Twenty days after the city was cut off Removing , Braithwaite began Process_start a bombardment of the defences Defending .

The gas cloud and artillery bombardment were followed by raiding parties , which made Manufacturing temporary lodgements Placing in the British lines .

The bombardment Attack killed Killing 1,297 French servicemen , sank a battleship and damaged Damaging five ships , for a British loss Earnings_and_losses of five aircraft shot Use_firearm down and two crewmen killed Killing .

This precipitated Change a mass expulsion of Kosovar Albanians as the Yugoslav forces continued to fight Hostile_encounter during the aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia ( March–June 1999 ) .

Taking Gold was to be the responsibility of the British Army , with sea transport Military_operation , mine sweeping Scouring , and a naval bombardment force Military_operation provided Supply by the Royal Navy as well as elements from the Dutch , Polish and other Allied navies .

On D-Day at Gold , naval bombardment got Getting underway at 05:30 , and amphibious landings commenced Process_start at 07:25 .

German industrial cities were now subjected to intensive bombardment which inflicted Causation enormous damage on the German war effort .

An unprecedented bombardment demolished Destroying the British front line and specially trained Education_teaching German assault units rushed Motion the survivors and captured Conquering the British front line and the second line of defence Defending British tunnellers were trapped in their galleries and taken Conquering prisoner .

To this end , it was partially successful , as the Dey of Algiers freed Releasing around 3,000 slaves following the bombardment Attack and signed Sign_agreement a treaty against the slavery of Europeans .

The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

The British began Process_start a desultory bombardment Attack on 31 August and the shelling Use_firearm became Becoming intense from 13 September , to `` soften Cause_change_of_strength '' the German defences , except in the area of the Fifth Army ( General Hubert Gough ) , where the slow bombardment Attack continued until before zero hour , when a surprise hurricane bombardment Attack was to be fired Use_firearm .

On 1 July 1916 , the first day on the Somme , La Boisselle was attacked Attack by the 34th Division as part of the III Corps but the bombardment Attack had not damaged Damaging the German deep-mined dug-outs ( ) and a German listening Perception_active post overheard a British telephone conversation Communication the day before , which gave Giving away the attack .

The attack Attack was the largest in the British sector since September and had a seven-day preliminary bombardment Attack , which was twice as heavy as that of 1 July .

After a hurricane bombardment Attack , the objectives were captured Conquering with few British losses Earnings_and_losses and German counter-attacks Attack were defeated Conquering by artillery-fire .

The Israeli airstrikes Military_operation and ground bombardment Military_operation , the Palestinian rocket attacks Attack and the ground fighting Hostile_encounter resulted in Causation the death Death of thousands of people , the vast majority of them Gazans .

The bombardment of Yeonpyeong was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed Placing on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010 .

On 14 November , the commandos torpedoed Attack the `` Mirna '' -class patrol boat PČ-176 `` Mukos '' close to the island of Brač in the Split Channel of the Adriatic Sea , prompting Causation a Yugoslav naval bombardment Attack of Brač and Šolta Island the same day .

Thirty-three Yugoslav officers were charged Legality in relation to the naval bombardment Attack by Croatian authorities .

After over four months of siege and bombardment by Moorish catapults , the garrison and townspeople were reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to near-starvation and surrendered Surrendering to Abd al-Malik .

The French begin Process_start bombardment of Madras , India .

French forces begin Process_start bombardment of Madras , India on 2 January 1758 .

In June 1916 the British preliminary bombardment cut Removing much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed Destroying many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division .

Beginning Process_start on 27 October , the EEF began Process_start a heavy and almost continuous bombardment of Gaza .

The bombardment of Gaza intensified Cause_change_of_strength on 6 November and during the night of 6/7 November successful attacks Attack were launched on several trench systems .

Desiring a quick surrender Surrendering , the Germans began Process_start a terror bombardment to destroy Destroying the morale of the civilian population on 23 August .

On 19 September the Germans captured Conquering their first outwork and began Process_start a devastating close-range bombardment of the bastions .

A total of 341 civilians were killed Killing by the bombardment and a further 600–2,000 wounded Bodily_harm .

