 A cannon ball, cleaving the air, flew over the heads of Bagration and his suite, and fell into the column to the measure of "Left."
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII 12 He imagined himself as an enormously tall, powerful man who was throwing cannon balls at the French with both hands.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX 13 A cannon ball, flying close to him, caused him to duck and bend over his horse.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX 14 Prince Andrew and the battalion were already within twenty paces of the cannon.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVI 15 He opened his eyes, hoping to see how the struggle of the Frenchmen with the gunners ended, whether the red-haired gunner had been killed or not and whether the cannon had been captured or saved.
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