1.   Supported by incessant air attacks and a heavy bombardment from the sea, each of the allied thrusts succeeded in breaking through Iraqi defences.

2.   During heavy bombardments and attacks I have seen shells falling like rain.

3.   After an early heavy bombardment, the shelling had tapered off, Leslie said in an interview with the BBC.

4.   Freetown fell after three days of heavy Nigerian bombardment and intense fighting.

5.   Gaza was also subjected to heavy bombardment from helicopter gunships and naval boats.

6.   He said its residents would soon force rebels to leave the city, which has been under heavy bombardment since late September.

7.   Heavy asteroid bombardment followed, as it did on all the planets.

8.   In Ramallah, the modern Preventive Security Services headquarters early Tuesday came under a heavy Israeli bombardment by tanks, helicopters and warplanes.

9.   In Tetovo on Friday, Albanians complained about what they said was two days of heavy bombardment by government troops.

10.   In the northwest city of Tetovo on Friday, Albanians complained about what they said was a heavy bombardment by government troops in the last two days.