On 24 June 1916 , the artillery preparation began Process_start for the Anglo-French offensive ; the Fricourt area was subjected to several British gas attacks Attack during the bombardment .

After a desultory naval bombardment Attack on 19 January that again had little effect on the port 's defences Defending , they withdrew , and decided Deciding instead to attack Attack Guadeloupe , home to a significant body of French privateers .

Amphibious landings at Utah were undertaken Action by United States Army troops , with sea transport Military_operation , mine sweeping , and a naval bombardment force provided Supply by the United States Navy and Coast Guard as well as elements from the British , Dutch and other Allied navies .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Osijek ( ) was the artillery bombardment Attack of the Croatian city of Osijek by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) which took place Process_start from August 1991 to June 1992 during the Croatian War Military_operation of Independence .

Airstrikes Attack and attacks Attack by JNA infantry and armored units against targets in the city accompanied the bombardment Attack , which caused Causation approximately 800 deaths Death and resulted in Causation a large portion of the city 's population leaving Departing .

After heavy bombardment by the British on Navy Island , where the republic had been established Creating , Mackenzie and his force of Canadian militia retreated Escaping to Buffalo , New York , where they were captured Conquering by the U.S. army .

After the defenses Defending were thoroughly riddled by heavy bombardment from the besiegers , the French defenders capitulated Surrendering and withdrew Escaping on 9 January 1797 .

The British troops only arrived in Arriving the outskirts of the town on 3 October and negotiations Communication for the town 's surrender Surrendering were ended Process_end on by the bombardment of 5–7 October .

A German bombardment of the Belgian fortifications with heavy and super-heavy artillery began Process_start on 28 September .

The geographic boundary of the operation was carved Creating from the area of Laos already under bombardment under Operation Steel Tiger .

A large scale artillery bombardment Attack , followed by the assault Attack of at least 150 Kaiserschützen of the 3rd KuK Kaiserjäger Regiment stationed Placing in Dimaro , was eventually successful and the lost Earnings_and_losses position was retaken Conquering .

The defending Defending Pakistani troops hardly suffered Bodily_harm any casualties Death despite being subjected Confronting_problem to repeated Indian artillery bombardment Attack and air strikes Attack .

The bombardment Attack was initiated Process_start by the German light cruiser `` Emden '' at the outset of the war Military_operation in 1914 .

Two dates were announced Expressing_publicly in South Korea , but canceled Removing due the bombardment of Yeonpyeong .

supporting Supporting the carrier aircraft were eight b-17 bombers of the 435th bombardment squadron of the 19th bombardment group from garbutt field , townsville , australia and eight royal australian air force hudson bombers of no .

supporting Supporting the carrier aircraft were eight b-17 bombers of the 435th bombardment squadron of the 19th bombardment group from garbutt field , townsville , australia and eight royal australian air force hudson bombers of no .

although assisted Assistance by a bombardment of the french lines by several british warships commanded by captain robert hallowell , and a strong defence of the castle by catalan regulars and militia with men of the 38-gun frigate commanded by thomas cochrane , the garrison was unable to prevent Preventing_or_letting the advance of the franco-italian siege lines tightening Cause_change_of_strength its grip around the citadel .

Taking Juno was the responsibility of the Canadian Army , with sea transport , mine sweeping , and a naval bombardment force provided by the Royal Canadian Navy and the British Royal Navy as well as elements from the Free French , Norwegian , and other Allied navies .

The landings initially encountered Confronting_problem heavy resistance from the German 716th Division ; the preliminary bombardment proved Coming_to_believe less effective than had been hoped , and rough weather forced Request the first wave to be delayed until 07:35 .

An ultimatum to cease Process_end this build-up being refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act , the British fleet began Process_start a 10½-hour bombardment Attack of the city without French assistance Assistance .

The PAVN , under the command Control of General Văn Tiến Dũng , began Process_start their final Process_end attack Attack on Saigon on April 29 , 1975 , with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) forces Hostile_encounter commanded Control by General Nguyễn Văn Toàn suffering Bodily_harm a heavy artillery bombardment Attack .

This bombardment Attack at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport killed Killing the last two American servicemen killed Killing in combat Hostile_encounter in Vietnam , Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge .