(1) He fought in the war as a British sailor and cannoneer for six years before he was seriously wounded during an engagement with a Dutch vessel.(2) It was later in the Peninsular Campaign that taps were first played at a military funeral after an artillery cannoneer was killed in action.(3) The divergence in success between the two black artillery battalions at Bastogne, nevertheless, does not detract from the stellar performance of the cannoneers .(4) The cannoneers of Lille recognized her as their saint in 1417, describing themselves as the u2018Confru00e8res de Sainte Barbeu2019.(5) The allied army began preparations for the offensive, supported by the accurate bombardment of the British by the French cannoneers .
