Sentence examples for commence firing from inspiring English sources

The gist: O.K., Mr. President, you can commence firing, but you'd better have U.N. permission, allies with you and an Iraqi George Washington in the wings.

Quincys captain gave the order to commence firing, but the gun crews were not ready.

The German task force was still waiting for the order to commence firing, which Admiral Lütjens did not give immediately.

The U.S. ship formation began to fall apart, apparently further delaying Callaghan's order to commence firing as he first tried to ascertain and align his ships' locations.

In naval battles of the 1890s the decisive weapon was the medium-calibre, typically 6 inches, quick-firing gun firing at relatively short range; at the Battle of the Yalu River in 1894, the victorious Japanese did not commence firing until the range had closed to 3900 m and most of the fighting occurred at 2000 m.

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Meanwhile, the New Zealand artillery kept the Chinese at bay, after it finally commenced firing.

When they exploded, concealed Japanese mortars and machine guns commenced firing on the patrol and the craft offshore.

On 2 November New Jersey commenced firing operations against nine positions, but the heavy foliage in the area prevented spotters from seeing the results of the shelling.

"At the conclusion of the condemned's last words the execution team will commence fire," the news release said.

Shortly after, Letica ordered the coastal artillery to commence fire against the Kaštela TG.