Rudimentary Gun Shaped Like a Bottle

Note Accdg to Dutton (Ref 58, p 32) this type of weapon was made of brass 

Accdg to Sancho, the French attacked Gravelines using cannons bombards (Ref 30, p 255) 

Accdg to Marshall 1 (Ref 11, p 19), the Republic of Venice ordered the provision of metal cannons and iron bullets for the protection of castles and villages. Accdg to Sancho (Ref 30, 

Note Definition of term cannon is given in Vol 6 of Encycl, under GUN It is preferred to that given in Vol 2 under CANNON. We are using the word cannons for plural in order to avoid confusion 

Accdg to Greener (Ref 7, p 19), John Barbour wrote in 1372 that in 1327 at the battle of Warewater, the Scotch first saw the firearms 

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