Sentence examples for a barrage of shells from inspiring English sources

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Iraqi television broadcast footage of artillery apparently launching a barrage of shells against Isis positions, as the operation got underway 24 hours after it was first signalled on Sunday.

By afternoon, after a barrage of shells battered the hills around him, Mr. Jaffar and his cousin, Harun, the commander of some of his troops, offered to surrender, contacting the Northern Alliance general, Khalil Anderabi, by walkie-talkie.

In Donetsk, local authorities urged residents to use "maximum caution" and stay indoors as a barrage of shells rained down near the city's security services building, which is used as a base by the rebels.

Colvin was killed on Wednesday when a barrage of shells hit a house used by journalists and activists.

Emdens gunners were firing rapidly, with a salvo every ten seconds; Müller hoped to overwhelm Sydney with a barrage of shells before her heavier armament could take effect.

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After a barrage of shelling in 1993, during the Bosnian civil war, the bridge collapsed.

Other videos showed gruesome shrapnel wounds caused by what activists said was a barrage of shelling that started Friday in response to demonstrations after the weekly prayer service and that continued Saturday.

They launched a barrage of mortar shells on an area of Damascus where she was staying at the time.

The first Ugandan troops landed in Somalia in 2007 to a barrage of mortar shells, and since then the Ugandans have taken hundreds of casualties, making this mission one of the bloodiest of recent peacekeeping history.

The first Ugandan troops landed in 2007 to a barrage of mortar shells, and since then the Ugandans have suffered hundreds of casualties, making this one of the bloodiest missions of recent peacekeeping history.

As my colleague Joan Nassivera reports, activists say at least 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the Syrian city of Homs amid a barrage of mortar shells and heavy machine gun fire that began Friday night.

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