Sentence examples for massive artillery from inspiring English sources

A massive artillery bombardment opened the attack.

A massive artillery barrage would leave many thousands dead and devastate vital parts of the country.

There were trenches filled with gas, massive artillery ready to rain down on us and the threat of chemical attack.

Along with some less massive artillery pieces they are brought to the Brooklyn Army base on 79 flat cars.

Experiencing so many of Judd's pieces, grouped together in these massive artillery sheds (some still with text on the walls in German, from when they were home to PoWs), is unlike anything else you've seen.

David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, heartily subscribed to Nivelle's advocacy of frontal assaults carried out in close coordination with massive artillery bombardments, and he placed the British armies in France under Nivelle's command for his great offensive.

"Operations started with a massive Georgian artillery attack," the report stated.

The war started "with a massive Georgian artillery attack", the report said, citing an order from Saakashvili that the offensive was aimed at halting Russian military units moving into South Ossetia.

Residents of the besieged city said that at least 300 people had been killed in a massive regime artillery barrage, the most deadly attack of the 11-month uprising.

During the massive Confederate artillery bombardment that preceded the infantry assault, Hancock was prominent on horseback in reviewing and encouraging his troops.

Shortly after Mercer had arrived in the trenches, a massive German artillery bombardment began, heavy calibre shells destroying trenches and caving in dugouts, killing many Canadian soldiers.