William Shaler was the US commissioner in Algiers who had negotiated Communication alongside Decatur , but he had to flee Escaping aboard British vessels and watch Motion rockets and cannon shot fly over his house `` like hail '' during the Bombardment of Algiers ( 1816 ) .

The Bombardment of Algiers ( 27 August 1816 ) was an attempt by Britain and the Netherlands to end Process_end the slavery practices of Omar Agha , the Dey of Algiers .

The bomb was named Name_conferral `` Gilda '' after Rita Hayworth 's character in the 1946 film `` Gilda '' , and was dropped Motion_directional from the B-29 Superfortress `` Dave 's Dream '' of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1 , 1946 .

The Bombardment of Papeete occurred Presence in French Polynesia when German warships attacked Attack on 22 September 1914 , during World War I .

The Bombardment Attack of Madras was an engagement Hostile_encounter of the First World War Military_operation , at Madras ( now Chennai ) , British India .

The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place Process_start on 11–13 July 1882 .