Sentence examples for major artillery from inspiring English sources

He invited Sharif to his inauguration ceremony, but then allowed the armed forces to take part in a major artillery duel with their Pakistani counterparts after clashes along the contested border.

The group said Tuesday that Georgia and Russia used cluster munitions extensively in the war, which began when Georgia launched a major artillery strike against South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian enclave, prompting Russia to invade large swaths of Georgian territory.

The major Russian push came on July 4, after a major artillery pre-emptive assault.

Over the next four years, they became a major artillery tractor, mainly used to haul medium guns like the 6-inch howitzer, the 60-pounder, and later the 9.2-inch howitzer.

The Israeli Army's answer to the kidnapping was Operation Summer Rains, a major artillery-and-tank offensive.

During World War II he served as a major of artillery, but he returned to the stage in 1945 to perform in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.

A year after Russian troops poured into the region, the breakaway republic is no longer the scene of major Russian artillery barrages and pitched battles involving thousands of soldiers against rebels who are seeking an independent republic.

The Wars of Independence brought the first recorded instances of major mechanical artillery in Scotland.

After serving for two years and attaining the rank of Sergeant Major for Artillery (the highest rank a noncommissioned officer can achieve), Poe sought to end his five-year enlistment early.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said the siege had not been broken but that fighting was very intense in the Ramousah area of southwest Aleppo, where rebels have been battling for control of a major military artillery base.

Soviet major-calibre artillery was also provided with nuclear ammunition.