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The phrase "attack on the town" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an aggressive action or assault directed towards a town, often in a military or conflict context.
Example: "The news reported an unexpected attack on the town, leaving residents in a state of panic."
Alternatives: "assault on the town" or "strike against the town."
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"The attack was clearly, in my mind, an indiscriminate attack on the town, as a town".
But the situation was deteriorating, and there were rumours of a major attack on the town.
The marines' attack on the town in April prompted the insurgency to spread across many parts of Iraq.
I believe they looked at it as an attack on the town and a diminishing of the town's powers".
"They then launched an attack on the town of Ras Lanouf via the south but did not manage to enter".
Not knowing what had become of Lovell, Price reluctantly concluded it better to delay the attack on the town until the next morning.
Last week in Saada Province, Shiite Houthi rebels began an attack on the town of Damaj, held by Sunni Salafis, the Houthis' ultraconservative Islamist rivals.
Emmanuel Fontanilla, a spokesman for the Moro National Liberation Front, said in a local radio interview that the incident was not an attack on the town.
Last week, doctors in the neighbouring province of Idlib said they had treated more than two dozen patients following a suspected chlorine attack on the town of Saraqeb.
The three Bosnian Serb fighters on trial agree that they participated in the attack on the town of Foca and its surrounding villages in the spring of 1992.
The attack on the town of Tafawa Balewa, in Bauchi state, was in revenge for earlier killings in the area, according to residents.
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