1.   Artillery began to crash into the tree lines, and artillery flares fell, as well.

2.   The artillery began firing beehive rounds, which I had never seen before at minimum elevation.

3.   After a week of fighting, commanders said Russian warplanes, helicopters and artillery had begun to decimate the rebels.

4.   They added that the six days accorded to the Serbs for the withdrawal their artillery would begin once the outline agreement is formally announced.

5.   Russian artillery began pounding the town in retaliation for the ambush, the reports said.

6.   The security officials said that Israeli artillery began pounding the area soon after the first encounter.

7.   Earlier, the Russian artillery began pounding nearby Samashki after the town rejected an ultimatum to disarm or expel rebel secessionist fighters.