21.   A swift set of explosions apparently disoriented the three Israelis, and an immediate burst of artillery fire covered their abduction.

22.   Bosnian Serb forces have lobbed heavy artillery fire into densely packed areas in Srebrenica, Sarajevo and Zepa over the past few days.

23.   But ever-present tensions were underlined by the rumble of artillery fire between Israeli forces and the Muslim guerrillas.

24.   But guerrillas launched a round of Katyusha rockets at northern Israel even as the understanding was being announced, and Israel continued to pound Lebanon with artillery fire.

25.   But he was not much of a general, by most accounts, and was cut down by artillery fire during the skirmishing before the Battle for Atlanta.

26.   But Monday night Indian and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, exchanged heavy barrages of artillery fire in the bitterly disputed territory of Kashmir.

27.   But Russian officials insisted the rebel breakout had been stymied by artillery fire and Russian minefields.

28.   But the Serbian response was generally restrained, confined to trading artillery fire.

29.   By August the new ruling coalition had fractured, with one faction, withdrawing to heights to the south of the city, bombarding it with indiscriminate artillery fire.

30.   Cement mixers whir and muscular men patch gaping holes left by tank rounds, and put up walls and restore roofs torn off by artillery fire.