Sentence examples for artillery on from inspiring English sources

Bravely defended by Shi Kefa, who refused to surrender, Yangzhou fell to Manchu artillery on 20 May after a one-week siege.

Boys always think candlelight an an open fire act like heavy artillery on a girl's resistance.

The North fires rounds of artillery on to an inhabited South Korean border island.

The French never thought it possible for the Vietminh to position heavy artillery on the mountainside.

That set the stage for it to move all the chess pieces forward — tanks, troops, artillery — on Saturday.

"That's who it was with 'Kelly.' It was perfect, because he called in the artillery on his own position.

Perhaps mindful of the stakes, the group rolled out some especially heavy intellectual artillery on Tuesday night.

Then it continued: "Only when the South Ossetians opened up with artillery on Georgian villages" did the offensive begin.

The use of artillery on a populated village was considered routine by the officers of Task Force Barker.

Wednesday saw a 12-hour battle involving the use of artillery on both sides, with at least 26 people killed.

Adachi's subsequent retreat was stubborn and the division came under heavy fire from artillery on high ground.