Oquendo's flagship and one of the Dunkirk ships, the Santiago, were now downwind and on the receiving end of the cannonades of the remaining nine ships of the Dutch column. |
Yet beneath the crash of cannonades he is an exquisitely subtle colourist. |
A national salute and two cannonades, one from Brooklyn Heights the other from Jersey City, greeted the Vanderbilt. |
Yet, what impresses throughout is the highly imaginative state-of-the-art stagecraft depicting everything from cannonades against sailing ships to samurai massacres. |
Naval cannonades caused more damage by casualties to the men and damage to the sails than sinking of ships. |
The reenactments, flag presentations and cannonades were a rare visual experience for all those in attendance. |